Post by Ken Kuang

2025 US Migration Data! Vote with Your Feet! South Carolina Sees the Most New Residents! New York Scores the Most Negative! This is a Net Migration Map of the US states, created based on HireAHelper's 2025 migration data. It shows the net flow of interstate migration in the US in 2025: which states experienced net population inflows (gains) and which experienced net outflows (losses). The map uses colors and numbers to represent the net migration loss/gain per 10,000 inhabitants: • Blue/Dark → Net Inflow (Gain), a positive number (e.g., +79.7) indicates more people moving in. • Red/Orange → Net Outflow (Loss), a negative number (e.g., -25.1) indicates more people moving out. • Darker blue = stronger inflow; darker red = stronger outflow. Overall Trends (Key Points for 2025) • The South and Mountain West are the biggest winners: warm climates, low cost of living, and job opportunities attract large populations. • The Northeast and high-cost coastal states (such as New York, California, and Massachusetts) continue to experience significant outflows: high housing prices, cost of living, and taxes are the main reasons. • Approximately 15 million people will move across the U.S. by 2025, but interstate migration will account for only about 21.5%, with the majority being intrastate relocations. • Southern states (such as South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama) have the fastest per capita growth; western mountain states such as Idaho and Wyoming are also performing strongly. Key Highlights and Specific State Data (by map markings and color extraction) Biggest Winners (Top in Net Per Capita Inflow): • South Carolina (SC): +79.7 (Highest in the nation! Fastest per capita growth, marked on the map as "South Carolina has the fastest per-capita growth in the country"). • Idaho (ID): +63.2 • Delaware (DE): +54.5 • Tennessee (TN): +43.6 • Alabama (AL): +36.6 • Wyoming (WY): +26.0 • Oklahoma (OK): +26.4 • Montana (MT): +23.4 • Texas (TX): +23.0 (Largest number of new residents, with over 68K new residents, as noted in the chart). Biggest Losers (Top in Net Outflow per Capita): • New York (NY): -28.2 (High cost of living led to over 55K people leaving, as noted in the chart). • California (CA): -25.1 (One of the states with the largest outflow). • Massachusetts (MA): -37.9 (Heaviest in the Northeast). • New Jersey (NJ): -17.6 • Maryland (MD): -27.4 • Washington (WA): -10.7 • Oregon (OR): -9.0 Other notable states: • Florida (FL): +6.9 (Moderate inflow). • North Carolina (NC): +13.4 (Strong in the South). • Georgia (GA): +13.4 • Arizona (AZ): +7.1 • Colorado (CO): -4.6 (Slight outflow). • Alaska (AK): -16.9 • Hawaii (HI): -2.3