Allied Van Lines: 48th Annual Magnet States Report - Texas Maintains Crown as Top Magnet State

"Retirement States" Florida, Arizona, South Carolina remain top contenders

Virginia Falls to Bottom of the List

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Dec 28, 2015, 09:45 ET

Allied Van Lines 48th Annual Magnet States Report 2015

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CHICAGO, Dec. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its dominance for the past 11 years, Texas once again tops the Allied Van Lines Magnet States Report.

Allied's report, which uses internal data to track U.S. migration patterns, marked Texas' net relocation gain of 2,558 families in 2015. This net gain is calculated by the difference between inbound moves and outbound moves performed by Allied Van Lines, one of the world's largest moving companies.

"Texas continues to be a strong attractive state," said Lesli Bertoli, general manager and vice president of Allied Van Lines. "Corporate moves continue to influence these results, with corporate relocations strongly favoring moves to Texas in 2015."

Florida also continued its trend of attraction as the second most magnetic state with 1,611 net inbound moves in 2015, slightly down from its 1,751 net inbound moves in 2014.

Rounding out the top five magnet states in 2015 are Arizona (no. 3), Oregon (no. 4) and South Carolina (no. 5).

Biggest Movers in 2015

California once again topped the list as the Most Mobile State, with more than 12,000 moves conducted by Allied Van Lines that featured California as its departure or destination state. But 2015 saw a sharp change in magnet status, as California dropped from 15^th most inbound state in 2014 down to the 7th most outbound state.

Other states with big changes on the list included Ohio, which regained a place on the inbound side by moving up from the 9^th most outbound state in 2014 to the 15^th most inbound, and Louisiana, which moved from a neutral state in 2015 to the 16^th most outbound state.

Outbound States

Allied's 2015 Magnet States data shows Virginia as the state with the greatest net outbound moves, with 1,343 moves out of state. This makes Virginia a newcomer to the top 5 outbound states, which had been the same five states (though in varying order) since 2010. Illinois moves to the 2^nd most outbound state (1,240 net outbound moves), followed by Pennsylvania (949 net outbound moves). New York (814 net outbound moves) and New Jersey (775 net outbound moves). For the first time in a decade, Michigan has escaped the top five outbound states list, coming in as the 6^th most outbound state.

Canadians on the Move

Canadian province British Columbia again retains the top spot on the list of Magnet Provinces for 2015, and Ontario experienced the largest net loss of moves, making it the number one outbound province.

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State	Outbound	Inbound	Net Change	2014 Rank	2015 Rank	Rank Change
TX	4,394	6,952	2,558	1	1	-
FL	3,903	5,514	1,611	2	2	-
AZ	1,364	2,259	895	3	3	-
OR	677	1,132	455	7	4	3
SC	1,322	1,634	312	4	5	(1)
CO	1,816	2,101	285	5	6	(1)
WA	1,864	2,141	277	6	7	(1)
UT	613	875	262	10	8	2
NC	2,272	2,528	256	9	9	-
NV	556	810	254	13	10	3
GA	1,741	1,957	216	8	11	(3)
ID	250	465	215	11	12	(1)
MT	100	263	163	12	13	(1)
KY	545	700	155	17	14	3
OH	1,597	1,722	125	42	15	27
MO	720	801	81	14	16	(2)
AR	269	320	51	19	17	2
WY	114	160	46	21	18	3
DC	264	306	42	18	19	(1)
TN	1,378	1,415	37	16	20	(4)
VT	101	131	30	24	21	3
AL	774	797	23	26	22	4
NM	404	426	22	28	23	5
NH	238	255	17	20	24	(4)
DE	362	371	9	29	25	4
MS	327	328	1	32	26	6
AK	20	19	-1	22	27	(5)
NE	305	286	-19	36	28	8
SD	167	142	-25	33	29	4
KS	548	505	-43	31	30	1
ND	239	196	-43	30	31	(1)
ME	322	253	-69	34	32	2
RI	217	146	-71	25	33	(8)
WI	953	875	-78	35	34	1
LA	745	632	-113	23	35	(12)
MA	1,185	1,072	-113	27	36	(9)
CT	1,019	870	-149	43	37	6
IN	880	728	-152	37	38	(1)
MN	1,250	1,060	-190	40	39	1
OK	727	528	-199	38	40	(2)
WV	475	249	-226	39	41	(2)
IA	811	581	-230	41	42	(1)
MD	1,250	921	-329	44	43	1
CA	6,422	6,084	-338	15	44	(29)
MI	1,969	1,219	-750	47	45	2
NJ	1,789	1,014	-775	46	46	-
NY	2,497	1,683	-814	48	47	1
PA	2,519	1,570	-949	49	48	1
IL	3,538	2,298	-1,240	50	49	1
VA	3,385	2,042	-1,343	45	50	(5)

Province	Outbound	Inbound	Net Change	2014 Rank	2015 Rank	Rank Change
BC	125	204	79	1	1	-
MB	12	19	7	7	2	5
NS	22	28	6	3	3	-
PE	1	1	0	5	4	1
NB	6	5	-1	6	5	1
SK	14	7	-7	4	6	(2)
NF	27	16	-11	2	7	(5)
AB	212	185	-27	8	8	-
PQ	119	59	-60	9	9	-
ON	447	322	-125	10	10	-