With the advent of the new year, U-Haul released data gathered from one-way moves showing migration within the United States is heavily weighted toward moving toward southern states, which are more politically conservative.
“Growth rankings are configured by each state’s net gain (or loss) of customers utilizing one-way U-Haul equipment in a calendar year. The U-Haul Growth Index is compiled from well over 2.5 million one-way U-Haul truck, trailer and U-Box moving container transactions that occur annually,” U-Haul explained.
The top growth states, according to U-Haul data, were, in order, South Carolina, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee in 2024. Leftist California ranked 50th for the fifth year in a row.
“State-to-state transactions from the past year reaffirm customer tendencies that have been pronounced for some time,” John Taylor, U-Haul International…
