Virginia finishes 28th highest on U-Haul’s 2020 migration growth ranking
(The Center Square) – Virginia came in 28th highest on a new ranking measuring migration growth among the states based on one-way U-Haul truck traffic leaving or entering their borders last year.
California displaced Illinois as the state with the biggest net loss of U-Haul trucks in 2020, the moving company reported. Virginia was ranked 39th in U-Haul’s 2019 migration growth study.
Texas and Florida had the most net gains in U-Haul truck traffic from 2016 to 2019 before they were displaced by Tennessee in 2020, the company said. What makes Tennessee attractive is its business friendliness and low taxes, according to U-Haul.
Those states with the most migration growth are ranked based on net gains of one-way U-Haul trucks entering the state versus trucks leaving their borders during a calendar year. More than 2 million one-way trips are logged by U-Haul every year, the company reported.
The annual ranking tracks truck traffic moving among its 22,000 truck- and trailer-sharing locations. U-Haul sees the data as a gauge of which states are attracting residents from outside their borders.
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U-Haul Ranking of Migration Growth Among States
2020 RankState2019 Rank1Tennessee122Texas 23Florida14Ohio75Arizona 206Colorado427Missouri 138Nevada 249North Carolina310Georgia 1611Arkansas 2312Indiana913Wisconsin 4114Oklahoma 1415South Carolina416West Virginia2217Utah818Kentucky 3719Montana 2620Minnesota 1521Kansas 1822Alabama 623New Hampshire 3124Iowa 3025South Dakota 2826Vermont 1027Delaware 2128Virginia 3929Maine 3330Idaho 1131Mississippi 2532Nebraska 1933Wyoming 2734Alaska 1735Rhode Island 3536Washington 537North Dakota 3238Washington, D.C.3839New Mexico 3640Michigan 4841Pennsylvania 4642New York 4343Connecticut 3444Louisiana4045Oregon 2946Maryland 4547Massachusetts4748New Jersey4449Illinois 5050California 49
Source: U-Haul International Inc.
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