“Numerology” aims to uncover truths within different measurements of economic and real estate trends.
Trending: In 2021, California experienced an inflow of 433,402 individuals from other states, ranking third behind Florida and Texas.
Origin of data: The most recent state-to-state migration data from the Census Bureau was analyzed using my reliable spreadsheet.
Analyzing the numbers: So, where did these new residents of California come from?
Insights
Let’s begin with the raw inflow data.
Washington state topped the list, losing 40,456 residents to California. Texas followed with 33,577, followed by New York with 32,723. Other significant numbers included Arizona with 27,449 and Florida with 24,692. On the other end of the spectrum, the fewest number of interstate relocations came from Maine with 248, West Virginia with 707, Vermont with 778, Delaware with 1,012, and New Hampshire with 1,034.
However, it’s important to put these interstate flows into context by considering the population of the state of departure. For example, what are the chances that a state lost a resident to California in 2021?
Surprisingly, the District of California topped the ranking at 165-to-1. This was followed by Hawaii and Washington at 189-to-1, Oregon at 208-to-1, and Nevada at 210-to-1.
On the flip side, where was a move to California an even more unlikely scenario? The odds were 5,485-to-1 for a move from Maine, 2,500-to-1 for West Virginia, 2,219-to-1 for Kentucky, 2,026-to-1 for Tennessee, and 1,841-to-1 for Alabama.
As for California’s biggest rivals, Texas ranked 25th with odds of 869-to-1, while Florida came in at 26th with odds of 874-to-1.
Now let’s consider the states where California represented the largest proportion of departures in 2021. Interestingly, all of these states border the Golden State.
Oregon had 16.1% of its 125,363 departures heading to California, while Nevada had the same percentage for its 92,184 exits. Arizona followed closely behind with 15.5% of its 176,783 departures.
Notably, Texas was the ninth-largest at 7.5%, and Florida ranked 22nd with 5.3%.
The bottom line
California had the nation’s lowest attraction rate in 2021. The arrivals from across the nation only accounted for 1.1% of the state’s population of 39 million.
Next on this list of unpopularity was Michigan at 1.4%, followed by New York at 1.5%, Illinois at 1.6%, and Ohio at 1.6%.
Conversely, the most attractive destinations based on this data were D.C. at 8.7%, Idaho at 5.1%, Hawaii and Vermont at 5%, and North Dakota at 4.9%.
Texas ranked eighth-lowest at 2%, while Florida came in 23rd best at 3.1%.
Jonathan Lansner is a business columnist for the Southern California News Group. For inquiries, please reach out to [email protected]
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