Moving Trends for 2025

[BigHornRam]

Some interesting results, and some predictable. One of the biggest gainers is South Carolina, while one of the biggest losers is North Carolina. Explain that one?

Mapped: Which U.S. States Gained the Most Residents in 2025 https://share.google/cz423OwljcJRSrBVs

 

[TOGIE]

misleading map - you get like 3 folks moving to wyoming and one baby born and suddenly BOOM 26% increase

 

[Forkyfinder]

misleading map - you get like 3 folks moving to wyoming and one baby born and suddenly BOOM 26% increase

If only it were normalized per 10k residents or something.

 

[BigHornRam]

Wyoming is approximately at 590,000 population. 59×26 =1534 net increase.

 

[Irrelevant]

Some interesting results, and some predictable. One of the biggest gainers is South Carolina, while one of the biggest losers is North Carolina. Explain that one?

Mapped: Which U.S. States Gained the Most Residents in 2025 https://share.google/cz423OwljcJRSrBVs

those both look blue to me.

 

[BigHornRam]

those both look blue to me.
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Opps. Thought North Carolina was red at first glance.

 

[Irrelevant]

It's a bummer that the places with the most and best habitat are seeing the most conversion of habitat for housing.

 

[PoleX]

If only it were normalized per 10k residents or something.

Reading comprehension is hard

 

[np307]

SC only gained so many because NC is full and overflowing. Their terrible roads have kept them free of transplants for many years but now Charlotte has no more room so they get to deal with it.

 

[TOGIE]

If only it were normalized per 10k residents or something.

If only it were like a joke or something

 

[WildWill]

Funny enough that .1 in ND actually represents 1 person.

 

[RojoGrande]

Was hoping for a bigger -number for my state.

 

[PoleX]

If only it were like a joke or something

I’ve been looking into what’s happening in the UK and I’m pretty certain it isn’t a joke. It’s easy to vote for socialist “feel good” agendas till it starts to hit your pocket book. It’s wild the migration of wealth out of the UK.
I think anyone that can run a spreadsheet could see how these things can only make sense for so long.

Do you have other ideas on what’s causing the exodus?

 

[Nick87]

Were down 15% and still way too many people.

 

[PoleX]

Here’s what happens when businesses are taxed too high and decide to move to greener pastures. It ends up trickling down to the working class:

 

[Nick87]

It's a bummer that the places with the most and best habitat are seeing the most conversion of habitat for housing.

They all have good habitat, just depends on what kind of ecosystem you're talking about. But I know what your saying.

 

[Irrelevant]

Do you have other ideas on what’s causing the exodus?

With regard to the OP's graphic and not whatever is going on with the UK, I'd venture there isn't "a single" anything, but a combination of housing affordability, economic opportunities, and quality of the environment (I mean the total environment not just the wild areas or "environmentalism" and that's not the right term for what I'm thinking of, but I can't drum up anything better right now).

A quick google review doesn't lead me to point to taxes as the primary driver. WA, OR, and ID have about the same burdens but vastly different results. Utah has higher taxes than nebraska and kansas but with sharply different outcomes. Honestly, I would point to political climate before taxes, though they are certainly tied together.

 

[TOGIE]

Do you have other ideas on what’s causing the exodus?

Probably a combination of too many jokes going over peoples heads and cost of living or something. I dunno.