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The Census estimate below isolates moves between U.S. states from births, deaths and international migration. It is a cleaner view of where people are relocating than population growth alone.
Latest Census Population Estimates year. Bars run right when more people moved in from other U.S. states than moved out, and left when more left.
Population growth includes births, deaths and international migration, so it is a separate signal from the domestic-move chart above. Affordability below is the typical home value divided by median household income — around 3× was the historical norm, and above roughly 5× local earnings no longer comfortably support local prices.
Growth rankings describe where other people went. Weight what matters to you and rank all 50 states against your own priorities instead.
Domestic-migration figures are U.S. Census Population Estimates and count moves between U.S. states in the latest estimate year. Population growth in the housing table is a separate multi-year Census measure, which includes births, deaths and international migration. See methodology for sources and limits.