A recently released report by moveBuddha, a relocation technology company, ranked the least popular states to relocate to in 2022.
The 2022 mid-year migration report used data collected from January 1 to July 5, 2022 using the company’s moving cost calculator.
moveBuddha compared the inflow of people from state to state to see which places are gaining new residents and which are losing their current population.
1st least popular state to move to in 2022: New Jersey
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New Jersey topped the list of least popular states. According to the report, the Garden State is losing more residents compared to those moving into it.
East Coast state residents pay the highest property taxes in the nation, which could explain the population loss.
The other two states that make up the New York metropolitan area, New York and Connecticut, are experiencing similar challenges to New Jersey.
Both made the list of states that more people are moving out of than moving into, at no. 4 and no. 5 of the list respectively.
