ALLIED VAN LINES: 49th ANNUAL MAGNET STATES REPORT - Texas Dethroned After More than a Decade

Florida, Arizona Rise to Top of List; Illinois Slips to Bottom

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Dec 27, 2016, 09:22 ET

CHICAGO, Dec. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in a dozen years, Texas is not claiming the top spot in the annual Allied Van Lines Magnet States Report. Instead, Florida and Arizona beat the Longhorn State with higher net relocation gains.

2016 Allied Van Lines Magnet States Report

The annual report uses internal data to track U.S. and cross-border migration patterns with Canada, and found that Florida's net relocation gain of 1,316 propelled it to the top of the 2016 list from the second spot last year. This net gain is calculated by the difference between inbound moves and outbound moves performed by Allied Van Lines, one of the world's largest moving companies.

"Texas has been a powerhouse magnet state for more than a decade, but traditional retirement states of Florida and Arizona are always strong contenders for the list," said Lesli Bertoli, general manager and vice president of Allied Van Lines. "For the first time in recent history, both Florida and Arizona were able to unseat Texas from its top-spot position."

Arizona was the second most magnetic state with 1,137 net inbound moves in 2016, and Texas came in third with 891 net inbound moves.

Rounding out the top five magnet states in 2016 are North Carolina (9^th in 2015) and Utah (8^th in 2015).

Biggest Movers in 2016

California continues to dominate as the Most Mobile State, with 10,590 moves conducted by Allied Van Lines that featured California as its departure or destination state.

Increasing Attraction

Some of the biggest movers on the list are Virginia (up 16 spots from the least magnetic state in 2015 to the 17^th least magnetic), Iowa (up 15 spots from number 42 to 27) and Connecticut (up 10 spots from 37^th place to 26^th place).

Other states with big changes on the list included Delaware, which tumbled to 9^th least magnetic state, dropping 17 spots, and Colorado, which went from 6^th most magnetic in 2015 to 21^st in 2016.

Outbound States

Illinois returns to the bottom of the list after a brief respite in 2015. Allied's 2016 Magnet States data shows Illinois as the state with the greatest net outbound moves, with 1,284 moves out of state. California takes its place as the 2^nd most outbound state (1,060 outbound moves), followed by Pennsylvania (716 net outbound moves) and New York (714 net outbound moves) in a near-tie. Rounding out the bottom 5 is New Jersey (542 net outbound moves).

Canadians on the Move

Similar to 2015, more Americans crossed the border in a move to British Columbia than left, making it the most attractive province for U.S. relocation. Ontario chalked up the largest net loss to cross-border moves.

Allied has created a video summarizing highlights from the 49^th annual Magnet States Report. To view the video, visit https://www.allied.com/moving-resources/relocation-guides/2016-magnet-report .

About Allied Van Lines

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State	Outbound	Inbound	Net Change	2015 Rank	2016 Rank	Rank Change
FL	3,989	5,305	1,316	2	1	1
AZ	1,217	2,354	1,137	3	2	1
TX	4,182	5,073	891	1	3	-2
NC	2,077	2,553	476	9	4	5
UT	598	1,049	451	8	5	3
OR	692	1,058	366	4	6	-2
GA	1,791	2,046	255	11	7	4
ID	242	488	246	12	8	4
NV	642	841	199	10	9	1
WA	1,869	2,064	195	7	10	-3
MT	86	254	168	13	11	2
AL	774	899	125	22	12	10
SC	1,372	1,487	115	5	13	-8
KY	600	709	109	14	14	0
MO	722	811	89	16	15	1
AR	245	330	85	17	16	1
DC	211	281	70	19	17	2
OH	1,541	1,606	65	15	18	-3
TN	1,296	1,349	53	20	19	1
VT	122	166	44	21	20	1
CO	1,932	1,965	33	6	21	-15
WY	97	121	24	18	22	-4
MS	288	302	14	26	23	3
ME	270	265	-5	32	24	8
RI	183	175	-8	33	25	8
CT	902	892	-10	37	26	11
IA	614	601	-13	42	27	15
WI	905	892	-13	34	28	6
MA	1,092	1,072	-20	36	29	7
AK	35	10	-25	27	30	-3
SD	200	157	-43	29	31	-2
NM	475	430	-45	23	32	-9
NH	360	287	-73	24	33	-9
VA	2,152	2,079	-73	50	34	16
NE	320	237	-83	28	35	-7
LA	655	568	-87	35	36	-1
IN	899	805	-94	38	37	1
KS	532	436	-96	30	38	-8
ND	263	146	-117	31	39	-8
MN	1,140	1,008	-132	39	40	-1
OK	622	489	-133	40	41	-1
DE	445	290	-155	25	42	-17
MD	1,155	942	-213	43	43	0
WV	523	256	-267	41	44	-3
MI	1,753	1,301	-452	45	45	0
NJ	1,537	995	-542	46	46	0
NY	2,422	1,708	-714	47	47	0
PA	2,286	1,570	-716	49	48	1
CA	5,825	4,765	-1,060	44	49	-5
IL	3,396	2,112	-1,284	49	50	-1

Province	Outbound	Inbound	Net Change	2015 Rank	2016 Rank	Rank Change
BC	111	162	51	1	1	0
NS	10	33	23	3	2	1
MB	11	13	2	2	3	-1
PE	1	3	2	4	4	0
NB	9	9	0	5	5	0
YT	1	1	0	--	6	n/a
SK	14	11	-3	6	7	-1
NF	22	17	-5	7	8	-1
PQ	113	86	-27	9	9	0
AB	187	156	-31	8	10	-2
ON	375	310	-65	10	11	-1