New Jersey Recaptures the Title as Top state to Flee from
January 4 2012
the staff of the Ridegwood blog
Ridgewood NJ, According to an annual study conducted by the moving company United Van Lines ,the top-five outbound states for 2012 are : New Jersey ,Illinois, West Virginia, New York, and New Mexico . New Jersey (62 percent) displaced the outbound leader from last year, Illinois (60 percent) reclaiming the top spot for high-outbound migration that it held in 2010.
Reasons are many ,including high costs of living, and jobs.
The Northeast of the US is the most well-represented region on the high-outbound traffic list. In addition to New Jersey, New York (58 percent), Maine (56 percent) and Connecticut (56 percent) are also included.
Michigan (58 percent) and Wisconsin (55 percent) along with Illinois represented the Great Lakes region. Michigan fell to the No. 6 from the No. 4 spot it held in 2011. Previously, it had claimed the top outbound spot every year from 2006-2009.
Kentucky (55 percent) joined West Virginia (58 percent) as the only Southern states to appear on the high outbound list. New Mexico (58 percent) was the only Western state to appear on the list.