Moving experts from Forbes Home have conducted research that revealed the states Michiganders are leaving the state for the most, with Florida topping the list.
The study analyzed the latest available state-to-state migration data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which detailed where people in each state had been living one year before, to discover how many Americans are moving — and where they’re moving to.
According to the study, the top five states that Michiganders are moving to are Florida, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, and Indiana.
The latest data shows that Florida is the most popular destination for residents moving out of Michigan, with 21,668 people making the move during the year of the study. Ohio is the second most popular destination for moving Michigan’s, with 14,049 people making the move during the year of the study.
Coming in third, 11,061 people moved from Michigan to Texas in 2019, while Illinois came in fourth place, with 10,396 people moving there from Michigan during the year of the study. Indiana rounds out the top five, with 8,509 Michigan residents moving to the state in the year of the study.
The study was conducted by Forbes Home, whose editorial team has decades of experience in the personal finance industry. Forbes Homes’ priority is ensuring its coverage, reviews, and advice are backed by research, deep expertise, and strict methodologies.
For the study, researchers collected recently released data collected from the US Census on state-to-state migration in 2019, showing how many people in each state had a different place of residence 1 year prior and which state this place of residence was in.
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