Highest Number Of Montanans Moving Out Are Going To This State
Is Montana Losing More People Than We Are Gaining?
We hear it all the time how people are moving to Montana in droves from California and Texas and that part is true. But there are also people who have decided that Montana just isn't for them anymore. Whether born and raised or already from somewhere else people are moving in the thousands to other states making our population stay about the same.
According the data from the US Census Bureau reports there is only a slightly higher number of people entering the state than there are leaving. People in Montana that chose to move away are going to multiple states but one state in particular has the most people moving there from Montana.
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Where Are Montanans Moving To?
Stacker shows the top 25 places Montanans are moving to from data from 2022-the most recent data available- but the number one may surprise you.
The top five places Montanans are moving to were not what I was expecting. In 2022 4,552 people moved from Montana to Arizona, making it the number one state Montanans moved to in 2022. Washington was the number one state in 2019. No information has been released yet for 2023 or 2024.
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Top 5 places Montanans Moved To In 2022
Following in order were Washington with 3,245 people, Oregon with 2,723 people, North Dakota with 2,496 and the 5th most common place people moved to was California with 2,432 people moving there.
When I moved away I moved to Spokane Washington briefly about 10 years ago. Moving to another state is ridiculous packing up your entire life and I recommend that everyone do it at least once just to see what is out there...but I will never do it again.
Now we do not know for sure if those moving away were Montanans born and raised or were previously from one of these states and were moving back.
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