TN among top states movers flocked to the most in 2023, U-Haul says

ILLINOIS (KTVI/NEXSTAR/WKRN) — Thousands of people have moved across state lines in recent years, and 2023 was no exception, according to new data from equipment rental company U-Haul.

Each year, U-Haul releases its Growth Index report for the previous year. The company calculates the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a state or city against the net gain of U-Haul trucks departing that state or city for a specific calendar year. So, for example, if you moved from California to Texas with a U-Haul, it would count as a loss for California and a gain for Texas.

U-Haul says there are more than 2 million one-way U-Haul truck transactions each year within the United States and Canada.

According to U-Haul, movers preferred destinations in the southeast and southwest regions of the United States in 2023. Texas was deemed U-Haul’s most popular state for migration for the second straight year,…