A man in a blue shirt, red life racket and straw hat canoes through the bayous of New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Americans love to know where people are moving to — and where they're leaving. 
  • Moving company Atlas Van Lines tracked the states with the biggest share of outbound movers in 2023.
  • From Oregon to Louisiana, here are the top 10 states people left — and possible reasons why.

Americans are fascinated by where people move — and the places they leave behind in search of a better life.

Atlas Van Lines, a major moving company that facilitates about 80,000 relocations a year, tracks data on the number of moves into a state compared with the number of moves out.

It calculated the states with the biggest shares of outbound movers in 2023.