These 10 states lured the most movers last year — and No. 1 is unexpected

• Americans love to know where people are moving — partly to get inspiration for their own lives.
• The moving firm Atlas Van Lines tracked the states with the biggest share of inbound movers in 2023.
• From Montana to Florida, here are the top 10 states people moved to — and likely reasons.

Americans are fascinated by where people move 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 inbound movers in 2023.