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ALLIED VAN LINES: 49th ANNUAL MAGNET STATES
REPORT – Texas Dethroned After More than a
Decade
Florida, Arizona Rise to Top of List; Illinois Slips to Bottom
CHICAGO, December 27, 2016 – For the first time in a dozen years,
Texas is not claiming the top spot in the annual Allied Van Lines
Magnet States Report. Instead, Florida and Arizona beat the
Longhorn State with higher net relocation gains.
The annual report uses internal data to track U.S. and cross-border
migration patterns with Canada, and found that Florida’s net
relocation gain of 1,316 propelled it to the top of the 2016 list from
the second spot last year. This net gain is calculated by the difference
between inbound moves and outbound moves performed by Allied
Van Lines, one of the world’s largest moving companies.
“Texas has been a powerhouse magnet state for more than a decade,
but traditional retirement states of Florida and Arizona are always
strong contenders for the list,” said Lesli Bertoli, general manager and
vice president of Allied Van Lines. “For the first time in recent history,
both Florida and Arizona were able to unseat Texas from its top-spot
position.”
Arizona was the second most magnetic state with 1,137 net inbound
moves in 2016, and Texas came in third with 891 net inbound moves.
Rounding out the top five magnet states in 2016 are North Carolina
(9th in 2015) and Utah (8th in 2015).
Biggest Movers in 2016
California continues to dominate as the Most Mobile State, with
10,590 moves conducted by Allied Van Lines that featured California
as its departure or destination state.
Increasing Attraction
Some of the biggest movers on the list are Virginia (up 16 spots from
the least magnetic state in 2015 to the 17th least magnetic), Iowa (up
15 spots from number 42 to 27) and Connecticut (up 10 spots from
37th place to 26th place).
Other states with big changes on the list included Delaware, which
tumbled to 9th least magnetic state, dropping 17 spots, and Colorado,
which went from 6th most magnetic in 2015 to 21st in 2016.
Outbound States
Illinois returns to the bottom of the list after a brief respite in 2015.
Allied’s 2016 Magnet States data shows Illinois as the state with the
greatest net outbound moves, with 1,284 moves out of state.
California takes its place as the 2nd most outbound state (1,060
outbound moves), followed by Pennsylvania (716 net outbound
moves) and New York (714 net outbound moves) in a near-tie.
Rounding out the bottom 5 is New Jersey (542 net outbound moves).
Canadians on the Move
Similar to 2015, more Americans crossed the border in a move to
British Columbia than left, making it the most attractive province for
U.S. relocation. Ontario chalked up the largest net loss to crossborder moves.
Allied has created a video summarizing highlights from the 49 th
annual Magnet States Report. To view the video, visit
https://www.allied.com/moving-resources/relocation-guides/2016magnet-report .
About Allied Van Lines
Established in 1928, Allied Van Lines, with more than 400 agent
locations in North America, is an experienced leader in household
goods moving and specialized transportation services. Allied is one of
the world’s largest moving companies and an established global
brand of SIRVA, Inc., a leader in providing relocation services to
corporations, consumers and governments around the world. Allied is
recognized as America’s Most Recommended Moving Company for
2017 by Women’s Choice Awards and 2015 International Moving
Company of the Year by the Forum for Expatriate Management. For
more information about Allied Van Lines, visit allied.com. Allied Van
Lines, Inc., U.S. DOT No. 076235.
About SIRVA Worldwide, Inc.
SIRVA is a leading partner for corporations to outsource their mobility
needs, relocating and moving their executives and staff globally.
SIRVA offers an extensive portfolio of mobility services across
approximately 170 countries providing an end-to-end solution to
deliver an enhanced mobility experience and program control and
security for customers.
SIRVA has a portfolio of well-known and recognizable brands
including Allied, northAmerican, SMARTBOX, and Allied Pickfords. For
more information please visit www.sirva.com.
State
FL
AZ
TX
NC
UT
OR
GA
ID
NV
WA
MT
AL
SC
KY
MO
AR
DC
OH
TN
VT
CO
WY
MS
ME
RI
CT
IA
WI
MA
AK
SD
NM
NH
VA
NE
LA
IN
KS
ND
Outbound
3,989
1,217
4,182
2,077
598
692
1,791
242
642
1,869
86
774
1,372
600
722
245
211
1,541
1,296
122
1,932
97
288
270
183
902
614
905
1,092
35
200
475
360
2,152
320
655
899
532
263
Inbound
5,305
2,354
5,073
2,553
1,049
1,058
2,046
488
841
2,064
254
899
1,487
709
811
330
281
1,606
1,349
166
1,965
121
302
265
175
892
601
892
1,072
10
157
430
287
2,079
237
568
805
436
146
Net Change
1,316
1,137
891
476
451
366
255
246
199
195
168
125
115
109
89
85
70
65
53
44
33
24
14
-5
-8
-10
-13
-13
-20
-25
-43
-45
-73
-73
-83
-87
-94
-96
-117
2015 Rank
2
3
1
9
8
4
11
12
10
7
13
22
5
14
16
17
19
15
20
21
6
18
26
32
33
37
42
34
36
27
29
23
24
50
28
35
38
30
31
2016 Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Rank Change
1
1
-2
5
3
-2
4
4
1
-3
2
10
-8
0
1
1
2
-3
1
1
-15
-4
3
8
8
11
15
6
7
-3
-2
-9
-9
16
-7
-1
1
-8
-8
MN
OK
DE
MD
WV
MI
NJ
NY
PA
CA
IL
1,140
622
445
1,155
523
1,753
1,537
2,422
2,286
5,825
3,396
1,008
489
290
942
256
1,301
995
1,708
1,570
4,765
2,112
-132
-133
-155
-213
-267
-452
-542
-714
-716
-1,060
-1,284
39
40
25
43
41
45
46
47
49
44
49
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
-1
-1
-17
0
-3
0
0
0
1
-5
-1
Province
BC
NS
MB
PE
NB
YT
SK
NF
PQ
AB
ON
Outbound
111
10
11
1
9
1
14
22
113
187
375
Inbound
162
33
13
3
9
1
11
17
86
156
310
Net Change
51
23
2
2
0
0
-3
-5
-27
-31
-65
2015 Rank
1
3
2
4
5
-6
7
9
8
10
2016 Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Rank Change
0
1
-1
0
0
n/a
-1
-1
0
-2
-1
Note: Data reflects interstate moves within the U.S. (with the exception of Hawaii) and cross-border
moves between the U.S. and Canada.