Percentage of movers in the U.S. population 2017, by state

This graph shows the percentage of movers in the United States in 2017, by state. In 2017, about 10.6 percent of the population of the state of New Jersey moved to a different house in the United States. The national average in 2017 was about 14.3 percent.

Percentage of movers in the U.S. population in 2017, by state

Characteristic	Moved to a different house in the U.S.	Moved abroad
Alabama	13.7%	0.3%
Alaska	18.5%	0.9%
Arizona	17.6%	0.7%
Arkansas	15.5%	0.3%
California	13%	0.8%
Colorado	18%	0.6%
Connecticut	11.8%	0.7%
Delaware	12.8%	0.4%
District of Columbia	19.1%	1.5%
Florida	15.5%	1.2%
Georgia	14.9%	0.6%
Hawaii	12.7%	1.2%
Idaho	17%	0.4%
Illinois	12.9%	0.6%
Indiana	14.5%	0.4%
Iowa	14.6%	0.4%
Kansas	16.1%	0.4%
Kentucky	15.5%	0.4%
Louisiana	12.9%	0.3%
Maine	13.8%	0.3%
Maryland	13.7%	0.8%
Massachusetts	13.3%	1.1%
Michigan	14.2%	0.5%
Minnesota	14.2%	0.4%
Mississippi	13.4%	0.2%
Missouri	15.4%	0.4%
Montana	15%	0.4%
Nebraska	16.2%	0.6%
Nevada	18%	0.6%
New Hampshire	14.8%	0.5%
New Jersey	10.6%	0.9%
New Mexico	12.7%	0.5%
New York	10.6%	0.7%
North Carolina	14.9%	0.6%
North Dakota	18.2%	0.8%
Ohio	14.7%	0.4%
Oklahoma	17%	0.4%
Oregon	17%	0.6%
Pennsylvania	12.6%	0.5%
Rhode Island	12%	0.6%
South Carolina	14.5%	0.4%
South Dakota	15.5%	0.8%
Tennessee	14.5%	0.4%
Texas	15.7%	0.8%
U.S. Average	14.3%	0.7%
Utah	17.1%	0.8%
Vermont	13.4%	0.5%
Virginia	15.3%	0.9%
Washington	17.8%	0.9%
West Virginia	11.6%	0.2%
Wisconsin	14.4%	0.4%
Wyoming	16.1%	0.4%