Gainers and Losers

Speaking of statistics, I've written a fair amount about internal migration within the U.S. Recently a CBS News story provided a link to a website by the National Assn. of Realtors which reports the relative as well as absolute population losses or gains experienced by the 50 states.

Big percentage gainers - each gaining 1% or more during 2022 - were the following, in declining order of gain. FL 1.9%, ID 1.8%, SC 1.7%, TX 1.6%, MT and SD 1.5%, DE 1.4%, NC and AZ 1.3%, TN, GA, and UT 1.2%, and NV 1.0%. 

In absolute numbers of people moving from one state to another, FL gained over 300,000, TX gained over 200,000, and all others listed above gained fewer than 100,000. SD got on the list with fewer than 8500 emigrants, because their population is quite small.

The big losers in absolute numbers were CA, NY, and IL Certainly that is not news to those following the internal migration story.