Migration to southern states continues to be magnified by the lingering pandemic, and no state netted more U-Haul® customers during the last year than Texas.
The Lone Star State earned bragging rights as the leading growth state of 2021, narrowly besting Florida for tops honors, according to transactional data compiled for the annual U-Haul Growth Index.
Tennessee ranks third, South Carolina fourth and Arizona fifth among the top growth states.
(2020 growth rankings in parentheses)
1. TEXAS (2)
2. FLORIDA (3)
3. TENNESSEE (1)
4. SOUTH CAROLINA (15)
5. ARIZONA (5)
6. INDIANA (12)
7. COLORADO (6)
8. MAINE (29)
9. IDAHO (30)
10. NEW MEXICO (39)
11. SOUTH DAKOTA (25)
12. VERMONT (26)
13. WISCONSIN (13)
14. OREGON (45)
15. WASHINGTON (36)
16. ALASKA (34)
17. MINNESOTA (20)
18. CONNECTICUT (43)
19. NORTH CAROLINA (9)
20. NEBRASKA (32)
21. WYOMING (33)
22. MONTANA (19)
23. GEORGIA (10)
24. OHIO (4)
25. NEW HAMPSHIRE (23)
26. WEST VIRGINIA (16)
27. IOWA (24)
28. UTAH (17)
29. NEVADA (8)
30. DELAWARE (27)
31. VIRGINIA (28)
32. RHODE ISLAND (35)
33. NORTH DAKOTA (37)
34. MARYLAND (46)
35. WASHINGTON, D.C. (38)*
36. NEW JERSEY (48)
37. MISSISSIPPI (31)
38. KENTUCKY (18)
39. MISSOURI (7)
40. KANSAS (21)
41. ARKANSAS (11)
42. MICHIGAN (40)
43. LOUISIANA (44)
44. OKLAHOMA (14)
45. NEW YORK (42)
46. ALABAMA (22)
47. MASSACHUSETTS (47)
48. PENNSYLVANIA (41)
49. ILLINOIS (49)
50. CALIFORNIA (50)
* Washington, D.C. is its own U-Haul market and is listed among growth states for migration trends purposes. Hawaii is excluded since state-to-state U-Haul truck moves do not occur.
https://myuhaulstory.com/2022/01/03/u-haul-reveals-top-50-growth-states-of-2021/