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Retirees are continuing to move to the Mountain and Pacific West. The Western U.S. is represented on the high-inbound list by Oregon (67 percent), Idaho (65 percent), Washington (58 percent), Nevada (58 percent) and Arizona (57 percent). Of moves to Oregon, the highest ranking Western state, a new job or company transfer (53 percent) and retirement (19 percent) led the reasons for most inbound moves.
South Dakota has 2 people moving in for 1 moving out (68% inbound). However, the majority is job related, not for retirement.
That's from a report by United Van Lines. They help move people, so publish a report every year. See: https://www.unitedvanlines.com/contact-united/news/movers-study-2016.
The top inbound states of 2016 were:
- South Dakota
- Vermont
- Oregon
- Idaho
- South Carolina
- Washington
- District of Columbia
- North Carolina
- Nevada
- Arizona
States that lost people include New Jersey (63 percent outbound), New York (63 percent), and Connecticut (60 percent) making the list of top outbound states for the second consecutive year. Pennsylvania (56 percent) also joined the top outbound list this year.
The Web link above has a map where you can click on a state to see its statistics, and the breakdown of moves for retirement or for jobs.