People Leaving California by State
Texas has the highest Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State in 2023 (93,970), followed by Arizona (54,222) and Nevada (41,997). Delaware has the lowest (516).
Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State, 2023
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 2018–2023
The top 5 in 2023, against the median.
- Median of all states
- Texas
- Arizona
- Nevada
- Washington
- Florida
Data
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| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Texas | 93,970 | 13.6% | #1 destination. 82,235 people moved from California to Texas in 2020 |
| 2 |  Arizona | 54,222 | 7.86% | #2 destination. 59,713 people moved from California to Arizona in 2020 |
| 3 |  Nevada | 41,997 | 6.09% | #3 destination. 47,322 people moved from California to Nevada in 2020 |
| 4 |  Washington | 40,858 | 5.92% | #4 destination. 46,791 people moved from California to Washington in 2020 |
| 5 |  Florida | 39,052 | 5.66% | — |
| 6 |  Oregon | 33,807 | 4.9% | #5 destination. 37,927 people moved from California to Oregon in 2020 |
| 7 |  New York | 31,097 | 4.51% | — |
| 8 |  Colorado | 26,148 | 3.79% | — |
| 9 |  Tennessee | 23,961 | 3.47% | — |
| 10 |  Virginia | 21,771 | 3.15% | — |
| 11 |  North Carolina | 21,084 | 3.06% | — |
| 12 |  Georgia | 20,191 | 2.93% | — |
| 13 |  Idaho | 17,338 | 2.51% | — |
| 14 |  Illinois | 16,460 | 2.39% | — |
| 15 |  Utah | 15,848 | 2.3% | — |
| 16 |  Ohio | 12,197 | 1.77% | — |
| 17 |  Massachusetts | 12,160 | 1.76% | — |
| 18 |  Pennsylvania | 11,590 | 1.68% | — |
| 19 |  Hawaii | 11,200 | 1.62% | — |
| 20 |  Oklahoma | 10,940 | 1.59% | — |
| 21 |  Maryland | 10,051 | 1.46% | — |
| 22 |  Michigan | 9,765 | 1.41% | — |
| 23 |  New Jersey | 9,431 | 1.37% | — |
| 24 |  Missouri | 8,146 | 1.18% | — |
| 25 |  New Mexico | 8,126 | 1.18% | — |
| 26 |  Indiana | 7,740 | 1.12% | — |
| 27 |  South Carolina | 7,108 | 1.03% | — |
| 28 |  Wisconsin | 6,339 | 0.92% | — |
| 29 |  Arkansas | 6,320 | 0.92% | — |
| 30 |  Kentucky | 5,838 | 0.85% | — |
| 31 |  Montana | 5,577 | 0.81% | — |
| 32 |  Connecticut | 4,972 | 0.72% | — |
| 33 |  Alabama | 4,921 | 0.71% | — |
| 34 |  Alaska | 4,697 | 0.68% | — |
| 35 |  Minnesota | 4,505 | 0.65% | — |
| 36 |  Iowa | 4,406 | 0.64% | — |
| 37 |  South Dakota | 3,368 | 0.49% | — |
| 38 |  Kansas | 3,160 | 0.46% | — |
| 39 |  District of Columbia | 2,976 | 0.43% | — |
| 40 |  Mississippi | 2,921 | 0.42% | — |
| 41 |  Louisiana | 2,424 | 0.35% | — |
| 42 |  Rhode Island | 2,008 | 0.29% | — |
| 43 |  Nebraska | 1,904 | 0.28% | — |
| 44 |  New Hampshire | 1,718 | 0.25% | — |
| 45 |  Maine | 1,553 | 0.23% | — |
| 46 |  Wyoming | 1,181 | 0.17% | — |
| 47 |  North Dakota | 1,158 | 0.17% | — |
| 48 |  Vermont | 855 | 0.12% | — |
| 49 |  West Virginia | 552 | 0.08% | — |
| 50 |  Delaware | 516 | 0.07% | — |
What correlates with Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State (2023)?
Pearson r against 2,077 other state metrics sharing at least 30 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State?
- Texas has the highest Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State in 2023, at 93,970, followed by Arizona (54,222) and Nevada (41,997).
- Which state has the lowest Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State?
- Delaware has the lowest Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State in 2023, at 516.
- What is the median Est. Ex-Californians Moving to State across US states?
- The median is 7,933 across the 50 US states with data in 2023.
- Where does this people leaving california by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: State to State Migration - Consensus; Where people in California are moving to most - Stacker; Californians Are Relocating in Huge Numbers: Where Are They Going? - Borowitz & Clark LLP; Texas? Idaho? Where Californians Are Moving - New York Times.