New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – the regions that make up the tri-state area – are among the five states that suffered the most pronounced population losses in the US, according to a new survey.
New Jersey led the nation with 70% of out-of-state moves compared to just the 27% that arrived in 2021, according to him 45º Annual National Study of Removals of the transfer company “United Van Lines”.
Illinois, the state that houses Chicago, ranked second with the 67% of recorded movements of residents leaving their state, while only the 27% were input.
New York ranked third, with 62% moving out and 37% arrival. Almost 27% of those who fled the “ Empire State” said that “family” was a major factor in their decisions, with about 12% citing the “cost” of living.
The survey also showed that the exodus largely involved the wealthy, who earn $ 80,000 dollars or more, constituting the 45.3% of the total.
It is not clear in which months these movements took place, but in April 2021 NY State adopted a record budget of $212 billion dollars which targeted big revenues with new taxes that increased to 10.9%, recalled New York Post.
Meanwhile, 6 of the 10 main Metropolitan areas that suffered the worst exodus were in the New York-New Jersey region. Nearly 80% of movements in Long Island’s Nassau-Suffolk counties were outbound, the highest rate of any country region. About 75% fled Binghamton and 73% left Poughkeepsie/Dutchess County.
Three areas of New Jersey (Bergen-Passaic, Newark, and Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon) also had the worst exit rates. Neighboring Connecticut did not fare much better: 60% of recorded moves were of going and the 40% of entry. For the entire US Northeast region, 60% of moves were of departure.
And sunny California also joined that trend, ranking 5th among those who moved, with 55 % fleeing the state and 41% arriving.
Coincidence or not, those five states with the highest exit rates have a few things in common: they are run by Democrats, have high taxes, and experience spikes in crime.
The survey also found that retirees are moving to less populated areas in hot, sunny states like Florida. For example, 6 of each residents who moved from New York were 59 years old or older.
The results of 2021 confirmed the findings of “United Van Lines” of 2020, when the COVID-pandemic 19 first devastated the NY-NJ metropolitan region and then the entire country, with a parallel rise in crime.
“The study also revealed that the COVID-19 continued to accelerate many decisions to move, indicating that Americans moved to lower-density areas and to be closer to their families over the past year,” United Van Lines said in a statement.
In contrast, less populous and also Democratic Vermont had the highest inbound migration in the US, with 74%. The other top entry states were South Dakota (69%), South Carolina (63%), West Virginia (63%) and Florida (62%).
In the local case, a trend that had been going on since 2018, with a loss of population in New York, both the city and the state, in part fleeing from taxes and costs, and a decline in the quality of life in variables such as education, health, safety and transportation, according to studies prior to the pandemic.
Last year it was announced that New York would have one less Representative in the Lower House of the National Congress and would also see its federal funds reduced, due to a drop in population growth in recent years.
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