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The 5 states in America where the most millennials moved last year — and the 5 states they fled

By Ben Kesslen
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Millennials are on the move, with one in 10 picking up and heading to new places in 2024 for jobs, more space, or a different quality of life. But they aren’t moving everywhere in equal amounts.

HireAHelper, an online platform that helps people find movers, commissioned a study to find the states where the 7.7 million millennials who moved in 2024 are settling down.

It compared data to find the states they are moving to the most compared to other generations.

Keep reading to see the five states millennials can’t get enough of — and the 5 they’re fleeing at the highest rates.

5th most popular: South Carolina

4th most popular: New York

3rd most popular: Maryland

2nd most popular: Rhode Island

Most popular: Colorado

5th least popular: Indiana

4th least popular: Georgia

3rd least popular: Minnesota

2nd least popular: Idaho

Least popular: Connecticut

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