Californian cities are not attractive to everyone. Numerous places in the Golden State were among the top 14 major cities from which (adjusted for population size) more people moved away than moved in.
Business Insider examined negative net domestic migration estimates for U.S. metropolitan areas for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. Negative net domestic migration means that more people left those metropolitan areas for another U.S. location than people moved there from the U.S. We adjusted these estimates based on each metropolitan area's population as of July 1, 2022, to get migration rates per 1,000 residents.
Before adjusting for population size, the negative net internal migration effect was most pronounced in the New York City metropolitan area, with a value of -238,494. Next was Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, with a value of -154,634, and then Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana, with a value of -71,310.
Los Angeles continued to be notable in adapting the subway Areas by population size. Six of the 14 metropolitan areas with the highest negative net internal migration rates per 1,000 residents were Californian metropolitan areas. These include San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont – as well as Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim.
New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana, stood out However, the most negative net internal migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants is among the major cities, which stands at -17.5.
Below are the cities from which people most often flee, based on the net domestic migration rate per 1,000 people.
