SAN DIEGO — The U-Haul Growth index, which analyzes one-way customer transactions during 2025, shows California ranks last with the greatest out migration for the sixth consecutive year.
U-Haul customers arriving in California accounted for 49.4% of all one-way traffic in and out of the state last year (50.6% leaving).
Compared to 2024, U-Haul reported customers coming to California fell 1% year-over-year while departures fell 2%. Because fewer residents left, California’s net loss of one-way movers was not as steep as in recent years, though it was still the largest number of any state…