South Carolina grew more than any other state last year because of new arrivals, a recent report from U-Haul shows.
The annual U-Haul Growth Index revealed that South Carolina jumped to number one in 2024 from its fourth-place spot a year earlier — continuing a trend of southern states netting big population gains from people relocating in recent years, a U-Haul press release states.
Of all the U-Haul movers coming and going from the Palmetto State in 2024, more than 51.7% were arrivals, the report shows.
Texas, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee round out the top five states with the most growth in 2024. Texas held the top growth spot the previous three years.
Meanwhile, California had the biggest net loss of movers in U-Haul equipment and ranks 50th on the list.
“State-to-state transactions from the past year reaffirm customer tendencies that have been pronounced for some time,” John “J.T.” Taylor, U-Haul International president, said in the press release. “Migration to the Southeast and Southwest continues as families gauge their cost of living, job opportunities, quality of life, and other factors that go into relocating to a new state.