Atlas Van Lines Announces 2011 Migration Trends

Evansville, IN (PRWEB) January 03, 2012

According to 1 of North Americas leading moving companies, Atlas Van Lines, the number of household moves across state lines continues to rise. The 2011 Atlas Van Lines Migration Patterns study found Southwestern and Mid-Atlantic coastal states to be well-known destinations. Even though Midwestern states continue to shed residents, Michigan became a balanced state following six consecutive years of steady outbound moves. Atlas initial conducted the study in 1993 to track the nation’s interstate moving patterns.

In 2011, warmer climate states tended to stay balanced or see an enhance in inbound moves. Historical information suggests this trend in moving is likely related to retirement and weather preferences.

For the 1st time in six years, Michigan went from a perennially outbound state to a balanced state. Michigan now joins South Dakota and Iowa as the only Midwest states to remain balanced in 2011, as the rest of the Midwest continued to shed residents.

Five states that had been balanced in 2010 are now outbound states, such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, West Virginia, Louisiana and Utah. Wyoming and Mississippi, which had been outbound in 2010, are now balanced. Previously inbound state Kentucky and New Hampshire are balanced in 2011.

The highest number of interstate, or among states, moves occurred in states with larger cities, including, California, Texas, New York, Florida, Georgia and Illinois. California comes in at the top rated with nearly 15,000 moves in 2011, which accounts for 19 percent of the total interstate moves in North America. For the sixth consecutive year, Washington D.C. had the highest percentage of inbound moves, with 69 percent of all moves becoming inbound. But once more, Ohio was the leader in the highest percentage of outbound moves, with outbound moves accounting for 60 percent of the states total.

“Our annual migration patterns study is an interesting gauge of the economy, exactly where economic development is taking place and trends to adhere to throughout the upcoming year, said Jack Griffin, president and COO of Atlas World Group. “These new findings are specifically promising, as we saw the number of moves boost however once more across North America.

With overall moves up a lot more than seven percent, several shifts in state and regional trends took place:

Northern States

With the exception of New Hampshire, which went from an inbound to a balanced state, and Massachusetts, Connecticut and West Virginia, which transformed from balanced to outbound states, the Northern States saw reasonably few alterations in moving patterns from 2010 to 2011.

Southern States

The Southeast remains balanced with the exception of Louisiana, which switched from a balanced state to an outbound 1 in 2011. Southwest states Texas and New Mexico continue to be inbound states, as nicely as Mid-Atlantic states Virginia and North Carolina. Soon after becoming a newly inbound state in 2010, Kentucky is now balanced.

Midwestern States

Again seeing the majority of its states with a lot more outbound than inbound moves, the Midwest region only has 3 balanced states Iowa, South Dakota and Michigan. Regardless of uncertain economic circumstances, Michigan became a balanced state following an six-year streak as an outbound state. Wisconsin, Nebraska and Kansas finished 2011 as outbound states all of which were previously classified as balanced states for seven, nine and ten years in a row, respectively.

Western States

The annual study shows that the majority of the Western states remain balanced with only two states altering status. Utah is now an outbound state and Wyoming is now balanced.

Canadian Provinces

Of the ten provinces, seven are outbound Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan two have balanced moving patterns and 1 has outbound. New Brunswick, one of the balanced provinces, is in its fourth year out of five as balanced. Of the 3 territories, Nunavut is outbound, the Northwest Territories are balanced and Yukon is not classified in any of the 3 categories with only one move in 2011.

How status is determined

Every single state or provinces status is determined by its threshold value, which is the total number of shipments multiplied by .55 (i.e., in a state with 100 moves, at least 55 should be outgoing to be regarded as outbound). All other states or provinces in which outbound or inbound numbers dont exceed the threshold are classified as balanced. Shipments noted for Canada are cross-border-to the United States or from the United States (not inter-provincial).

To view full results of the 2011 migration patterns, a map and annual histories for every state, pay a visit to http://www.atlasvanlines.com/migration-patterns/.

About Atlas Van Lines

Atlas Van Lines, a national moving organization, is the largest subsidiary of Atlas Globe Group, an Evansville, Ind.-based business. Atlas World Group firms employ practically 700 individuals throughout North America. Practically 500 Atlas interstate moving agents in the United States and Canada specialize in corporate relocation, household moving services and in the specialized transportation of high-value items such as electronics, fine art, store fixtures and furniture. For much more information, go to http://www.atlasvanlines.com.

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