U-Haul announces top growth states of 2023

(CNN)– U-Haul says more people moved to Texas than any other state in 2023.

It’s the third year in a row the lone star state topped U-Haul’s growth index report.

Each year, U-Haul calculates the number of one-way trips of its truck to and from each state.

Texas had a net gain of about 174-thousand people in 2023.

Number two on the list was Florida followed by North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

At the bottom of the list was California.

The report provides a snapshot of the do-it-yourself movers.

But it doesn’t account for other rental companies or when people hire a moving company.

U-Haul says the report does not correlate directly to population or economic growth.