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More people are moving into the Hoosier State, according to U-Haul Growth Index

(Jon Zimney/95.3 MNC)

More people are moving into the Hoosier State, according to the annual U-Haul Growth Index.

The report ranks Indiana No. 6 among growth states in the U.S., compared to No. 12 the previous year.

U-Haul says growth states are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks entering a state versus leaving a state in a calendar year.

The data comes from more than 2 million one-way U-Haul truck customer transactions annually.

The index says Indiana’s top growth cities include South Bend, Noblesville, Fort Wayne, Carmel, Jeffersonville and Elkhart. U-Haul says people coming into Indiana increased 16% compared to 2020, while departures increased 15%.

“Indiana has become a very desirable place to live and work,” said William Meguschar, U-Haul Company of South Central Indiana president. “All the major economic indicators, including new and existing business growth, have led to jobs and low unemployment. Our economy and a very low-to-moderate cost of living make Indiana attractive. In particular, the overall cost of housing is exceptionally low compared to neighboring states.”

Texas is ranked the No. 1 growth state in the country, followed by Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and Arizona.

California is ranked at the bottom of the list, along with Illinois, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

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2 comments

Thor January 8, 2022 at 10:02 pm

If you are moving here vote for freedom and not the poisonous liberal policies that destroyed the state you moved from.

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Charles U Farley January 10, 2022 at 11:55 am

Democrats are political locusts.

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