Batesville, In. — Indiana was the No. 17 Growth State for 2017, according to U-Haul data analyzing the past year’s U.S. migration trends.
Year-over-year arrivals of one-way U-Haul truck rentals increased by 3 percent while departures increased by 2 percent from Indiana’s 2016 numbers.
Arriving trucks accounted for 50.1 percent of all one-way U-Haul traffic in Indiana, which was ranked No. 39 in growth for 2016 and No. 25 for 2015.
Growth States are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul truck rentals entering a state versus leaving a state during a calendar year. Migration trends data is compiled from more than 1.7 million one-way U-Haul truck rental transactions that occur annually.
Texas was the No. 1 Growth State for the second year in a row. Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee rounded out the top five, and North Carolina ranked seventh, continuing a strong growth movement in the Southeast.
View the entire 2017 U-Haul Growth States rankings, plus other migration trends reports including the top U.S. Growth Cities.
While migration trends do not correlate directly to population or economic growth, U-Haul growth data is an effective gauge of how well states and cities are attracting and maintaining residents.
