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(Omaha, NE) -- Nebraska lost the ninth-most residents of the 48 continental states, according to a national study. UniGroup released its annual United Van Lines National Movers Study last week.
Eily Cummings is with UniGroup.
"That's really stemming, primarily, from retirement reasons," Cummings says. "If you look 2023, about 8.5% reasons for moving was retirement. It was close to 20% in 2024."
Nebraska's neighbor to the east, however, is not seeing that trend.
"It makes me wonder if the age demographics in the two states are similar or if Nebraska has more of an aging demographic," Cummings says. "It seems like in Iowa your retirees are staying put, which could be attributed to Iowa's tax structure maybe being a little more favorable to Nebraska's."
The states seeing the largest growth in the study are West Virginia, Delaware and South Carolina. The biggest loss comes for New Jersey, Illinois and New York.