U-Haul data provides latest grim sign California is dying amid fires, floods, soaring crime and vagrancy
Following U-Hauls report Republican party leaders took to X to fire shots at the Golden State and Governor Gavin Newsom. However, Newsom didn't sit idly by.
Self-drive removals firm U-Haul released an eye-catching study showing that more people are fleeing California than any other American state.
For the sixth year in a row, the Golden State was at the rock bottom of the moving company's Growth Index survey.
The report comes after another year of devastating natural disasters, continuous crime, extreme woke politics and widespread homelessness.
Despite having the most people leave the state, the one consolation for California was that it had a smaller number of movers leave in 2025 than in 2024.
Four other left-leaning states joined California to fill out the bottom five spots of U-Haul's growth index: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.
Topping the list was Texas, which has been ranked the highest-growth state by U-Haul for the seventh time in 10 years.
Of the top five states, four have Republican governors. Blue-to-red state migration remains a discernible trend, according to the survey.
However, those leaving Governor Gavin Newsom's state tend to stay close, choosing locations such as Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Texas, and Arizona.
California for the sixth year in a row was at the bottom of U-Haul's Growth Index survey. Echo Park in Los Angeles is pictured
Residents fleeing headed to locations such as Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Texas, and Arizona
The moving company did not specifically explain why Californians continue to leave more than residents of other states.
'We continue to find that life circumstances — marriage, children, a death in the family, college, jobs, and other events — dictate the need for most moves,' John Taylor, U-Haul International president, said in a press statement.
'But other factors can be important to people who are looking to change their surroundings. In-migration states are often appealing to those customers.'
Speaker Mike Johnson took notice of the report and noted that it's easy to see why more people are leaving than anywhere else on his X account.
'California has the highest state income tax in America — 13.3% — and now Democrats like Gavin Newsom are blocking President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts, denying workers real money back in their pockets,' wrote the Speaker of the House.