A new report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation is the latest confirmation of a HOTLINE evergreen: “Americans are continuing to leave high-tax, high-cost-of-living states in favor of lower-tax, lower-cost alternatives.”

Of the 26 states whose overall state and local tax burdens per capita were below the national average in 2022 (the most recent year of data available), 18 experienced net inbound interstate migration in FY 2024.

“Meanwhile, of the 25 states and DC with tax burdens per capita at or above the national average, 17 of those jurisdictions experienced net outbound domestic migration.”