Americans continue to vote with their feet, in an acceleration of pre-COVID trends way from California and the Northeast and to the South.
The Census Bureau reported Net Domestic Migration by Region July 1 2020 to July 1 2021:
Northeast -389,638
West -144,941
Midwest -123,103
South +657,682
And here is 2021 by state:
Finally, the chart below shows that over the past 12 years the pace of migration out of high-tax states to no-income tax states has accelerated. Since 2010, more than 4 million Americans on net have left for no income tax states.