Americans Fled California, New York, and D.C. During COVID – Reason

"Illinois, which has been hemorrhaging population for several years, finished third after losing about 113,000...According to a different set of data released by the Census Bureau a few months ago, moves declined to their lowest levels in at least 70 years in the 12 months between April 2020 and March 2021. But that only serves to throw some of the migration figures into starker relief."