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Key Takeaways Americans are relocating between states, likely driven by taxes, opportunities and lifestyle preferences — and employers must think carefully about whether that will help or hurt their ability to recruit and retain quality employees.
Entrepreneurs should also pay attention to and evaluate existing employment trends. Job gains are mainly from the retail sector and ecommerce delivery, and concerns remain around a shrinking labor force.
For employers struggling to compete for talent in shifting labor markets, flexible work arrangements may be the most practical way to access workers regardless of where they’ve relocated.
America is shifting. No, I’m not referring to underground seismic plate shifts caused by earthquakes. Individuals and families are relocating from one state to another in record numbers.
As an entrepreneur and employer, I am curious what the employment landscape will look like in five to ten years.
Americans love to move
Since its inception, Americans have sought opportunity in multiple ways. As the saying goes, people tend to “follow the money.” During the first few decades of our young country, America was largely a rural, agricultural-based economy. General Mills, Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo and Tyson Foods were not around. Neither was Publix, Kroger or Walmart. In other words, we had to grow our own food to survive.
From 1820 to the 1880s, the first major wave of immigrants arrived from Britain, Ireland, Germany and Italy, primarily settling in eastern coastal cities like Boston and New York, as well as southern cities such as Charleston and Savannah. Later, immigrants from Mexico and South America settled in Texas, California and the Southwest, while Asian immigrants arrived on the West Coast.
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