Kansas No. 5 on list of states people are fleeing

Yikes.

Not a good list to be on.

Forbes Magazine came out with yet another "Top 10" list today.  This one is the "Top 10 States People Are Fleeing".

I really didn't think Kansas or Missouri, either one, would be on this list but there it is.

Top 10 States People Are Fleeing

New York, Illinois and Louisiana are expected to lose more residents than they gain this year
 
Midwestern states, in fact, are well-represented in the top-10 list. Nebraska (No. 4), Kansas (No. 5) and North Dakota (No. 9) are among the many central states projected to lose residents in 2010.

You can understand, I think, why people would be leaving Louisiana, after the big BP oil spill and the devastation it caused both environmentally and economically.  That's understandable.

Mississippi is on the list and I get that, too, between, again, the BP oil spill and the state's infamous poverty but at least they're at number 10, not number 5, as Kansas is.  Neighbors Illinois (No 2), Nebraska (no. 4) and Iowa (No.6) are all on the list, too.  It seems people are still headed to the South (Texas) and Southwest.

Kansas' statistics:

Projected Loss: 4,200 people
Population: 2.9 million
Percentage Change: -0.14%
The Census Bureau reports modest gains for Kansas since 2007. The losses expected this year are similar to those seen in the earlier part of the decade, when the state lost an average of 4,500 per year.

What this doesn't tell you, though, is if people were leaving Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and Iowa for jobs...

or to fight off the boredom.

Have a great weekend, y'all.

Link:  http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/top-10-states-people-are-fleeing.html