Recession fuels a sunny exodus

The Sunshine State isn't so sunny — at least when it comes to migration data from United Van Lines, one of the biggest moving companies in the country.

The moving giant recently released its mid-year migration data for 2009. The figures, which the company releases twice a year, highlight the inbound and outbound moving shipments from every state.

Florida was the only state in the Southeast that showed more people leaving than entering it, with a 48.8% inbound rate and 51.2% outbound. In contrast, Alabama Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina all showed relatively high ratios of incoming population.