{"id":393940,"date":"2026-01-07T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/393940\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:25:10","slug":"why-residents-are-continuing-to-exit-louisiana-despite-states-economic-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/393940\/","title":{"rendered":"Why residents are continuing to exit Louisiana despite state\u2019s economic wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/s25562.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-2215026824-scaled.jpg.optimal.jpg\" data-caption=\"(iStock.com\/Jacob Wackerhausen)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"563\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-2215026824-1068x563.jpg.optimal.jpg\"  data- alt=\"\" title=\"New house, moving and man with boxes, real estate and ownership of property with mortgage or lounge. Relocation, buyer and person with cardboard in living room, investment and purchase with home loan\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1068px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1068\/563;\"\/><\/a>(iStock.com\/Jacob Wackerhausen)<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana remains the nation\u2019s top \u201coutbound\u201d state for movers, even as political and economic leaders point to splashy industrial wins as evidence the tide is turning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/louisiana\/article_a0b72cc6-5b0f-452c-8cef-c422e9a47729.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Center Square writes.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Atlas Van Lines\u2019 2025 Migration Patterns Study found that 66% of the company\u2019s Louisiana shipments over the past year moved out of state, compared to just 34% moving in\u2014a stubborn trend that has persisted despite billions in announced investment. U.S. Census Bureau data shows the state has lost more than 84,000 residents since its population peaked in 2020, with only a slight rebound projected in 2024 and many parishes still shrinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Housing pressures are compounding the problem. A December report from ATTOM ranks Louisiana among the states with the highest shares of seriously underwater mortgages, naming Calcasieu, Rapides, Ouachita, East Baton Rouge and Tangipahoa parishes among the worst in the nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, state leaders are promoting Hyundai Steel\u2019s planned $5.8 billion Ascension Parish mill after Louisiana again earned Business Facilities\u2019 \u201cPlatinum Deal of the Year,\u201d framing the project as proof the state\u2019s competitiveness is on the rise\u2014even as residents continue to pack up and leave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/louisiana\/article_a0b72cc6-5b0f-452c-8cef-c422e9a47729.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read the full story.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(iStock.com\/Jacob Wackerhausen) Louisiana remains the nation\u2019s top \u201coutbound\u201d state for movers, even as political and economic leaders point&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-393940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}