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People don't flock to Indiana for the weather or for thickets of gleaming skyscrapers where they can make it big.

But for the first time in years, the United Van Lines migration study has found more people are moving to Indiana than moving away.

The St. Louis-based moving company, which has tracked which states people move to and from for the last 40 years, has found that Indiana has either been significantly outbound or roughly balanced in the number of residents moving in and out every year since 1980. More people have been moving away from the Hoosier state than arriving from out of state over the last several years.

But the recently released 2018 National Movers Study found 51.3 percent of state-to-state moves in 2018 were to Indiana, as compared to 48.8 out of the state. That's a significant improvement over 2017 when 54 percent of the state-to-state moves in Indiana were outbound, while only 46 percent were inbound.

The study found 56.6 percent of people who moved to Indiana did so because of a job, while 67.3 percent of the people who moved away also did so for a job.