Half of the residents of Illinois would like to leave the state. It's about the same in Connecticut.

Meanwhile, few wish to move out of Hawaii, Montana or Maine.

That's according to a

released today, a poll that finds Alabama atop fellow southern states.

Gallup asked: "Regardless of whether you

will

move, if you had the opportunity, would you

like

to move to another state, or would you rather remain in your current state?"

In Alabama, just 31 percent of respondents said they would like to move away. That tied Florida for the fewest in the South. But when the question was flipped, Floridians were less certain.

In Alabama, 69 percent of residents asserted they want to remain in Alabama. And 67 percent said so in Florida.

Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas were close behind, all ranked with slightly more favorable responses than the national average. Mississippi and Georgia were closer to the bottom of the list, as 39 percent of residents would leave Mississippi and 38 percent said the same in Georgia.

On the whole, most of the South tended to fall near the national average. One third of people across the country want to leave the state they live in. But there is greater variation in other regions.

In Maine, Montana and Hawaii just 23 percent of residents would move if they could. Close behind are Oregon, Texas and New Hampshire.

At the other of the spectrum, more than 40 percent of residents want to leave Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Nevada and Maryland.

And at the very bottom of the list, in Connecticut and Illinois, less than half of the residents would stay if moving was an option.