More people have migrated from N.J. than we were able to replace? Actually we have probably had a net gain (bad choice of words) with the illegals that have come here.
That's a significant observation. People who move by an established moving company would be established and have financial resources. Those moving without them would more likely be those without resources and thus be a drain on the state's economy.
I was brought up in CT, just north of Danbury. It was an okay place to grow up. When I return, it's upsetting. That area and huge swaths of CT have become third world hellholes.