Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
9 days ago
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- About one in five Americans would like to leave the U.S. permanently, with younger women driving this trend.
- 40% of women aged 15-44 in 2025 express a desire to move abroad, a significant increase from 10% in 2014.
- The gender gap in migration desire is now 21 percentage points between younger women (40%) and men (19%).
- Canada is the top preferred destination for younger women wanting to leave the U.S., followed by New Zealand, Italy, and Japan.
- Younger women in other OECD countries do not show the same increasing desire to migrate as those in the U.S.
- Political attitudes influence migration desires, with a 25-point gap between those who approve and disapprove of U.S. leadership in 2025.
- Younger women's declining confidence in U.S. institutions, such as the judiciary, has contributed to their increased desire to leave.
- The Dobbs v. Jackson decision may have impacted younger women's institutional confidence but played a limited role in migration trends.
- Marital status and having children no longer significantly deter younger women from wanting to migrate.