Americans continue migrating from high-tax to low-tax states

High-tax states are losing residents to states that take a smaller bite out of people's wallets.

South Carolina has the lowest tax burden among states and the highest tax burden in the country.

Hawaii lost the biggest share of its population to other states, showing that there's only so much a beautiful climate can make up for.

Tax rates and rules to enforce them also affect the cost of living and business environment in ways that further nudge people toward some locales and away from others.

With Americans ' growing ability to separate where they live from where they work, tax policy is only increasing in importance as a means to attract people.