PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Despite Arizona’s scalding hot temperatures and the number of First Alert Weather days , the state remains a destination for people looking to move.

According to U.S. News and World Report, which analyzed search results for moving companies, they found West Des Moines, Iowa, to Phoenix, Arizona, ranked 3rd in the results, only behind Los Angeles to New York City and vice versa.

The latest census data from 2023 found that 256,000 people moved to Arizona, with migrators mainly coming from California, Texas, Colorado, Oregon and Washington state.

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Arizona’s Family spoke to Fletcher Wilcox , a real estate advisor for Russ Lyon’s Sotheby’s International Realty, about why people are comi

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