Sylvester Stallone, Amanda Seyfried, and Matthew McConaughey have all moved out of Los Angeles.GettyNearly 250,000 people moved out of California from 2024 to 2025, per the most recent census data.It's not just regular people: Celebrities have left Los Angeles for places like Texas and Florida.Here are 28 celebrities who left LA — plus where they chose to move to and why. California is the US state with the most people moving out, with an estimated 229,077 people leaving for other states from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, according to the latest Census data. New York was second with 137,586 people leaving.While California still leads the country with the most residents leaving, it was much worse in previous years.Between 2022 and 2023, nearly 700,000 chose to leave California.The increased threat of wildfires, coupled with a growing affordability crisis, is prompting them to choose other places across the country.Recently, even some of the richest people in the world decided they wanted out, as a proposed tax caused several prominent billionaires to abandon the state.Several celebrities have also decided California is no longer the place for them.Singer-turned-talk show host Kelly Clarkson traded Los Angeles for New York City post-divorce for in 2022, while actor Sylvester Stallone said in 2024 that he and his family are "permanently" vacating California for South Florida.Popular moving destinations for Californians include Arizona, Florida, and Texas, while some have chosen different countries completely.Former California residents told Business Insider that their reasons for leaving the state included high taxes, expensive home prices, and challenging social and political conditions.

Some celebrities remained tight-lipped when sharing details of their moves, simply saying they're looking for a fresh start. Other high-profile actors, however, admitted that the fast-paced, stressful scene in Hollywood can be another motivation.Los Angeles, in particular, is experiencing an exodus of wealthier people in search of places where their money goes further.Take Gus Lira, a managing partner at a private jet charter company, who had a condo in Malibu overlooking the ocean. California taxes were wearing him down, so he decided to move to Nevada."For me, really the main reason, and for many of the people that I know, is just taxes," Lira told Business Insider in January.

"You can't get ahead when you get $100 and they take $60."Business Insider compiled a list of 28 celebrities — some in celebrity couples — who left California for greener pastures, presented in alphabetical order by last name. We tried to include both where they moved to and why they left LA.Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake left LA to shield their kids from the glare of the paparazzi.Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesThe power couple has dealt with the paparazzi for most of their professional careers. But they had enough of their kids also having to endure it.Since 2018, Biel, Timberlake, and their two kids have lived predominantly at their properties in Tennessee and Montana."You get hammered on the East Coast.

You kind of get hammered on the West Coast. That's why we don't really live there anymore," said Biel in a May 2024 episode of SiriusXM's "Let's Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa," seemingly referring to her former home of LA. "We're just trying to create some normalcy for these kids."Dean Cain left LA for Las Vegas because of the "incredible taxation" and "horrible regulations for business" in California.Jamie McCarthy/ Getty ImagesDean Cain, best known for playing Clark Kent/Superman in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," was fed up with how things were run in California.The actor split for Vegas in 2023."It's the most ridiculous large government, incredible taxation, horrible regulations for business," he told Fox News Digital in 2023.

"Very anti-business."Cain said California's personal income tax felt especially high."I moved to Las Vegas. I live in Nevada now," he added. "I have 10 times as nice a house.

I'm not kidding. Ten times as nice a house as I had in Malibu. The house is absolutely stunningly built. Gorgeous, beautiful.

Everything is brand new."Kelly Clarkson didn't just move from LA to New York — she took her daytime talk show with her.Kelly Clarkson in April 2024Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty ImageKelly Clarkson felt she had a new lease on life when she moved to New York City last year.After finalizing her divorce from ex-husband Brandon Blackstock in 2022, she didn't just take her kids east. She also brought "The Kelly Clarkson Show" — it started taping in New York in season 5."I was very depressed for the last three years — and maybe a little before that, if I'm being honest. I think I really needed the change," the Grammy winner told People.

"I needed it for me and my family as well. My kids are thriving here. We're just doing so much better, and we needed a fresh start."G