Americans appear to be leaving the U.S. at once-in-a-century levels, fleeing divisive politics and a cost of living crisis . In 2025, the flow of Americans ditching the 50 states for good caused the first estimated net outward migration of the U.S. population in decades, something that likely hasn’t happened since the 1929 Great Depression. “Previously, the Americans leaving were super-adventurous and well-credentialed,” Jen Barnett, founder of the resettlement consultancy firm Expatsi, told The Wall Street Journal . “Now they’re ordinary people, like me.” In 2024, Barnett joined in the trend, relocating to Yucatán, Mexico . The U.S. government doesn’t officially track the number of Americans who’ve resettled abroad, so estimates of just how many people left can vary. Americans are leaving to live in other countries at record levels for modern U.S.…