More folks coming to California

Guess they're not put off by the state's economic woes. The three big van lines - United, Atlas and Allied - say that California had more inbound moves in 2010 than departures, the second time that's happened three years. Here are the particulars, as compiled by the OC Register:

*United had 30,608 California moves last year - up 5% vs. '09. Of that work, 51.3% was inbound moves vs. 49.2% in '09. This is the highest level of in-bound California traffic for this line since 2000.

*Atlas had 13,689 California moves last year - up 8% vs. '09. Of that work, 52.3% was inbound moves vs. 51.3% in '09. This is fourth consecutive year that Atlas had more inbound California work than outbound shipments.

*Allied had 12,301 California moves last year - 13% vs. '09. Of that work, 49.5% was inbound moves vs. 47.9% in '09.

Not everyone is using those three movers, of course, and the Register notes that overall outmigration continued in 2010, though at a lower level than a year earlier.