How America Moves

Rankings

Biggest gainers and losers by net migration, 2012–2023 cumulative filing years.

Biggest gainers

  1. 1Florida+1,768,649
  2. 2Texas+1,524,206
  3. 3North Carolina+624,364
  4. 4South Carolina+543,119
  5. 5Arizona+533,230
  6. 6Tennessee+414,347
  7. 7Georgia+377,797
  8. 8Nevada+270,487
  9. 9Washington+232,859
  10. 10Colorado+229,670
  11. 11Idaho+211,685
  12. 12Oregon+144,734
  13. 13Alabama+101,393
  14. 14Oklahoma+83,542
  15. 15Montana+79,359
  16. 16Delaware+71,356
  17. 17Maine+65,117
  18. 18Utah+61,034
  19. 19New Hampshire+54,732
  20. 20Arkansas+53,299
  21. 21South Dakota+27,363
  22. 22Indiana+23,295
  23. 23Missouri+8,151
  24. 24Kentucky+3,480
  25. 25Vermont-540

Biggest losers

  1. 1New York-2,043,734
  2. 2California-1,868,956
  3. 3Illinois-995,275
  4. 4New Jersey-425,223
  5. 5Massachusetts-329,232
  6. 6Pennsylvania-217,290
  7. 7Maryland-200,383
  8. 8Louisiana-187,450
  9. 9Ohio-144,441
  10. 10Michigan-142,334
  11. 11Connecticut-139,227
  12. 12Kansas-106,911
  13. 13Virginia-95,349
  14. 14Hawaii-87,717
  15. 15District of Columbia-84,720
  16. 16Alaska-79,298
  17. 17Minnesota-65,200
  18. 18Mississippi-63,822
  19. 19New Mexico-53,658
  20. 20Wisconsin-34,862
  21. 21Nebraska-34,119
  22. 22Iowa-30,881
  23. 23Rhode Island-30,413
  24. 24West Virginia-25,865
  25. 25North Dakota-9,545

Ranked by net people (exemptions). Cumulative net summed across 2012–2023. Source: IRS migration data; figures cover tax filers, AGI is nominal.