How America Moves

How America Moves

Where people and their income move between U.S. counties and states. Hover a state for net migration; click to drill into its counties. Public IRS migration data, 2022–2023.

Latest U.S. reading · June 2026
3.5%
Inflation, past 12 months
+57k
Jobs added in June
4.2%
Unemployment rate

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inflation is CPI-U; jobs are total nonfarm payrolls; unemployment is seasonally adjusted. A monthly series, separate from the annual IRS migration data on the map below.

Net outNet in(AGI $)
Hover an area to trace its top 5 inbound (in) and outbound (out) moves.
Net income (AGI) that moved in minus out, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation).Net tax returns (filing households) that moved in minus out.Net people per 1,000 residents, so larger and smaller areas compare fairly.
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Biggest moves between states

The largest single state-to-state flows of people, 2022–2023.

  1. 1California → Texas82,481 people · $4.8B
  2. 2New York → New Jersey73,471 people · $5.1B
  3. 3New York → Florida71,476 people · $5.8B
  4. 4Florida → Georgia50,483 people · $1.8B
  5. 5California → Arizona47,885 people · $2.5B
  6. 6California → Nevada43,801 people · $2.7B
  7. 7Florida → Texas41,655 people · $1.7B
  8. 8Texas → California41,232 people · $2.4B
  9. 9Georgia → Florida40,689 people · $2.1B
  10. 10New Jersey → New York38,722 people · $3B

Each row counts filers who moved one way (origin to destination), not net. People are IRS exemptions; income is nominal AGI.

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Numbers only, no causal claims. Data covers tax filers; AGI is nominal.