How America Moves

Rankings

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

Net income (AGI)Net householdsNet peopleNet per 1k residents
StatesCounties
Latest yearCumulative

Biggest gainers

  1. 1Idaho+107.7
  2. 2South Carolina+101.1
  3. 3Nevada+84.7
  4. 4Florida+78.2
  5. 5Arizona+71.8
  6. 6Montana+70.1
  7. 7Delaware+69.2
  8. 8Tennessee+58.1
  9. 9North Carolina+57.6
  10. 10Texas+50.0
  11. 11Maine+46.7
  12. 12Colorado+39.1
  13. 13New Hampshire+39.0
  14. 14Georgia+34.3
  15. 15Oregon+34.2
  16. 16Washington+29.8
  17. 17South Dakota+29.8
  18. 18Oklahoma+20.6
  19. 19Alabama+19.8
  20. 20Utah+17.9
  21. 21Arkansas+17.4
  22. 22Indiana+3.4
  23. 23Missouri+1.3
  24. 24Kentucky+0.8
  25. 25Vermont-0.8

Biggest losers

  1. 1District of Columbia-124.8
  2. 2Alaska-108.1
  3. 3New York-104.4
  4. 4Illinois-79.3
  5. 5Hawaii-61.1
  6. 6California-48.0
  7. 7Massachusetts-47.0
  8. 8New Jersey-45.8
  9. 9Louisiana-41.0
  10. 10Connecticut-38.5
  11. 11Kansas-36.4
  12. 12Maryland-32.4
  13. 13Rhode Island-27.8
  14. 14New Mexico-25.4
  15. 15Mississippi-21.7
  16. 16Nebraska-17.2
  17. 17Pennsylvania-16.8
  18. 18West Virginia-14.6
  19. 19Michigan-14.2
  20. 20Ohio-12.3
  21. 21North Dakota-12.2
  22. 22Minnesota-11.4
  23. 23Virginia-10.9
  24. 24Iowa-9.6
  25. 25Wyoming-9.5

Ranked by net per 1k residents (people per 1,000). Cumulative net summed across 2012–2023. Population is the latest Census estimate; counties under 20,000 residents are excluded to limit small-sample noise. Source: IRS migration data; figures cover tax filers, AGI is nominal.

Rankings by topic

States and counties ranked by cost, housing, and jobs figures. These come from federal statistical sources covering all residents, a separate universe from the tax-filer migration data above; each page names its source.