countymoves

Where movers go, county by county

IRS records of 2,748 counties show where households that changed counties came from and where they went. Each dot is a county: blue ones gained returns through moves in 2022–23, orange ones lost them.

Net migration per 1,000 returns: below −15−15 to −5−5 to 00 to 55 to 1515 and above

Dot size follows the number of returns filed in the county. Of 2,748 counties, 1,452 gained.

Fastest net gains

Net returns from moves per 1,000 returns, among the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties.

  1. Pinal County, AZ+40.1
  2. Marion County, FL+37.2
  3. Pasco County, FL+37.0
  4. Lake County, FL+36.8
  5. Horry County, SC+36.2
  6. St. Johns County, FL+32.7
  7. Hays County, TX+32.7
  8. St. Lucie County, FL+32.5

Fastest net losses

Same measure, from the lowest rate up.

  1. Bronx County, NY−28.8
  2. Miami-Dade County, FL−17.7
  3. Tippecanoe County, IN−17.2
  4. Queens County, NY−16.9
  5. Orleans Parish, LA−16.3
  6. Washtenaw County, MI−14.1
  7. Monterey County, CA−14.0
  8. Montgomery County, AL−13.4

The ten busiest county-to-county routes

Returns that moved from one county to another between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons.

  1. Los Angeles County, CAOrange County, CA19,802
  2. Los Angeles County, CASan Bernardino County, CA18,325
  3. Miami-Dade County, FLBroward County, FL17,471
  4. Orange County, CALos Angeles County, CA16,006
  5. Harris County, TXFort Bend County, TX14,433
  6. New York County, NYKings County, NY14,123
  7. Dallas County, TXTarrant County, TX14,066
  8. Dallas County, TXCollin County, TX12,881
  9. Harris County, TXMontgomery County, TX12,733
  10. Travis County, TXWilliamson County, TX12,394

States

South Carolina, Delaware and North Carolina had the highest net rates of state-to-state migration; New York, California and Louisiana the lowest. See all 51 on one map.

Notes on the data