Cass County, North Dakota
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 6,112 returns moved into Cass County and 5,630 moved out, a net gain of 482 returns, or 5.8 for every 1,000 returns filed there.
Within 150 miles
Farther away
ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns
No other North Dakota county gained as many returns through moves. Cass has swung from a net loss in 2019–20 to a net gain in 2022–23. The largest single source, Clay County, MN, supplied 14% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 74% of arrivals, above the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties.
The biggest two-way exchanges
Moves in both directions combined, largest first.
- Clay, MN890873−17
- Grand Forks202308+106
- Hennepin, MN321162−159
- Burleigh141214+73
- Otter Tail, MN133191+58
- Becker, MN127140+13
- Richland111132+21
- Maricopa, AZ13882−56
- Ward58108+50
- Barnes5689+33
- Ramsey, MN9450−44
- Dakota, MN6067+7
Beyond the main partners
In 2022–23, 47 counties sent 20 or more returns each (62% of arrivals from within the US) and 43 received 20 or more (58% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 64% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Orange, CA, 1,409 miles away.
| County | Returns | People | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk, MN | 70 | 91 | 71 |
| Stutsman | 70 | 90 | 80 |
| Douglas, MN | 67 | 86 | 109 |
| Stearns, MN | 64 | 81 | 158 |
| Traill | 58 | 81 | 36 |
| Anoka, MN | 57 | 86 | 223 |
| Ransom | 53 | 91 | 38 |
| Morton | 50 | 68 | 192 |
| Walsh | 50 | 73 | 103 |
| Ramsey | 47 | 79 | 116 |
| Stark | 47 | 57 | 256 |
| Beltrami, MN | 45 | 62 | 124 |
| Crow Wing, MN | 45 | 56 | 154 |
| Sherburne, MN | 44 | 57 | 195 |
| St. Louis, MN | 42 | 61 | 227 |
| Minnehaha, SD | 41 | 85 | 226 |
| Williams | 39 | 61 | 307 |
| Wilkin, MN | 33 | 47 | 54 |
| Clark, NV | 33 | 47 | 1,175 |
| Hubbard, MN | 32 | 42 | 111 |
| County | Returns | People | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stearns, MN | 53 | 84 | 158 |
| Stutsman | 50 | 67 | 80 |
| Traill | 46 | 94 | 36 |
| Morton | 44 | 61 | 192 |
| Minnehaha, SD | 40 | 61 | 226 |
| Washington, MN | 39 | 57 | 247 |
| Ransom | 38 | 57 | 38 |
| Anoka, MN | 36 | 59 | 223 |
| Polk, MN | 36 | 54 | 71 |
| St. Louis, MN | 36 | 47 | 227 |
| Clark, NV | 34 | 45 | 1,175 |
| Olmsted, MN | 33 | 51 | 310 |
| Douglas, MN | 31 | 43 | 109 |
| Scott, MN | 31 | 50 | 238 |
| Cook, IL | 30 | 35 | 587 |
| Harris, TX | 28 | 42 | 1,184 |
| Beltrami, MN | 26 | 48 | 124 |
| Wright, MN | 26 | 37 | 199 |
| Polk, IA | 25 | 35 | 405 |
| Norman, MN | 23 | 41 | 46 |
Other states in the exchange
Arrivals from
Departures to
Four filing years
InOut
Cass shows gains in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 and losses in 2019–20; arrivals peaked in 2022–23 and departures in 2019–20. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −4.1 in 2019–20, +1.9 in 2020–21, +5.9 in 2021–22.
Income reported by movers and stayers
- $54,795 Arriving
- $64,358 Leaving
- $110,418 Staying
Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, arriving returns the least.