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East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 9,351 returns moved into East Baton Rouge Parish and 10,952 moved out, a net loss of 1,601 returns, or 9.8 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

East Baton RougeAscensionJeffersonWest Baton RougeLafayetteEast Feliciana

Farther away

East Baton RougeDallas, TXTarrant, TX

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

On balance, East Baton Rouge loses the most returns to Livingston Parish. The largest single source, Livingston Parish, supplied 11% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 39% of arrivals, below the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. Moves in and out together equal 12.4% of East Baton Rouge’s returns, less than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Livingston Parish1,4431,060−383
  2. Ascension Parish952884−68
  3. Harris, TX590308−282
  4. Orleans Parish383354−29
  5. Jefferson Parish273316+43
  6. West Baton Rouge Parish296270−26
  7. Lafayette Parish247256+9
  8. East Feliciana Parish248226−22
  9. Iberville Parish251201−50
  10. St. Tammany Parish228221−7
  11. Tangipahoa Parish186202+16
  12. Dallas, TX16175−86

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 67 counties sent 20 or more returns each (73% of arrivals from within the US) and 79 received 20 or more (75% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 80% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was King, WA, 2,002 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Pointe Coupee Parish12324032
St. John the Baptist Parish10818345
Ouachita Parish106170148
Rapides Parish10417597
Terrebonne Parish10417785
West Feliciana Parish9916930
Calcasieu Parish97147137
Caddo Parish88119216
Lafourche Parish8613084
St. Landry Parish7513053
Tarrant, TX5693396
Los Angeles, CA54781,601
Jefferson, TX4595189
Acadia Parish437280
Assumption Parish437344
Wilkinson, MS437745
Maricopa, AZ40631,268
St. Mary Parish406867
St. Charles Parish396862
St. James Parish396640
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Travis, TX126177394
Tarrant, TX110187396
Pointe Coupee Parish10720832
Calcasieu Parish96182137
West Feliciana Parish8519530
Ouachita Parish80125148
Montgomery, TX74132263
Fulton, GA7196448
Rapides Parish6812197
Collin, TX66116370
Caddo Parish6491216
Los Angeles, CA63841,601
Fort Bend, TX63108288
Terrebonne Parish6210185
St. Helena Parish5910730
St. John the Baptist Parish5912345
Denton, TX57103399
Lafourche Parish549084
St. Landry Parish5410753
Bexar, TX5486451

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. Texas665
  2. Mississippi149
  3. Florida133
  4. Georgia116
  5. California83
  6. Tennessee52

Departures to

  1. Texas1,422
  2. Florida167
  3. Georgia135
  4. California131
  5. Mississippi125
  6. Tennessee77

Four filing years

8,57210,7072019–209,01611,4522020–219,09211,3512021–229,35110,9522022–23

InOut

East Baton Rouge shows a net loss in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2022–23 and departures in 2020–21. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −13.5 in 2019–20, −15.4 in 2020–21, −14.0 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $56,583 Arriving
  • $63,622 Leaving
  • $91,477 Staying

Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, arriving returns the least.

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