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Queens County, New York

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 48,983 returns moved into Queens County and 66,596 moved out, a net loss of 17,613 returns, or 16.9 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

QueensKingsSuffolkBronxWestchester

Farther away

QueensLos Angeles, CABroward, FLOrange, FL

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Queens has the 4th-lowest net migration rate of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. No other New York county lost as many returns through moves. The median move into Queens covered 14 miles, the 3rd-shortest among these 285 counties. One county, Kings County, supplied 25% of all arriving returns.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Kings8,13812,183+4,045
  2. Nassau10,4134,717−5,696
  3. New York4,2416,844+2,603
  4. Suffolk4,0361,858−2,178
  5. Bronx2,1732,729+556
  6. Hudson, NJ1,625908−717
  7. Westchester1,501806−695
  8. Bergen, NJ1,421583−838
  9. Los Angeles, CA748584−164
  10. Richmond661500−161
  11. Essex, NJ767386−381
  12. Broward, FL745305−440

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 182 counties sent 20 or more returns each (93% of arrivals from within the US) and 242 received 20 or more (94% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 80% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Honolulu, HI, 4,980 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Miami-Dade, FL3434741,107
Philadelphia, PA30742581
Cook, IL295387721
Middlesex, NJ29143533
Middlesex, MA283332179
Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT27336548
Orange25035157
Palm Beach, FL2493671,039
Orange, FL230338940
Union, NJ22637525
Suffolk, MA225258187
King, WA2232732,389
Erie195313293
San Francisco, CA1842172,608
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT17425068
Harris, TX1732561,421
Rockland16825236
Santa Clara, CA1581932,551
District of Columbia158178207
Passaic, NJ15525336
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Middlesex, NJ7551,37833
Orange, FL6001,053940
Miami-Dade, FL5908721,107
Union, NJ5751,04025
Palm Beach, FL5729301,039
Orange53699657
Philadelphia, PA49075981
Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT43475348
Erie424990293
Harris, TX4017101,421
Cook, IL362519721
Hillsborough, FL3496211,006
Passaic, NJ31763836
Osceola, FL307572964
Schenectady295559150
Middlesex, MA288396179
King, WA2853652,389
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT27950268
Dutchess27247676
Gwinnett, GA268499725

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. New Jersey3,261
  2. Florida1,886
  3. California1,647
  4. Pennsylvania1,113
  5. Connecticut869
  6. Massachusetts848

Departures to

  1. New Jersey6,777
  2. Florida5,108
  3. Pennsylvania2,415
  4. California2,154
  5. Texas1,588
  6. Connecticut1,580

Four filing years

45,30667,8142019–2043,46173,5652020–2146,52971,6742021–2248,98366,5962022–23

InOut

Queens shows a net loss in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2022–23 and departures in 2020–21. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −22.4 in 2019–20, −29.6 in 2020–21, −24.1 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $67,470 Staying
  • $68,627 Arriving
  • $78,727 Leaving

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

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