Arizona
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 121,675 returns moved to Arizona from other states and 104,359 moved the other way, a net gain of 17,316 returns, or 6.0 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Arizona and other states.Arizona ranks 8th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Arizona gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Texas. Another 49,536 returns moved between counties inside Arizona, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +42,552 returns.
The exchange with every state
Sorted from the largest net gain to the largest net loss. States with a flow under 10 returns in either direction are left out.
| State | From there | To there | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 28,402 | 16,283 | +12,119 |
| Washington | 8,011 | 5,803 | +2,208 |
| Illinois | 5,528 | 3,606 | +1,922 |
| Minnesota | 3,090 | 2,175 | +915 |
| Oregon | 4,007 | 3,130 | +877 |
| Nevada | 4,057 | 3,387 | +670 |
| Wisconsin | 2,415 | 1,916 | +499 |
| New Mexico | 3,435 | 3,006 | +429 |
| New Jersey | 1,287 | 866 | +421 |
| New York | 2,879 | 2,528 | +351 |
| Colorado | 6,012 | 5,683 | +329 |
| Alaska | 926 | 612 | +314 |
| South Dakota | 901 | 636 | +265 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,968 | 1,739 | +229 |
| Indiana | 1,741 | 1,531 | +210 |
| Nebraska | 995 | 799 | +196 |
| Montana | 1,144 | 964 | +180 |
| Iowa | 1,308 | 1,132 | +176 |
| Connecticut | 640 | 480 | +160 |
| North Dakota | 680 | 538 | +142 |
| Maryland | 1,012 | 879 | +133 |
| Wyoming | 619 | 494 | +125 |
| Hawaii | 921 | 825 | +96 |
| Massachusetts | 1,091 | 1,015 | +76 |
| Ohio | 2,314 | 2,240 | +74 |
| Louisiana | 616 | 549 | +67 |
| New Hampshire | 327 | 273 | +54 |
| Michigan | 2,568 | 2,521 | +47 |
| Idaho | 1,745 | 1,702 | +43 |
| Rhode Island | 168 | 153 | +15 |
| Vermont | 174 | 163 | +11 |
| Delaware | 174 | 176 | −2 |
| Kansas | 1,020 | 1,036 | −16 |
| West Virginia | 184 | 202 | −18 |
| Maine | 304 | 329 | −25 |
| Utah | 3,210 | 3,239 | −29 |
| Mississippi | 345 | 392 | −47 |
| Missouri | 1,738 | 1,812 | −74 |
| District of Columbia | 167 | 277 | −110 |
| Alabama | 604 | 748 | −144 |
| Virginia | 1,804 | 1,967 | −163 |
| Kentucky | 623 | 794 | −171 |
| Arkansas | 582 | 859 | −277 |
| Georgia | 1,802 | 2,084 | −282 |
| Florida | 4,682 | 5,096 | −414 |
| Oklahoma | 961 | 1,384 | −423 |
| South Carolina | 822 | 1,319 | −497 |
| Tennessee | 1,405 | 2,188 | −783 |
| North Carolina | 1,804 | 2,863 | −1,059 |
| Texas | 8,463 | 9,966 | −1,503 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +16.3 in 2019–20, +12.0 in 2020–21, +7.8 in 2021–22.
County by county
All 15 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.
- Pinal County+40.1
- Mohave County+21.8
- La Paz County+19.5
- Yavapai County+15.7
- Gila County+11.0
- Graham County+7.5
- Navajo County+7.0
- Cochise County+4.5
- Pima County+3.7
- Maricopa County+2.9
- Greenlee County+2.7
- Yuma County+1.3
- Santa Cruz County−7.7
- Coconino County−13.1
- Apache County−15.3
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.