Arkansas
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 36,997 returns moved to Arkansas from other states and 31,728 moved the other way, a net gain of 5,269 returns, or 4.7 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Arkansas and other states.Arkansas ranks 13th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Arkansas gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Michigan. Another 45,859 returns moved between counties inside Arkansas, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +3,940 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 | 2,736 | 1,313 | +1,423 |
| Texas | 7,451 | 6,498 | +953 |
| Louisiana | 1,423 | 1,063 | +360 |
| Arizona | 859 | 582 | +277 |
| Mississippi | 1,033 | 793 | +240 |
| Colorado | 1,100 | 875 | +225 |
| Florida | 1,933 | 1,743 | +190 |
| Illinois | 1,059 | 882 | +177 |
| Oregon | 396 | 259 | +137 |
| Missouri | 3,265 | 3,143 | +122 |
| Tennessee | 1,960 | 1,839 | +121 |
| Utah | 328 | 222 | +106 |
| Washington | 615 | 513 | +102 |
| Kansas | 760 | 661 | +99 |
| Nevada | 338 | 257 | +81 |
| Nebraska | 274 | 198 | +76 |
| Iowa | 433 | 359 | +74 |
| South Dakota | 165 | 93 | +72 |
| Idaho | 204 | 134 | +70 |
| Pennsylvania | 344 | 275 | +69 |
| New Jersey | 209 | 151 | +58 |
| Minnesota | 325 | 269 | +56 |
| Hawaii | 149 | 112 | +37 |
| Alaska | 145 | 113 | +32 |
| New York | 464 | 432 | +32 |
| Wyoming | 108 | 78 | +30 |
| Georgia | 853 | 824 | +29 |
| Indiana | 438 | 409 | +29 |
| Montana | 126 | 98 | +28 |
| Massachusetts | 188 | 163 | +25 |
| Oklahoma | 2,953 | 2,929 | +24 |
| Wisconsin | 334 | 310 | +24 |
| North Dakota | 98 | 80 | +18 |
| Maryland | 206 | 192 | +14 |
| Kentucky | 349 | 337 | +12 |
| New Mexico | 213 | 202 | +11 |
| Delaware | 42 | 32 | +10 |
| West Virginia | 70 | 62 | +8 |
| Connecticut | 86 | 79 | +7 |
| Virginia | 489 | 485 | +4 |
| Rhode Island | 34 | 32 | +2 |
| South Carolina | 312 | 310 | +2 |
| New Hampshire | 47 | 48 | −1 |
| Ohio | 462 | 463 | −1 |
| Maine | 47 | 58 | −11 |
| Vermont | 17 | 33 | −16 |
| North Carolina | 623 | 642 | −19 |
| District of Columbia | 45 | 67 | −22 |
| Alabama | 464 | 513 | −49 |
| Michigan | 425 | 503 | −78 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +3.8 in 2019–20, +6.3 in 2020–21, +5.7 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 72 Arkansas counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Izard County+26.1
- Marion County+25.8
- Madison County+23.0
- Benton County+21.7
- Stone County+19.4
- Sharp County+14.9
- Newton County+13.2
- Saline County+12.6
- Scott County+12.5
- Baxter County+12.4
- Fulton County+12.3
- Drew County+11.9
- Arkansas County−10.0
- Ouachita County−10.3
- Union County−10.6
- Lincoln County−11.1
- Searcy County−11.3
- Lee County−11.6
- Cross County−14.0
- Hempstead County−15.0
- St. Francis County−17.3
- Desha County−17.9
- Chicot County−18.9
- Phillips County−22.9
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.