California
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 252,863 returns moved to California from other states and 353,260 moved the other way, a net loss of 100,397 returns, or 6.2 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between California and other states.California ranks 50th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, California gains the most returns from New Jersey and loses the most to Texas. Another 484,153 returns moved between counties inside California, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −117,475 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 6,470 | 4,880 | +1,590 |
| Illinois | 10,407 | 9,063 | +1,344 |
| Massachusetts | 7,767 | 6,565 | +1,202 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,617 | 5,547 | +1,070 |
| Connecticut | 2,534 | 2,146 | +388 |
| Maryland | 4,708 | 4,407 | +301 |
| Michigan | 5,218 | 4,987 | +231 |
| Rhode Island | 754 | 806 | −52 |
| Delaware | 475 | 532 | −57 |
| Louisiana | 2,019 | 2,093 | −74 |
| Vermont | 440 | 523 | −83 |
| Minnesota | 3,299 | 3,396 | −97 |
| New Hampshire | 761 | 898 | −137 |
| West Virginia | 334 | 473 | −139 |
| Mississippi | 973 | 1,129 | −156 |
| Alaska | 1,143 | 1,363 | −220 |
| District of Columbia | 1,789 | 2,037 | −248 |
| North Dakota | 492 | 749 | −257 |
| Maine | 622 | 937 | −315 |
| Ohio | 4,702 | 5,040 | −338 |
| Nebraska | 1,047 | 1,398 | −351 |
| Indiana | 3,064 | 3,482 | −418 |
| Iowa | 1,351 | 1,830 | −479 |
| Wyoming | 609 | 1,092 | −483 |
| Wisconsin | 2,645 | 3,143 | −498 |
| Kansas | 1,711 | 2,251 | −540 |
| Hawaii | 5,048 | 5,598 | −550 |
| South Dakota | 583 | 1,243 | −660 |
| Alabama | 1,589 | 2,342 | −753 |
| Kentucky | 1,362 | 2,215 | −853 |
| New Mexico | 2,364 | 3,262 | −898 |
| Virginia | 8,264 | 9,309 | −1,045 |
| Missouri | 3,246 | 4,443 | −1,197 |
| Arkansas | 1,313 | 2,736 | −1,423 |
| Montana | 1,338 | 2,817 | −1,479 |
| South Carolina | 2,322 | 4,179 | −1,857 |
| Oklahoma | 2,178 | 4,207 | −2,029 |
| New York | 18,440 | 20,595 | −2,155 |
| Georgia | 6,626 | 8,796 | −2,170 |
| Utah | 4,787 | 7,916 | −3,129 |
| North Carolina | 6,470 | 9,978 | −3,508 |
| Colorado | 9,699 | 14,044 | −4,345 |
| Idaho | 3,092 | 7,907 | −4,815 |
| Florida | 14,113 | 20,241 | −6,128 |
| Oregon | 10,369 | 16,765 | −6,396 |
| Tennessee | 3,810 | 10,246 | −6,436 |
| Washington | 17,871 | 24,625 | −6,754 |
| Nevada | 14,775 | 26,210 | −11,435 |
| Arizona | 16,283 | 28,402 | −12,119 |
| Texas | 24,970 | 44,417 | −19,447 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −7.7 in 2019–20, −10.1 in 2020–21, −8.9 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 56 California counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Yuba County+12.2
- Placer County+11.1
- Amador County+6.1
- Inyo County+6.0
- Madera County+4.5
- Butte County+3.5
- Riverside County+1.5
- Calaveras County+1.1
- Lake County−0.2
- San Joaquin County−0.5
- Shasta County−0.6
- Solano County−1.0
- Santa Cruz County−11.2
- Santa Clara County−11.9
- Santa Barbara County−12.0
- Alameda County−12.1
- Sutter County−12.4
- Plumas County−12.7
- Monterey County−14.0
- Yolo County−14.1
- Siskiyou County−15.9
- Lassen County−16.4
- Modoc County−16.5
- Mono County−18.2
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.