Colorado
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 121,390 returns moved to Colorado from other states and 110,049 moved the other way, a net gain of 11,341 returns, or 4.4 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Colorado and other states.Colorado ranks 14th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Colorado gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Washington. Another 137,982 returns moved between counties inside Colorado, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +12,892 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 | 14,044 | 9,699 | +4,345 |
| Texas | 14,923 | 12,275 | +2,648 |
| Illinois | 4,686 | 3,198 | +1,488 |
| New York | 3,987 | 3,210 | +777 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,599 | 1,944 | +655 |
| Virginia | 3,276 | 2,627 | +649 |
| Massachusetts | 2,017 | 1,389 | +628 |
| Ohio | 2,651 | 2,075 | +576 |
| New Jersey | 1,522 | 978 | +544 |
| Maryland | 1,731 | 1,209 | +522 |
| Indiana | 1,847 | 1,340 | +507 |
| Georgia | 3,057 | 2,571 | +486 |
| Louisiana | 1,336 | 907 | +429 |
| Minnesota | 2,428 | 2,024 | +404 |
| Wisconsin | 2,103 | 1,771 | +332 |
| Hawaii | 1,159 | 915 | +244 |
| Connecticut | 883 | 661 | +222 |
| Michigan | 2,282 | 2,100 | +182 |
| Iowa | 1,504 | 1,346 | +158 |
| Nevada | 1,917 | 1,802 | +115 |
| New Mexico | 2,743 | 2,642 | +101 |
| District of Columbia | 521 | 427 | +94 |
| North Dakota | 538 | 451 | +87 |
| Mississippi | 603 | 518 | +85 |
| Alaska | 697 | 625 | +72 |
| Delaware | 210 | 147 | +63 |
| New Hampshire | 454 | 399 | +55 |
| Vermont | 349 | 331 | +18 |
| Rhode Island | 210 | 206 | +4 |
| West Virginia | 222 | 240 | −18 |
| Nebraska | 1,802 | 1,822 | −20 |
| Kansas | 2,283 | 2,355 | −72 |
| Maine | 381 | 468 | −87 |
| Alabama | 1,135 | 1,261 | −126 |
| Kentucky | 768 | 907 | −139 |
| Missouri | 2,523 | 2,677 | −154 |
| Idaho | 1,011 | 1,188 | −177 |
| Arkansas | 875 | 1,100 | −225 |
| Oregon | 2,061 | 2,296 | −235 |
| Tennessee | 2,056 | 2,304 | −248 |
| Utah | 2,240 | 2,489 | −249 |
| South Dakota | 716 | 990 | −274 |
| North Carolina | 3,117 | 3,423 | −306 |
| Arizona | 5,683 | 6,012 | −329 |
| South Carolina | 1,323 | 1,698 | −375 |
| Montana | 1,085 | 1,469 | −384 |
| Wyoming | 1,874 | 2,280 | −406 |
| Florida | 8,639 | 9,070 | −431 |
| Oklahoma | 1,839 | 2,278 | −439 |
| Washington | 3,480 | 3,935 | −455 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +5.6 in 2019–20, +2.5 in 2020–21, +2.8 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 52 Colorado counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Costilla County+36.5
- Chaffee County+24.2
- Sedgwick County+24.0
- Elbert County+21.8
- Weld County+19.8
- Custer County+17.9
- Douglas County+16.0
- Delta County+14.7
- Montrose County+14.3
- Ouray County+13.0
- Mesa County+11.8
- Saguache County+10.1
- Prowers County−7.8
- Logan County−8.2
- Routt County−8.5
- Conejos County−9.0
- Rio Grande County−11.6
- Gilpin County−12.4
- Summit County−12.5
- San Miguel County−12.6
- Eagle County−15.6
- Rio Blanco County−16.1
- Pitkin County−19.2
- Yuma County−27.0
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.