Delaware
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 21,280 returns moved to Delaware from other states and 17,226 moved the other way, a net gain of 4,054 returns, or 9.5 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Delaware and other states.Delaware ranks 2nd of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Delaware gains the most returns from Pennsylvania and loses the most to Florida. Another 4,326 returns moved between counties inside Delaware, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +5,117 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5,744 | 3,885 | +1,859 |
| New Jersey | 2,434 | 1,241 | +1,193 |
| New York | 1,874 | 914 | +960 |
| Maryland | 3,847 | 2,955 | +892 |
| Virginia | 1,084 | 854 | +230 |
| Connecticut | 218 | 131 | +87 |
| California | 532 | 475 | +57 |
| Louisiana | 77 | 53 | +24 |
| Kansas | 47 | 24 | +23 |
| New Hampshire | 75 | 53 | +22 |
| Rhode Island | 56 | 34 | +22 |
| Missouri | 90 | 71 | +19 |
| Minnesota | 61 | 51 | +10 |
| New Mexico | 46 | 36 | +10 |
| Nebraska | 25 | 17 | +8 |
| Wyoming | 21 | 14 | +7 |
| South Dakota | 20 | 16 | +4 |
| Vermont | 26 | 22 | +4 |
| Arizona | 176 | 174 | +2 |
| Michigan | 116 | 115 | +1 |
| Mississippi | 42 | 41 | +1 |
| Oregon | 47 | 46 | +1 |
| North Dakota | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 64 | 65 | −1 |
| Iowa | 33 | 37 | −4 |
| Alabama | 69 | 74 | −5 |
| Alaska | 26 | 31 | −5 |
| Maine | 56 | 62 | −6 |
| Ohio | 195 | 201 | −6 |
| Idaho | 18 | 26 | −8 |
| Hawaii | 49 | 58 | −9 |
| Arkansas | 32 | 42 | −10 |
| West Virginia | 89 | 99 | −10 |
| Massachusetts | 233 | 244 | −11 |
| Montana | 15 | 27 | −12 |
| Nevada | 74 | 86 | −12 |
| Oklahoma | 56 | 68 | −12 |
| Kentucky | 51 | 64 | −13 |
| Utah | 46 | 60 | −14 |
| Indiana | 94 | 124 | −30 |
| Washington | 104 | 138 | −34 |
| District of Columbia | 132 | 167 | −35 |
| Illinois | 154 | 198 | −44 |
| Tennessee | 156 | 200 | −44 |
| Colorado | 147 | 210 | −63 |
| Georgia | 334 | 408 | −74 |
| South Carolina | 225 | 356 | −131 |
| Texas | 511 | 686 | −175 |
| North Carolina | 501 | 710 | −209 |
| Florida | 1,141 | 1,546 | −405 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +13.2 in 2019–20, +14.3 in 2020–21, +12.2 in 2021–22.
County by county
All 3 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.
- Sussex County+27.0
- Kent County+10.5
- New Castle County+0.8
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.