District of Columbia
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 32,848 returns moved to the District of Columbia from other states and 31,175 moved the other way, a net gain of 1,673 returns, or 5.6 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between the District of Columbia and other states.The District of Columbia ranks 11th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, the District of Columbia gains the most returns from Massachusetts and loses the most to Maryland. In 2019–20 the balance pointed the other way, at −8,002 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,236 | 818 | +418 |
| New Jersey | 931 | 521 | +410 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,297 | 919 | +378 |
| Florida | 1,521 | 1,200 | +321 |
| Ohio | 537 | 267 | +270 |
| California | 2,037 | 1,789 | +248 |
| Texas | 1,180 | 941 | +239 |
| Georgia | 791 | 554 | +237 |
| North Carolina | 1,061 | 827 | +234 |
| Connecticut | 504 | 283 | +221 |
| Michigan | 489 | 289 | +200 |
| Illinois | 824 | 636 | +188 |
| Tennessee | 355 | 209 | +146 |
| Indiana | 232 | 119 | +113 |
| Arizona | 277 | 167 | +110 |
| South Carolina | 346 | 248 | +98 |
| Iowa | 130 | 33 | +97 |
| Missouri | 209 | 112 | +97 |
| Louisiana | 207 | 116 | +91 |
| Minnesota | 265 | 180 | +85 |
| Kentucky | 146 | 65 | +81 |
| Alabama | 165 | 89 | +76 |
| Rhode Island | 132 | 79 | +53 |
| Washington | 447 | 395 | +52 |
| Kansas | 94 | 51 | +43 |
| Wisconsin | 171 | 130 | +41 |
| Nebraska | 58 | 20 | +38 |
| New Hampshire | 122 | 84 | +38 |
| Delaware | 167 | 132 | +35 |
| Mississippi | 76 | 45 | +31 |
| Vermont | 95 | 70 | +25 |
| Arkansas | 67 | 45 | +22 |
| Utah | 101 | 82 | +19 |
| Maine | 109 | 93 | +16 |
| Nevada | 114 | 100 | +14 |
| New Mexico | 75 | 61 | +14 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 10 | +11 |
| Oklahoma | 75 | 65 | +10 |
| Oregon | 180 | 170 | +10 |
| Wyoming | 23 | 13 | +10 |
| Idaho | 51 | 42 | +9 |
| Alaska | 27 | 22 | +5 |
| Montana | 37 | 32 | +5 |
| South Dakota | 26 | 24 | +2 |
| Hawaii | 96 | 96 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 89 | 110 | −21 |
| Colorado | 427 | 521 | −94 |
| New York | 2,410 | 2,586 | −176 |
| Virginia | 5,130 | 6,502 | −1,372 |
| Maryland | 7,688 | 9,213 | −1,525 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −26.7 in 2019–20, −28.3 in 2020–21, −7.2 in 2021–22.
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.