Georgia
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 148,244 returns moved to Georgia from other states and 133,573 moved the other way, a net gain of 14,671 returns, or 3.5 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Georgia and other states.Georgia ranks 17th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Georgia gains the most returns from Florida and loses the most to Texas. Another 242,990 returns moved between counties inside Georgia, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +17,338 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 28,263 | 23,475 | +4,788 |
| New York | 9,138 | 5,842 | +3,296 |
| California | 8,796 | 6,626 | +2,170 |
| New Jersey | 3,725 | 1,893 | +1,832 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,853 | 2,668 | +1,185 |
| Illinois | 4,120 | 3,112 | +1,008 |
| Ohio | 3,693 | 2,912 | +781 |
| Maryland | 3,112 | 2,434 | +678 |
| Michigan | 2,816 | 2,278 | +538 |
| Connecticut | 1,341 | 858 | +483 |
| Louisiana | 2,194 | 1,747 | +447 |
| Indiana | 2,053 | 1,700 | +353 |
| Mississippi | 1,877 | 1,551 | +326 |
| Massachusetts | 1,906 | 1,607 | +299 |
| Arizona | 2,084 | 1,802 | +282 |
| Minnesota | 1,122 | 871 | +251 |
| Virginia | 5,099 | 4,876 | +223 |
| Missouri | 1,621 | 1,435 | +186 |
| Wisconsin | 1,151 | 991 | +160 |
| New Hampshire | 365 | 230 | +135 |
| Kansas | 911 | 794 | +117 |
| Oregon | 762 | 656 | +106 |
| Rhode Island | 337 | 233 | +104 |
| Delaware | 408 | 334 | +74 |
| Oklahoma | 894 | 827 | +67 |
| Alaska | 480 | 415 | +65 |
| Iowa | 561 | 508 | +53 |
| New Mexico | 490 | 437 | +53 |
| Kentucky | 1,625 | 1,574 | +51 |
| Hawaii | 711 | 677 | +34 |
| Nevada | 1,060 | 1,030 | +30 |
| South Dakota | 197 | 170 | +27 |
| West Virginia | 408 | 382 | +26 |
| Utah | 796 | 778 | +18 |
| Maine | 307 | 302 | +5 |
| Idaho | 312 | 310 | +2 |
| North Dakota | 209 | 210 | −1 |
| Vermont | 133 | 135 | −2 |
| Nebraska | 374 | 388 | −14 |
| Wyoming | 145 | 164 | −19 |
| Arkansas | 824 | 853 | −29 |
| Montana | 274 | 324 | −50 |
| Washington | 2,278 | 2,374 | −96 |
| District of Columbia | 554 | 791 | −237 |
| Colorado | 2,571 | 3,057 | −486 |
| North Carolina | 8,487 | 9,082 | −595 |
| Tennessee | 7,832 | 8,430 | −598 |
| Alabama | 8,527 | 9,224 | −697 |
| South Carolina | 8,328 | 9,309 | −981 |
| Texas | 9,120 | 10,897 | −1,777 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +4.6 in 2019–20, +6.7 in 2020–21, +6.0 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 144 Georgia counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Jackson County+56.5
- Dawson County+54.4
- Long County+43.0
- Union County+34.4
- Barrow County+33.3
- Heard County+31.5
- Greene County+31.0
- Jasper County+30.7
- McIntosh County+30.2
- Pickens County+29.1
- Towns County+27.9
- Monroe County+27.6
- Burke County−7.2
- DeKalb County−8.0
- Crisp County−8.4
- Gwinnett County−8.9
- Clayton County−9.3
- Clarke County−9.5
- Miller County−10.9
- Worth County−11.6
- Mitchell County−11.8
- Terrell County−13.0
- Macon County−13.8
- Randolph County−14.0
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.