Idaho
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 35,831 returns moved to Idaho from other states and 30,020 moved the other way, a net gain of 5,811 returns, or 7.7 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Idaho and other states.Idaho ranks 5th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Idaho gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Utah. Another 24,450 returns moved between counties inside Idaho, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +15,300 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 | 7,907 | 3,092 | +4,815 |
| Washington | 6,151 | 5,146 | +1,005 |
| Oregon | 3,156 | 2,534 | +622 |
| Nevada | 1,291 | 939 | +352 |
| Colorado | 1,188 | 1,011 | +177 |
| Wyoming | 645 | 511 | +134 |
| Alaska | 410 | 311 | +99 |
| Illinois | 335 | 260 | +75 |
| Virginia | 381 | 340 | +41 |
| New York | 325 | 294 | +31 |
| New Jersey | 115 | 88 | +27 |
| Connecticut | 76 | 52 | +24 |
| Massachusetts | 148 | 124 | +24 |
| Louisiana | 121 | 101 | +20 |
| Mississippi | 96 | 76 | +20 |
| Hawaii | 247 | 231 | +16 |
| Pennsylvania | 257 | 242 | +15 |
| Delaware | 26 | 18 | +8 |
| Maryland | 142 | 136 | +6 |
| Vermont | 46 | 42 | +4 |
| Rhode Island | 21 | 18 | +3 |
| South Dakota | 144 | 141 | +3 |
| New Mexico | 269 | 267 | +2 |
| New Hampshire | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| Georgia | 310 | 312 | −2 |
| Ohio | 266 | 268 | −2 |
| Indiana | 197 | 201 | −4 |
| District of Columbia | 42 | 51 | −9 |
| Kansas | 174 | 191 | −17 |
| Nebraska | 145 | 164 | −19 |
| Wisconsin | 221 | 244 | −23 |
| Iowa | 159 | 183 | −24 |
| West Virginia | 36 | 62 | −26 |
| Minnesota | 271 | 300 | −29 |
| Oklahoma | 209 | 245 | −36 |
| Alabama | 130 | 169 | −39 |
| Maine | 48 | 89 | −41 |
| North Dakota | 195 | 237 | −42 |
| Arizona | 1,702 | 1,745 | −43 |
| Michigan | 247 | 292 | −45 |
| Montana | 1,078 | 1,126 | −48 |
| Kentucky | 109 | 164 | −55 |
| Arkansas | 134 | 204 | −70 |
| Missouri | 274 | 347 | −73 |
| South Carolina | 202 | 277 | −75 |
| North Carolina | 413 | 494 | −81 |
| Tennessee | 262 | 379 | −117 |
| Florida | 808 | 991 | −183 |
| Texas | 1,517 | 1,732 | −215 |
| Utah | 3,137 | 3,531 | −394 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +23.3 in 2019–20, +20.7 in 2020–21, +11.7 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 40 Idaho counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Adams County+32.7
- Canyon County+19.4
- Gem County+17.4
- Valley County+17.4
- Bonner County+16.1
- Clearwater County+13.1
- Oneida County+12.5
- Teton County+12.1
- Idaho County+11.3
- Ada County+11.2
- Jefferson County+9.9
- Kootenai County+9.9
- Franklin County−3.2
- Bear Lake County−3.7
- Boise County−5.6
- Blaine County−7.4
- Elmore County−7.4
- Fremont County−9.5
- Latah County−9.5
- Gooding County−10.9
- Cassia County−15.9
- Caribou County−17.0
- Lewis County−21.2
- Madison County−25.5
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.