Illinois
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 117,297 returns moved to Illinois from other states and 145,906 moved the other way, a net loss of 28,609 returns, or 5.4 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Illinois and other states.Illinois ranks 48th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Illinois gains the most returns from Ohio and loses the most to Florida. Another 139,483 returns moved between counties inside Illinois, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −50,769 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 4,105 | 3,501 | +604 |
| Michigan | 5,881 | 5,300 | +581 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,199 | 1,920 | +279 |
| New Jersey | 1,695 | 1,458 | +237 |
| Louisiana | 808 | 671 | +137 |
| Connecticut | 748 | 634 | +114 |
| Nebraska | 729 | 617 | +112 |
| Minnesota | 2,645 | 2,550 | +95 |
| Maryland | 1,337 | 1,283 | +54 |
| Massachusetts | 1,946 | 1,893 | +53 |
| Delaware | 198 | 154 | +44 |
| Kansas | 1,022 | 989 | +33 |
| Vermont | 133 | 120 | +13 |
| North Dakota | 220 | 218 | +2 |
| West Virginia | 195 | 197 | −2 |
| New Hampshire | 223 | 246 | −23 |
| Maine | 209 | 235 | −26 |
| Wyoming | 141 | 169 | −28 |
| Rhode Island | 197 | 233 | −36 |
| Hawaii | 399 | 439 | −40 |
| Alaska | 209 | 257 | −48 |
| Mississippi | 721 | 776 | −55 |
| Oregon | 961 | 1,016 | −55 |
| South Dakota | 258 | 330 | −72 |
| Idaho | 260 | 335 | −75 |
| New Mexico | 455 | 542 | −87 |
| Utah | 709 | 803 | −94 |
| Montana | 255 | 353 | −98 |
| Oklahoma | 754 | 861 | −107 |
| Arkansas | 882 | 1,059 | −177 |
| District of Columbia | 636 | 824 | −188 |
| Kentucky | 1,741 | 2,010 | −269 |
| Virginia | 2,209 | 2,490 | −281 |
| Alabama | 940 | 1,301 | −361 |
| Nevada | 1,253 | 1,665 | −412 |
| Washington | 2,158 | 2,734 | −576 |
| Iowa | 4,586 | 5,280 | −694 |
| New York | 4,436 | 5,325 | −889 |
| South Carolina | 1,131 | 2,024 | −893 |
| Georgia | 3,112 | 4,120 | −1,008 |
| Missouri | 7,622 | 8,668 | −1,046 |
| North Carolina | 2,424 | 3,731 | −1,307 |
| California | 9,063 | 10,407 | −1,344 |
| Colorado | 3,198 | 4,686 | −1,488 |
| Arizona | 3,606 | 5,528 | −1,922 |
| Tennessee | 2,901 | 5,141 | −2,240 |
| Indiana | 10,141 | 12,570 | −2,429 |
| Wisconsin | 8,111 | 11,331 | −3,220 |
| Texas | 8,236 | 12,078 | −3,842 |
| Florida | 9,299 | 14,834 | −5,535 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −10.0 in 2019–20, −10.6 in 2020–21, −8.8 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 91 Illinois counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Jo Daviess County+30.8
- Kendall County+9.2
- Menard County+5.1
- Lawrence County+4.6
- Washington County+4.3
- Williamson County+3.9
- Ford County+3.2
- Tazewell County+2.8
- Edwards County+2.0
- Madison County+1.4
- Wabash County+1.4
- Saline County+1.3
- Pope County−9.2
- Carroll County−9.3
- Marshall County−9.4
- Iroquois County−10.1
- Lake County−10.5
- Cass County−11.6
- Jackson County−11.8
- Mason County−13.5
- Warren County−14.3
- Champaign County−16.9
- Pulaski County−17.2
- Alexander County−30.8
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.