Iowa
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 33,544 returns moved to Iowa from other states and 35,958 moved the other way, a net loss of 2,414 returns, or 1.8 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Iowa and other states.Iowa ranks 35th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Iowa gains the most returns from Illinois and loses the most to Minnesota. Another 46,397 returns moved between counties inside Iowa, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −2,594 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 5,280 | 4,586 | +694 |
| California | 1,830 | 1,351 | +479 |
| Nevada | 355 | 273 | +82 |
| North Dakota | 232 | 162 | +70 |
| Mississippi | 187 | 125 | +62 |
| Hawaii | 176 | 118 | +58 |
| Indiana | 588 | 540 | +48 |
| Wyoming | 116 | 83 | +33 |
| Utah | 303 | 274 | +29 |
| Idaho | 183 | 159 | +24 |
| Nebraska | 3,172 | 3,156 | +16 |
| Alaska | 108 | 94 | +14 |
| West Virginia | 53 | 44 | +9 |
| Maryland | 237 | 230 | +7 |
| Delaware | 37 | 33 | +4 |
| Maine | 61 | 58 | +3 |
| Montana | 161 | 158 | +3 |
| Rhode Island | 44 | 42 | +2 |
| New Hampshire | 48 | 47 | +1 |
| Connecticut | 96 | 97 | −1 |
| Louisiana | 169 | 172 | −3 |
| New Mexico | 168 | 174 | −6 |
| Oklahoma | 365 | 374 | −9 |
| Washington | 605 | 617 | −12 |
| Vermont | 15 | 28 | −13 |
| New Jersey | 186 | 206 | −20 |
| New York | 512 | 535 | −23 |
| Alabama | 222 | 247 | −25 |
| Massachusetts | 200 | 242 | −42 |
| Pennsylvania | 377 | 422 | −45 |
| Georgia | 508 | 561 | −53 |
| Oregon | 316 | 384 | −68 |
| Virginia | 422 | 495 | −73 |
| Arkansas | 359 | 433 | −74 |
| Kentucky | 236 | 322 | −86 |
| Kansas | 681 | 775 | −94 |
| District of Columbia | 33 | 130 | −97 |
| Ohio | 458 | 569 | −111 |
| South Carolina | 231 | 346 | −115 |
| Michigan | 509 | 648 | −139 |
| Tennessee | 461 | 618 | −157 |
| Colorado | 1,346 | 1,504 | −158 |
| Arizona | 1,132 | 1,308 | −176 |
| South Dakota | 977 | 1,280 | −303 |
| Wisconsin | 1,458 | 1,768 | −310 |
| North Carolina | 489 | 810 | −321 |
| Florida | 1,754 | 2,080 | −326 |
| Texas | 2,099 | 2,432 | −333 |
| Missouri | 1,665 | 2,029 | −364 |
| Minnesota | 2,324 | 2,819 | −495 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −2.1 in 2019–20, −0.4 in 2020–21, −3.9 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 93 Iowa counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Dallas County+21.0
- Warren County+13.6
- Page County+6.4
- Shelby County+6.0
- Cass County+2.4
- Scott County+2.3
- Jackson County+2.2
- Polk County+2.2
- Wayne County+2.0
- Mills County+1.9
- Clay County+1.3
- Montgomery County+1.2
- Story County−12.7
- Franklin County−12.9
- Audubon County−13.4
- Howard County−14.3
- Jefferson County−14.3
- Crawford County−15.0
- Louisa County−15.2
- Henry County−15.6
- Buena Vista County−16.8
- Hancock County−17.6
- Poweshiek County−17.7
- Decatur County−23.6
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.