Kansas
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 39,767 returns moved to Kansas from other states and 43,039 moved the other way, a net loss of 3,272 returns, or 2.7 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Kansas and other states.Kansas ranks 40th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Kansas gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Missouri. Another 35,989 returns moved between counties inside Kansas, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −3,861 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 | 2,251 | 1,711 | +540 |
| Nebraska | 1,267 | 1,161 | +106 |
| Louisiana | 358 | 260 | +98 |
| Iowa | 775 | 681 | +94 |
| Colorado | 2,355 | 2,283 | +72 |
| Nevada | 384 | 328 | +56 |
| New Mexico | 335 | 296 | +39 |
| Utah | 328 | 297 | +31 |
| New Jersey | 252 | 228 | +24 |
| Idaho | 191 | 174 | +17 |
| Mississippi | 195 | 178 | +17 |
| Arizona | 1,036 | 1,020 | +16 |
| South Dakota | 258 | 248 | +10 |
| Connecticut | 93 | 88 | +5 |
| Hawaii | 225 | 223 | +2 |
| Kentucky | 297 | 295 | +2 |
| West Virginia | 68 | 66 | +2 |
| Montana | 155 | 155 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 381 | 385 | −4 |
| Maine | 71 | 76 | −5 |
| Rhode Island | 36 | 45 | −9 |
| Vermont | 23 | 33 | −10 |
| Alaska | 158 | 172 | −14 |
| North Dakota | 117 | 131 | −14 |
| Alabama | 363 | 381 | −18 |
| Massachusetts | 205 | 224 | −19 |
| New Hampshire | 48 | 67 | −19 |
| Indiana | 410 | 430 | −20 |
| Delaware | 24 | 47 | −23 |
| Maryland | 291 | 319 | −28 |
| Illinois | 989 | 1,022 | −33 |
| Wyoming | 129 | 164 | −35 |
| Oregon | 338 | 377 | −39 |
| New York | 645 | 685 | −40 |
| District of Columbia | 51 | 94 | −43 |
| Minnesota | 435 | 486 | −51 |
| Michigan | 392 | 447 | −55 |
| South Carolina | 334 | 395 | −61 |
| Wisconsin | 353 | 414 | −61 |
| Tennessee | 540 | 617 | −77 |
| Virginia | 616 | 709 | −93 |
| Arkansas | 661 | 760 | −99 |
| Ohio | 458 | 562 | −104 |
| Georgia | 794 | 911 | −117 |
| Washington | 778 | 899 | −121 |
| North Carolina | 703 | 897 | −194 |
| Florida | 1,848 | 2,142 | −294 |
| Oklahoma | 2,280 | 2,651 | −371 |
| Texas | 3,876 | 4,667 | −791 |
| Missouri | 10,597 | 12,138 | −1,541 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −3.5 in 2019–20, −2.5 in 2020–21, −3.3 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 66 Kansas counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Meade County+11.0
- Miami County+10.0
- Anderson County+9.4
- Linn County+9.3
- Marion County+8.0
- Dickinson County+6.1
- Norton County+5.8
- Franklin County+5.3
- Leavenworth County+4.3
- Cherokee County+2.9
- Harper County+2.9
- Doniphan County+1.7
- Washington County−15.4
- Crawford County−16.2
- Wilson County−17.5
- Ford County−18.1
- Haskell County−18.6
- Geary County−22.3
- Pawnee County−23.5
- Sherman County−23.5
- Seward County−24.4
- Thomas County−24.4
- Grant County−24.6
- Stevens County−31.2
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.