Kentucky
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 48,859 returns moved to Kentucky from other states and 46,701 moved the other way, a net gain of 2,158 returns, or 1.3 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Kentucky and other states.Kentucky ranks 22nd of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Kentucky gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Indiana. Another 65,692 returns moved between counties inside Kentucky, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +1,814 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 | 2,215 | 1,362 | +853 |
| Ohio | 6,769 | 6,362 | +407 |
| Illinois | 2,010 | 1,741 | +269 |
| Florida | 4,792 | 4,578 | +214 |
| West Virginia | 936 | 735 | +201 |
| Michigan | 1,255 | 1,075 | +180 |
| Arizona | 794 | 623 | +171 |
| New York | 1,102 | 932 | +170 |
| New Jersey | 385 | 234 | +151 |
| Colorado | 907 | 768 | +139 |
| Maryland | 507 | 392 | +115 |
| Pennsylvania | 831 | 723 | +108 |
| Washington | 677 | 577 | +100 |
| Iowa | 322 | 236 | +86 |
| Mississippi | 368 | 290 | +78 |
| Louisiana | 380 | 303 | +77 |
| Nevada | 335 | 261 | +74 |
| Utah | 296 | 225 | +71 |
| Connecticut | 197 | 130 | +67 |
| Idaho | 164 | 109 | +55 |
| Oregon | 326 | 272 | +54 |
| Wisconsin | 452 | 400 | +52 |
| New Hampshire | 102 | 62 | +40 |
| Nebraska | 156 | 120 | +36 |
| Alaska | 153 | 118 | +35 |
| South Dakota | 118 | 90 | +28 |
| Wyoming | 80 | 54 | +26 |
| Montana | 125 | 102 | +23 |
| New Mexico | 160 | 142 | +18 |
| Delaware | 64 | 51 | +13 |
| Maine | 115 | 104 | +11 |
| Hawaii | 196 | 186 | +10 |
| Vermont | 50 | 48 | +2 |
| Kansas | 295 | 297 | −2 |
| Rhode Island | 49 | 52 | −3 |
| Arkansas | 337 | 349 | −12 |
| Missouri | 818 | 834 | −16 |
| North Dakota | 71 | 87 | −16 |
| Massachusetts | 318 | 335 | −17 |
| Virginia | 1,167 | 1,202 | −35 |
| Oklahoma | 280 | 325 | −45 |
| Georgia | 1,574 | 1,625 | −51 |
| Minnesota | 293 | 355 | −62 |
| District of Columbia | 65 | 146 | −81 |
| Tennessee | 5,516 | 5,634 | −118 |
| North Carolina | 1,441 | 1,565 | −124 |
| South Carolina | 822 | 983 | −161 |
| Alabama | 750 | 925 | −175 |
| Texas | 2,430 | 2,642 | −212 |
| Indiana | 5,294 | 5,940 | −646 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +1.1 in 2019–20, +1.5 in 2020–21, +1.7 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 106 Kentucky counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Harrison County+21.5
- Ballard County+21.4
- Simpson County+20.3
- Cumberland County+19.9
- Madison County+19.4
- Lincoln County+18.3
- Allen County+17.7
- Mercer County+15.7
- Lyon County+14.8
- Trigg County+13.5
- Logan County+13.4
- McCreary County+12.2
- Union County−8.4
- Monroe County−9.3
- Martin County−9.4
- Caldwell County−9.7
- Lawrence County−10.4
- Hancock County−10.9
- Floyd County−11.3
- Clay County−12.4
- Bell County−12.8
- Letcher County−14.6
- Christian County−18.9
- Breathitt County−22.2
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.