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Louisiana

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 37,020 returns moved to Louisiana from other states and 47,149 moved the other way, a net loss of 10,129 returns, or 6.0 per 1,000.

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The ten largest flows in each direction between Louisiana and other states.

Louisiana ranks 49th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Louisiana gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Texas. Another 66,446 returns moved between counties inside Louisiana, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −9,836 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.

Returns moving between Louisiana and each state, 2022–23
StateFrom thereTo thereNet
California2,0932,019+74
New Jersey327272+55
Connecticut165136+29
Hawaii174159+15
Alaska156150+6
Iowa172169+3
North Dakota129126+3
South Dakota8886+2
Rhode Island5369−16
Wyoming6278−16
Nebraska129146−17
Idaho101121−20
New Hampshire5979−20
Vermont3353−20
Delaware5377−24
Montana98124−26
New Mexico221248−27
Nevada339369−30
West Virginia82112−30
Maine6295−33
Pennsylvania525571−46
Wisconsin236282−46
Michigan449501−52
Massachusetts290346−56
Indiana348405−57
Minnesota218279−61
Utah172233−61
New York9411,005−64
Arizona549616−67
Kentucky303380−77
Ohio523600−77
Maryland419501−82
Oklahoma532618−86
Oregon221310−89
District of Columbia116207−91
Kansas260358−98
Missouri563682−119
South Carolina506632−126
Illinois671808−137
Washington557755−198
Virginia8411,082−241
Alabama1,1011,375−274
North Carolina9841,295−311
Arkansas1,0631,423−360
Colorado9071,336−429
Georgia1,7472,194−447
Tennessee9871,551−564
Mississippi3,1083,689−581
Florida2,7653,359−594
Texas10,52215,068−4,546

Four filing years

36,03245,8682019–2035,23549,3482020–2135,70450,1962021–2237,02047,1492022–23

Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states

Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −6.1 in 2019–20, −8.6 in 2020–21, −8.7 in 2021–22.

County by county

The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 62 Louisiana counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.

  1. Tensas Parish+9.8
  2. Livingston Parish+8.8
  3. Jackson Parish+7.4
  4. Tangipahoa Parish+7.3
  5. East Feliciana Parish+4.8
  6. De Soto Parish+3.6
  7. St. Tammany Parish+3.2
  8. West Baton Rouge Parish+2.7
  9. Ascension Parish+2.6
  10. Lafayette Parish+2.3
  11. Calcasieu Parish+1.2
  12. Bossier Parish−0.1
  13. Iberia Parish−14.3
  14. Bienville Parish−14.6
  15. Assumption Parish−15.6
  16. Evangeline Parish−16.2
  17. Orleans Parish−16.3
  18. Morehouse Parish−16.5
  19. St. Mary Parish−17.3
  20. Vernon Parish−17.6
  21. Claiborne Parish−18.4
  22. East Carroll Parish−19.7
  23. Concordia Parish−23.4
  24. Madison Parish−28.0

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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.