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Maine

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 20,295 returns moved to Maine from other states and 16,624 moved the other way, a net gain of 3,671 returns, or 5.9 per 1,000.

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

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

Maine ranks 10th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Maine gains the most returns from Massachusetts and loses the most to North Carolina. Another 18,583 returns moved between counties inside Maine, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +6,336 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 Maine and each state, 2022–23
StateFrom thereTo thereNet
Massachusetts3,3302,229+1,101
New Hampshire2,5951,972+623
New York1,375963+412
Connecticut796476+320
California937622+315
New Jersey475277+198
Texas767583+184
Pennsylvania616470+146
Vermont503357+146
Rhode Island343224+119
Maryland311218+93
Colorado468381+87
Oregon196136+60
Ohio302260+42
Idaho8948+41
Indiana148107+41
Louisiana9562+33
Nevada12191+30
Illinois235209+26
Arizona329304+25
New Mexico10984+25
Wyoming4624+22
Utah150129+21
West Virginia5433+21
Montana11295+17
Alaska9781+16
Oklahoma8874+14
Arkansas5847+11
Virginia558547+11
Nebraska4537+8
Delaware6256+6
Kansas7671+5
Wisconsin124122+2
Washington302301+1
Iowa5861−3
North Dakota3034−4
Alabama102107−5
Georgia302307−5
Missouri120125−5
Mississippi4248−6
Hawaii7582−7
Michigan186193−7
South Dakota3037−7
Minnesota128136−8
Kentucky104115−11
District of Columbia93109−16
Tennessee246272−26
South Carolina304407−103
Florida2,0292,185−156
North Carolina534716−182

Four filing years

20,64014,3042019–2022,20514,8142020–2121,46916,3472021–2220,29516,6242022–23

Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states

Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +11.3 in 2019–20, +13.1 in 2020–21, +8.6 in 2021–22.

County by county

All 16 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.

  1. Piscataquis County+10.2
  2. Somerset County+10.0
  3. Oxford County+9.7
  4. Franklin County+8.6
  5. Waldo County+8.6
  6. Lincoln County+8.5
  7. York County+8.3
  8. Sagadahoc County+7.8
  9. Androscoggin County+6.4
  10. Washington County+5.1
  11. Hancock County+4.7
  12. Kennebec County+4.4
  13. Penobscot County+3.9
  14. Cumberland County+3.2
  15. Aroostook County+2.6
  16. Knox County+1.4

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