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Massachusetts

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 83,296 returns moved to Massachusetts from other states and 98,674 moved the other way, a net loss of 15,378 returns, or 5.0 per 1,000.

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

Massachusetts ranks 46th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Massachusetts gains the most returns from New Jersey and loses the most to Florida. Another 99,081 returns moved between counties inside Massachusetts, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −20,395 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 Massachusetts and each state, 2022–23
StateFrom thereTo thereNet
New Jersey3,5962,740+856
Connecticut6,4676,006+461
Pennsylvania3,3352,973+362
Michigan1,188905+283
Maryland1,7891,547+242
Indiana687526+161
Minnesota733572+161
Ohio1,3551,202+153
Missouri574462+112
Wisconsin581474+107
Louisiana346290+56
Iowa242200+42
Mississippi150112+38
Oklahoma254218+36
North Dakota8550+35
Kansas224205+19
Kentucky335318+17
Delaware244233+11
South Dakota7177−6
West Virginia104113−9
Nebraska132142−10
Alabama319334−15
New Mexico229244−15
Wyoming5976−17
Idaho124148−24
Oregon617641−24
Arkansas163188−25
Alaska110137−27
Hawaii266294−28
Illinois1,8931,946−53
Nevada358412−54
Arizona1,0151,091−76
Montana111195−84
Utah392502−110
Virginia2,1892,381−192
Vermont1,3391,540−201
Tennessee8221,107−285
Georgia1,6071,906−299
District of Columbia8181,236−418
Washington1,3081,817−509
New York10,47911,027−548
Colorado1,3892,017−628
Texas3,3944,218−824
South Carolina9262,000−1,074
Maine2,2293,330−1,101
California6,5657,767−1,202
North Carolina2,2133,483−1,270
Rhode Island5,2186,510−1,292
New Hampshire6,59410,603−4,009
Florida8,05812,159−4,101

Four filing years

73,43793,8322019–2073,42798,4562020–2177,764103,7972021–2283,29698,6742022–23

Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states

Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −7.1 in 2019–20, −8.7 in 2020–21, −8.7 in 2021–22.

County by county

All 14 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.

  1. Bristol County+0.6
  2. Plymouth County−1.3
  3. Franklin County−2.5
  4. Barnstable County−2.8
  5. Berkshire County−3.3
  6. Worcester County−4.0
  7. Nantucket County−4.8
  8. Hampden County−5.3
  9. Essex County−5.4
  10. Norfolk County−5.8
  11. Hampshire County−7.2
  12. Middlesex County−7.5
  13. Suffolk County−11.9
  14. Dukes County−12.2

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