Mississippi
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 30,358 returns moved to Mississippi from other states and 33,483 moved the other way, a net loss of 3,125 returns, or 2.9 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Mississippi and other states.Mississippi ranks 41st of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Mississippi gains the most returns from Louisiana and loses the most to Texas. Another 39,999 returns moved between counties inside Mississippi, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −2,752 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 3,689 | 3,108 | +581 |
| California | 1,129 | 973 | +156 |
| Illinois | 776 | 721 | +55 |
| Arizona | 392 | 345 | +47 |
| Tennessee | 5,685 | 5,641 | +44 |
| New York | 409 | 377 | +32 |
| Washington | 344 | 324 | +20 |
| Connecticut | 78 | 64 | +14 |
| Indiana | 389 | 375 | +14 |
| Alaska | 102 | 92 | +10 |
| New Mexico | 145 | 136 | +9 |
| Maine | 48 | 42 | +6 |
| Oregon | 135 | 131 | +4 |
| Rhode Island | 30 | 27 | +3 |
| Wisconsin | 263 | 260 | +3 |
| Delaware | 41 | 42 | −1 |
| Michigan | 394 | 395 | −1 |
| New Jersey | 140 | 141 | −1 |
| Maryland | 264 | 266 | −2 |
| West Virginia | 72 | 76 | −4 |
| Montana | 78 | 83 | −5 |
| Utah | 142 | 150 | −8 |
| Vermont | 11 | 19 | −8 |
| New Hampshire | 29 | 39 | −10 |
| Nevada | 194 | 205 | −11 |
| Hawaii | 89 | 102 | −13 |
| South Dakota | 46 | 59 | −13 |
| Pennsylvania | 297 | 311 | −14 |
| Wyoming | 36 | 50 | −14 |
| Kansas | 178 | 195 | −17 |
| Idaho | 76 | 96 | −20 |
| North Dakota | 60 | 84 | −24 |
| Oklahoma | 310 | 337 | −27 |
| Minnesota | 157 | 185 | −28 |
| District of Columbia | 45 | 76 | −31 |
| Massachusetts | 112 | 150 | −38 |
| Nebraska | 91 | 141 | −50 |
| Iowa | 125 | 187 | −62 |
| Virginia | 651 | 720 | −69 |
| Ohio | 392 | 466 | −74 |
| Kentucky | 290 | 368 | −78 |
| Colorado | 518 | 603 | −85 |
| Missouri | 465 | 566 | −101 |
| South Carolina | 395 | 505 | −110 |
| Florida | 2,167 | 2,359 | −192 |
| North Carolina | 633 | 855 | −222 |
| Arkansas | 793 | 1,033 | −240 |
| Georgia | 1,551 | 1,877 | −326 |
| Alabama | 2,588 | 3,287 | −699 |
| Texas | 3,314 | 4,839 | −1,525 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −2.7 in 2019–20, −1.8 in 2020–21, −1.5 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 81 Mississippi counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Stone County+16.8
- Pearl River County+12.4
- Marshall County+12.1
- George County+11.7
- Webster County+11.6
- Marion County+7.7
- Hancock County+6.5
- Alcorn County+6.1
- Itawamba County+6.0
- DeSoto County+5.9
- Prentiss County+5.3
- Montgomery County+5.2
- Quitman County−16.0
- Tunica County−16.9
- Hinds County−17.2
- Coahoma County−17.3
- Washington County−17.5
- Bolivar County−18.7
- Claiborne County−19.0
- Sunflower County−20.3
- Wilkinson County−21.2
- Tallahatchie County−25.5
- Holmes County−27.9
- Sharkey County−31.3
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.