Missouri
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 72,481 returns moved to Missouri from other states and 69,687 moved the other way, a net gain of 2,794 returns, or 1.1 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Missouri and other states.Missouri ranks 24th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Missouri gains the most returns from Kansas and loses the most to Texas. Another 102,614 returns moved between counties inside Missouri, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +3,076 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 12,138 | 10,597 | +1,541 |
| California | 4,443 | 3,246 | +1,197 |
| Illinois | 8,668 | 7,622 | +1,046 |
| Iowa | 2,029 | 1,665 | +364 |
| Oregon | 715 | 545 | +170 |
| Nebraska | 1,107 | 942 | +165 |
| Colorado | 2,677 | 2,523 | +154 |
| Nevada | 746 | 605 | +141 |
| Utah | 723 | 592 | +131 |
| Louisiana | 682 | 563 | +119 |
| Oklahoma | 1,938 | 1,826 | +112 |
| Mississippi | 566 | 465 | +101 |
| Pennsylvania | 885 | 792 | +93 |
| Arizona | 1,812 | 1,738 | +74 |
| Idaho | 347 | 274 | +73 |
| Hawaii | 355 | 283 | +72 |
| Wyoming | 223 | 152 | +71 |
| New Mexico | 444 | 374 | +70 |
| Indiana | 1,219 | 1,163 | +56 |
| Connecticut | 261 | 208 | +53 |
| North Dakota | 208 | 155 | +53 |
| Montana | 241 | 198 | +43 |
| New Jersey | 446 | 405 | +41 |
| Maryland | 503 | 483 | +20 |
| Kentucky | 834 | 818 | +16 |
| Ohio | 1,219 | 1,205 | +14 |
| Rhode Island | 69 | 58 | +11 |
| Washington | 1,383 | 1,372 | +11 |
| West Virginia | 138 | 128 | +10 |
| Maine | 125 | 120 | +5 |
| New Hampshire | 101 | 98 | +3 |
| Michigan | 998 | 1,010 | −12 |
| Vermont | 48 | 60 | −12 |
| Alaska | 218 | 231 | −13 |
| Delaware | 71 | 90 | −19 |
| South Dakota | 287 | 312 | −25 |
| Wisconsin | 892 | 919 | −27 |
| Virginia | 1,112 | 1,152 | −40 |
| Minnesota | 914 | 962 | −48 |
| Tennessee | 1,722 | 1,782 | −60 |
| District of Columbia | 112 | 209 | −97 |
| Massachusetts | 462 | 574 | −112 |
| Arkansas | 3,143 | 3,265 | −122 |
| Alabama | 650 | 776 | −126 |
| New York | 1,230 | 1,376 | −146 |
| South Carolina | 619 | 782 | −163 |
| Georgia | 1,435 | 1,621 | −186 |
| North Carolina | 1,300 | 1,608 | −308 |
| Florida | 4,238 | 5,034 | −796 |
| Texas | 5,785 | 6,709 | −924 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +1.3 in 2019–20, +1.5 in 2020–21, +0.8 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 101 Missouri counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Hickory County+26.5
- Dade County+23.2
- St. Clair County+20.3
- Benton County+20.2
- Lincoln County+16.2
- Warren County+15.2
- Cass County+15.1
- Morgan County+14.8
- Stone County+14.6
- Ripley County+13.8
- Dallas County+13.3
- Washington County+12.7
- New Madrid County−7.7
- Sullivan County−8.2
- Iron County−8.4
- Lewis County−9.0
- Putnam County−9.3
- Dunklin County−10.0
- St. Louis City−12.3
- Pemiscot County−13.1
- Harrison County−13.2
- Clark County−16.0
- Mississippi County−17.9
- Nodaway County−30.2
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.