Montana
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 21,390 returns moved to Montana from other states and 18,294 moved the other way, a net gain of 3,096 returns, or 6.5 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Montana and other states.Montana ranks 7th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Montana gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Arizona. Another 12,982 returns moved between counties inside Montana, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +5,481 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,817 | 1,338 | +1,479 |
| Washington | 2,530 | 1,936 | +594 |
| Colorado | 1,469 | 1,085 | +384 |
| Oregon | 1,172 | 893 | +279 |
| Minnesota | 586 | 439 | +147 |
| Pennsylvania | 324 | 201 | +123 |
| Illinois | 353 | 255 | +98 |
| Massachusetts | 195 | 111 | +84 |
| New York | 352 | 277 | +75 |
| Wyoming | 700 | 643 | +57 |
| Georgia | 324 | 274 | +50 |
| Wisconsin | 329 | 279 | +50 |
| Idaho | 1,126 | 1,078 | +48 |
| New Hampshire | 100 | 55 | +45 |
| New Jersey | 122 | 83 | +39 |
| Virginia | 281 | 246 | +35 |
| Louisiana | 124 | 98 | +26 |
| Hawaii | 137 | 115 | +22 |
| Nevada | 468 | 446 | +22 |
| Connecticut | 73 | 53 | +20 |
| Michigan | 294 | 276 | +18 |
| Texas | 1,064 | 1,047 | +17 |
| Ohio | 272 | 258 | +14 |
| Vermont | 77 | 63 | +14 |
| Delaware | 27 | 15 | +12 |
| Nebraska | 149 | 137 | +12 |
| Rhode Island | 26 | 14 | +12 |
| Maryland | 143 | 133 | +10 |
| Utah | 666 | 656 | +10 |
| Mississippi | 83 | 78 | +5 |
| Alabama | 142 | 138 | +4 |
| Indiana | 177 | 173 | +4 |
| Kansas | 155 | 155 | 0 |
| Iowa | 158 | 161 | −3 |
| District of Columbia | 32 | 37 | −5 |
| Alaska | 265 | 271 | −6 |
| West Virginia | 43 | 54 | −11 |
| Oklahoma | 187 | 202 | −15 |
| Maine | 95 | 112 | −17 |
| Kentucky | 102 | 125 | −23 |
| Arkansas | 98 | 126 | −28 |
| Florida | 708 | 736 | −28 |
| South Carolina | 169 | 198 | −29 |
| North Carolina | 338 | 375 | −37 |
| South Dakota | 254 | 294 | −40 |
| Missouri | 198 | 241 | −43 |
| Tennessee | 235 | 299 | −64 |
| New Mexico | 186 | 258 | −72 |
| North Dakota | 501 | 613 | −112 |
| Arizona | 964 | 1,144 | −180 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +12.8 in 2019–20, +17.0 in 2020–21, +11.9 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 37 Montana counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Granite County+51.7
- Broadwater County+32.1
- Mineral County+22.5
- Lincoln County+20.2
- Toole County+19.6
- Sanders County+17.0
- Deer Lodge County+16.1
- Lake County+15.0
- Jefferson County+14.8
- Flathead County+13.2
- Beaverhead County+12.7
- Park County+11.4
- Rosebud County+2.6
- Hill County+0.6
- Cascade County0.0
- Custer County−1.9
- Glacier County−2.5
- Dawson County−3.7
- Musselshell County−6.8
- Stillwater County−7.2
- Roosevelt County−7.7
- Big Horn County−8.3
- Valley County−14.7
- Richland County−17.5
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.