Nebraska
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 21,989 returns moved to Nebraska from other states and 23,473 moved the other way, a net loss of 1,484 returns, or 1.8 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Nebraska and other states.Nebraska ranks 36th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Nebraska gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Texas. Another 28,713 returns moved between counties inside Nebraska, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −2,303 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 | 1,398 | 1,047 | +351 |
| Mississippi | 141 | 91 | +50 |
| Nevada | 295 | 258 | +37 |
| Pennsylvania | 248 | 211 | +37 |
| Hawaii | 124 | 95 | +29 |
| New Jersey | 133 | 104 | +29 |
| Indiana | 261 | 233 | +28 |
| Alaska | 104 | 82 | +22 |
| Colorado | 1,822 | 1,802 | +20 |
| Idaho | 164 | 145 | +19 |
| Louisiana | 146 | 129 | +17 |
| Georgia | 388 | 374 | +14 |
| Wyoming | 387 | 375 | +12 |
| Massachusetts | 142 | 132 | +10 |
| Michigan | 267 | 260 | +7 |
| Connecticut | 71 | 74 | −3 |
| New Mexico | 156 | 159 | −3 |
| Oklahoma | 364 | 367 | −3 |
| West Virginia | 30 | 33 | −3 |
| Delaware | 17 | 25 | −8 |
| Maine | 37 | 45 | −8 |
| New Hampshire | 25 | 33 | −8 |
| Montana | 137 | 149 | −12 |
| Alabama | 168 | 181 | −13 |
| Iowa | 3,156 | 3,172 | −16 |
| New York | 338 | 354 | −16 |
| Utah | 243 | 261 | −18 |
| North Dakota | 162 | 181 | −19 |
| Virginia | 375 | 397 | −22 |
| Maryland | 170 | 197 | −27 |
| Kentucky | 120 | 156 | −36 |
| District of Columbia | 20 | 58 | −38 |
| Ohio | 315 | 354 | −39 |
| South Carolina | 171 | 219 | −48 |
| Oregon | 217 | 267 | −50 |
| Rhode Island | 22 | 79 | −57 |
| Wisconsin | 283 | 344 | −61 |
| South Dakota | 907 | 970 | −63 |
| Washington | 438 | 502 | −64 |
| Arkansas | 198 | 274 | −76 |
| Kansas | 1,161 | 1,267 | −106 |
| Illinois | 617 | 729 | −112 |
| Tennessee | 272 | 385 | −113 |
| North Carolina | 331 | 476 | −145 |
| Missouri | 942 | 1,107 | −165 |
| Minnesota | 636 | 804 | −168 |
| Arizona | 799 | 995 | −196 |
| Florida | 1,211 | 1,411 | −200 |
| Texas | 1,860 | 2,087 | −227 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −3.0 in 2019–20, −2.9 in 2020–21, −1.8 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 48 Nebraska counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Sarpy County+9.9
- Nemaha County+5.0
- Kimball County+4.4
- Hamilton County+2.7
- Thayer County+2.4
- Buffalo County+2.3
- Gage County+1.9
- Cass County+1.4
- Richardson County+1.2
- Saunders County+0.9
- Seward County+0.6
- Cherry County+0.4
- Platte County−10.6
- Sheridan County−10.6
- Cuming County−10.9
- Dawes County−10.9
- Keith County−11.0
- Colfax County−12.5
- Wayne County−12.5
- Holt County−13.1
- Dakota County−14.2
- Dixon County−16.8
- Morrill County−17.4
- Jefferson County−23.7
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.