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New Jersey

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 107,653 returns moved to New Jersey from other states and 127,023 moved the other way, a net loss of 19,370 returns, or 4.9 per 1,000.

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

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

New Jersey ranks 45th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, New Jersey gains the most returns from New York and loses the most to Florida. Another 124,948 returns moved between counties inside New Jersey, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −12,798 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 New Jersey and each state, 2022–23
StateFrom thereTo thereNet
New York43,69926,793+16,906
Iowa206186+20
Mississippi141140+1
Wyoming4057−17
North Dakota6180−19
Kansas228252−24
Idaho88115−27
Alaska99127−28
Nebraska104133−29
New Mexico171208−37
Montana83122−39
Hawaii247288−41
Missouri405446−41
South Dakota63108−45
Louisiana272327−55
Arkansas151209−58
Minnesota364430−66
Oklahoma194264−70
Michigan742823−81
Oregon292381−89
Rhode Island426522−96
Utah269369−100
Wisconsin303406−103
Alabama300425−125
West Virginia175308−133
Kentucky234385−151
Indiana490659−169
New Hampshire301478−177
Vermont209390−181
Connecticut2,0602,242−182
Maine277475−198
Illinois1,4581,695−237
Nevada433709−276
Ohio1,1531,512−359
District of Columbia521931−410
Arizona8661,287−421
Washington1,0071,494−487
Colorado9781,522−544
Maryland2,4833,135−652
Tennessee6691,477−808
Massachusetts2,7403,596−856
Delaware1,2412,434−1,193
California4,8806,470−1,590
Virginia2,6364,296−1,660
Georgia1,8933,725−1,832
South Carolina1,1613,650−2,489
Pennsylvania16,07518,767−2,692
Texas3,1526,059−2,907
North Carolina2,5666,003−3,437
Florida9,04720,113−11,066

Four filing years

105,713118,5112019–20109,490122,2962020–21109,235130,0552021–22107,653127,0232022–23

Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states

Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −3.5 in 2019–20, −3.5 in 2020–21, −5.4 in 2021–22.

County by county

All 21 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.

  1. Salem County+3.8
  2. Burlington County+3.3
  3. Gloucester County+3.2
  4. Sussex County+1.5
  5. Ocean County+1.0
  6. Warren County+0.4
  7. Camden County−0.9
  8. Cumberland County−1.4
  9. Cape May County−2.2
  10. Atlantic County−3.7
  11. Hudson County−3.7
  12. Hunterdon County−3.8
  13. Somerset County−5.2
  14. Bergen County−5.5
  15. Morris County−6.2
  16. Monmouth County−6.3
  17. Union County−8.0
  18. Middlesex County−9.8
  19. Essex County−11.5
  20. Mercer County−12.1
  21. Passaic County−13.1

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