New Mexico
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 30,572 returns moved to New Mexico from other states and 30,785 moved the other way, a net loss of 213 returns, or 0.2 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between New Mexico and other states.New Mexico ranks 30th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, New Mexico gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Arizona. Another 19,499 returns moved between counties inside New Mexico, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance pointed the other way, at +1,837 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 | 3,262 | 2,364 | +898 |
| Florida | 1,579 | 1,452 | +127 |
| Illinois | 542 | 455 | +87 |
| New York | 592 | 510 | +82 |
| Montana | 258 | 186 | +72 |
| Pennsylvania | 393 | 342 | +51 |
| New Jersey | 208 | 171 | +37 |
| Alaska | 206 | 170 | +36 |
| Oregon | 575 | 543 | +32 |
| Ohio | 415 | 387 | +28 |
| Louisiana | 248 | 221 | +27 |
| Wyoming | 194 | 169 | +25 |
| Massachusetts | 244 | 229 | +15 |
| Nevada | 706 | 693 | +13 |
| South Dakota | 146 | 139 | +7 |
| Iowa | 174 | 168 | +6 |
| Indiana | 269 | 266 | +3 |
| Nebraska | 159 | 156 | +3 |
| New Hampshire | 62 | 59 | +3 |
| Wisconsin | 264 | 262 | +2 |
| Hawaii | 168 | 168 | 0 |
| Idaho | 267 | 269 | −2 |
| Vermont | 43 | 45 | −2 |
| West Virginia | 50 | 52 | −2 |
| Maryland | 261 | 265 | −4 |
| Utah | 530 | 535 | −5 |
| Alabama | 214 | 221 | −7 |
| North Dakota | 110 | 117 | −7 |
| Rhode Island | 31 | 39 | −8 |
| Mississippi | 136 | 145 | −9 |
| Delaware | 36 | 46 | −10 |
| Arkansas | 202 | 213 | −11 |
| Connecticut | 105 | 116 | −11 |
| District of Columbia | 61 | 75 | −14 |
| Minnesota | 292 | 308 | −16 |
| Kentucky | 142 | 160 | −18 |
| Michigan | 335 | 359 | −24 |
| Maine | 84 | 109 | −25 |
| Washington | 919 | 946 | −27 |
| Kansas | 296 | 335 | −39 |
| South Carolina | 281 | 322 | −41 |
| Georgia | 437 | 490 | −53 |
| Missouri | 374 | 444 | −70 |
| Virginia | 554 | 625 | −71 |
| Colorado | 2,642 | 2,743 | −101 |
| Tennessee | 333 | 482 | −149 |
| North Carolina | 441 | 598 | −157 |
| Oklahoma | 529 | 712 | −183 |
| Texas | 7,197 | 7,469 | −272 |
| Arizona | 3,006 | 3,435 | −429 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +2.4 in 2019–20, −0.5 in 2020–21, −0.3 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 29 New Mexico counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Catron County+25.7
- Torrance County+16.9
- Valencia County+13.8
- Sandoval County+12.1
- Sierra County+9.9
- Otero County+8.5
- Santa Fe County+4.8
- Grant County+4.0
- Taos County+1.6
- Doña Ana County+1.2
- Curry County+1.1
- Roosevelt County+0.8
- San Miguel County−3.0
- Lincoln County−4.9
- Lea County−5.7
- Quay County−6.1
- Colfax County−6.9
- Los Alamos County−7.0
- Chaves County−10.6
- Socorro County−11.3
- Luna County−12.0
- McKinley County−18.9
- Hidalgo County−19.6
- Union County−23.8
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.