North Carolina
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 170,751 returns moved to North Carolina from other states and 131,633 moved the other way, a net gain of 39,118 returns, or 9.3 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between North Carolina and other states.North Carolina ranks 3rd of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, North Carolina gains the most returns from New York and loses the most to South Carolina. Another 183,539 returns moved between counties inside North Carolina, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +36,086 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 13,811 | 6,906 | +6,905 |
| Florida | 20,553 | 14,530 | +6,023 |
| California | 9,978 | 6,470 | +3,508 |
| New Jersey | 6,003 | 2,566 | +3,437 |
| Pennsylvania | 7,061 | 4,327 | +2,734 |
| Virginia | 15,148 | 12,599 | +2,549 |
| Maryland | 5,264 | 3,519 | +1,745 |
| Ohio | 5,026 | 3,388 | +1,638 |
| Illinois | 3,731 | 2,424 | +1,307 |
| Connecticut | 2,442 | 1,145 | +1,297 |
| Massachusetts | 3,483 | 2,213 | +1,270 |
| Arizona | 2,863 | 1,804 | +1,059 |
| Michigan | 3,080 | 2,083 | +997 |
| Indiana | 2,156 | 1,529 | +627 |
| Georgia | 9,082 | 8,487 | +595 |
| Minnesota | 1,503 | 930 | +573 |
| Wisconsin | 1,541 | 1,089 | +452 |
| New Hampshire | 930 | 501 | +429 |
| West Virginia | 1,487 | 1,080 | +407 |
| Iowa | 810 | 489 | +321 |
| Louisiana | 1,295 | 984 | +311 |
| Missouri | 1,608 | 1,300 | +308 |
| Texas | 8,694 | 8,387 | +307 |
| Colorado | 3,423 | 3,117 | +306 |
| Utah | 1,109 | 829 | +280 |
| Vermont | 537 | 269 | +268 |
| Nevada | 1,020 | 787 | +233 |
| Mississippi | 855 | 633 | +222 |
| Alabama | 1,904 | 1,692 | +212 |
| Delaware | 710 | 501 | +209 |
| Kansas | 897 | 703 | +194 |
| Maine | 716 | 534 | +182 |
| Oregon | 1,009 | 834 | +175 |
| New Mexico | 598 | 441 | +157 |
| Rhode Island | 536 | 383 | +153 |
| Nebraska | 476 | 331 | +145 |
| Oklahoma | 930 | 794 | +136 |
| Hawaii | 809 | 674 | +135 |
| Kentucky | 1,565 | 1,441 | +124 |
| Washington | 2,464 | 2,371 | +93 |
| Idaho | 494 | 413 | +81 |
| Alaska | 518 | 455 | +63 |
| North Dakota | 221 | 164 | +57 |
| Montana | 375 | 338 | +37 |
| South Dakota | 263 | 226 | +37 |
| Arkansas | 642 | 623 | +19 |
| Wyoming | 203 | 185 | +18 |
| District of Columbia | 827 | 1,061 | −234 |
| Tennessee | 4,796 | 5,058 | −262 |
| South Carolina | 15,305 | 18,026 | −2,721 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +9.4 in 2019–20, +10.4 in 2020–21, +10.7 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 98 North Carolina counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Brunswick County+51.1
- Clay County+36.8
- Pender County+33.8
- Franklin County+32.7
- Harnett County+27.7
- Pamlico County+25.0
- Johnston County+23.9
- Stanly County+22.0
- Perquimans County+21.9
- Chatham County+20.2
- Lincoln County+20.2
- Iredell County+18.0
- Graham County+0.7
- Richmond County+0.7
- Vance County−0.1
- Guilford County−0.2
- Columbus County−0.4
- Bertie County−0.8
- Hertford County−2.4
- Halifax County−5.3
- Cumberland County−5.5
- Washington County−9.6
- Watauga County−13.2
- Orange County−15.4
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.