North Dakota
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 13,781 returns moved to North Dakota from other states and 13,827 moved the other way, a net loss of 46 returns, or 0.1 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between North Dakota and other states.North Dakota ranks 29th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, North Dakota gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Arizona. Another 8,978 returns moved between counties inside North Dakota, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −2,692 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 | 749 | 492 | +257 |
| Montana | 613 | 501 | +112 |
| Minnesota | 4,094 | 4,007 | +87 |
| Idaho | 237 | 195 | +42 |
| Hawaii | 64 | 26 | +38 |
| New York | 169 | 131 | +38 |
| Washington | 365 | 331 | +34 |
| Oregon | 198 | 169 | +29 |
| Alaska | 100 | 75 | +25 |
| Mississippi | 84 | 60 | +24 |
| Nebraska | 181 | 162 | +19 |
| New Jersey | 80 | 61 | +19 |
| Kentucky | 87 | 71 | +16 |
| Wyoming | 191 | 176 | +15 |
| Kansas | 131 | 117 | +14 |
| Indiana | 124 | 114 | +10 |
| Oklahoma | 175 | 166 | +9 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | 10 | +8 |
| New Mexico | 117 | 110 | +7 |
| Maine | 34 | 30 | +4 |
| Georgia | 210 | 209 | +1 |
| Maryland | 87 | 86 | +1 |
| Connecticut | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| Delaware | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Nevada | 182 | 182 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 14 | −1 |
| Illinois | 218 | 220 | −2 |
| West Virginia | 32 | 34 | −2 |
| Louisiana | 126 | 129 | −3 |
| Pennsylvania | 166 | 171 | −5 |
| Michigan | 185 | 191 | −6 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | 21 | −11 |
| Virginia | 180 | 194 | −14 |
| Arkansas | 80 | 98 | −18 |
| South Carolina | 98 | 118 | −20 |
| South Dakota | 656 | 676 | −20 |
| Alabama | 74 | 96 | −22 |
| Tennessee | 128 | 156 | −28 |
| Massachusetts | 50 | 85 | −35 |
| Wisconsin | 248 | 285 | −37 |
| Ohio | 155 | 198 | −43 |
| Texas | 874 | 920 | −46 |
| Missouri | 155 | 208 | −53 |
| Utah | 163 | 218 | −55 |
| North Carolina | 164 | 221 | −57 |
| Iowa | 162 | 232 | −70 |
| Florida | 518 | 596 | −78 |
| Colorado | 451 | 538 | −87 |
| Arizona | 538 | 680 | −142 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −8.7 in 2019–20, −10.2 in 2020–21, −4.5 in 2021–22.
County by county
All 23 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.
- McKenzie County+23.0
- Williams County+22.8
- Mountrail County+14.3
- Cass County+5.8
- Stutsman County+1.8
- Burleigh County+1.4
- Sargent County+1.1
- Ramsey County+0.4
- Stark County+0.3
- Richland County−1.3
- Dunn County−1.8
- Morton County−1.8
- Bottineau County−3.4
- McLean County−4.4
- Grand Forks County−5.4
- Ward County−6.5
- Traill County−7.0
- Pembina County−7.5
- Ransom County−7.9
- Rolette County−9.6
- Dickey County−9.7
- Barnes County−13.0
- Walsh County−13.4
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.