Ohio
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 92,684 returns moved to Ohio from other states and 100,678 moved the other way, a net loss of 7,994 returns, or 1.6 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Ohio and other states.Ohio ranks 34th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Ohio gains the most returns from Pennsylvania and loses the most to Florida. Another 177,761 returns moved between counties inside Ohio, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was −7,187 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 6,060 | 5,284 | +776 |
| New York | 4,280 | 3,807 | +473 |
| West Virginia | 3,157 | 2,705 | +452 |
| New Jersey | 1,512 | 1,153 | +359 |
| California | 5,040 | 4,702 | +338 |
| Michigan | 5,970 | 5,728 | +242 |
| Maryland | 1,538 | 1,320 | +218 |
| Iowa | 569 | 458 | +111 |
| Kansas | 562 | 458 | +104 |
| Louisiana | 600 | 523 | +77 |
| Mississippi | 466 | 392 | +74 |
| Connecticut | 566 | 511 | +55 |
| Virginia | 2,895 | 2,843 | +52 |
| Nevada | 944 | 901 | +43 |
| North Dakota | 198 | 155 | +43 |
| Nebraska | 354 | 315 | +39 |
| New Hampshire | 272 | 258 | +14 |
| Rhode Island | 184 | 173 | +11 |
| Delaware | 201 | 195 | +6 |
| Idaho | 268 | 266 | +2 |
| South Dakota | 196 | 194 | +2 |
| Arkansas | 463 | 462 | +1 |
| Oklahoma | 545 | 548 | −3 |
| Wyoming | 146 | 151 | −5 |
| Missouri | 1,205 | 1,219 | −14 |
| Montana | 258 | 272 | −14 |
| Utah | 640 | 661 | −21 |
| Alaska | 263 | 286 | −23 |
| Vermont | 133 | 156 | −23 |
| New Mexico | 387 | 415 | −28 |
| Hawaii | 301 | 342 | −41 |
| Maine | 260 | 302 | −42 |
| Arizona | 2,240 | 2,314 | −74 |
| Indiana | 5,172 | 5,279 | −107 |
| Alabama | 944 | 1,064 | −120 |
| Wisconsin | 998 | 1,133 | −135 |
| Oregon | 624 | 773 | −149 |
| Massachusetts | 1,202 | 1,355 | −153 |
| Minnesota | 792 | 948 | −156 |
| District of Columbia | 267 | 537 | −270 |
| Washington | 1,434 | 1,779 | −345 |
| Kentucky | 6,362 | 6,769 | −407 |
| Colorado | 2,075 | 2,651 | −576 |
| Illinois | 3,501 | 4,105 | −604 |
| Tennessee | 2,672 | 3,365 | −693 |
| Georgia | 2,912 | 3,693 | −781 |
| South Carolina | 1,892 | 3,043 | −1,151 |
| Texas | 5,212 | 6,519 | −1,307 |
| North Carolina | 3,388 | 5,026 | −1,638 |
| Florida | 10,564 | 13,170 | −2,606 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −1.5 in 2019–20, −1.3 in 2020–21, −1.6 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 88 Ohio counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Union County+21.6
- Pickaway County+16.9
- Madison County+11.0
- Delaware County+10.1
- Fairfield County+8.3
- Clermont County+7.8
- Morrow County+7.8
- Coshocton County+6.7
- Seneca County+5.1
- Brown County+4.8
- Monroe County+4.6
- Guernsey County+4.3
- Lucas County−5.5
- Allen County−6.0
- Erie County−6.0
- Cuyahoga County−6.3
- Athens County−6.6
- Wayne County−6.8
- Geauga County−7.0
- Mercer County−7.3
- Hocking County−7.4
- Holmes County−10.5
- Putnam County−10.5
- Paulding County−10.9
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.