Rhode Island
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 17,997 returns moved to Rhode Island from other states and 18,126 moved the other way, a net loss of 129 returns, or 0.3 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Rhode Island and other states.Rhode Island ranks 31st of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Rhode Island gains the most returns from Massachusetts and loses the most to Florida. Another 8,764 returns moved between counties inside Rhode Island, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance pointed the other way, at +332 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 6,510 | 5,218 | +1,292 |
| New York | 1,588 | 1,322 | +266 |
| New Jersey | 522 | 426 | +96 |
| Nebraska | 79 | 22 | +57 |
| California | 806 | 754 | +52 |
| Pennsylvania | 483 | 435 | +48 |
| Illinois | 233 | 197 | +36 |
| Minnesota | 93 | 67 | +26 |
| Louisiana | 69 | 53 | +16 |
| Oklahoma | 51 | 36 | +15 |
| Kansas | 45 | 36 | +9 |
| Oregon | 83 | 74 | +9 |
| New Mexico | 39 | 31 | +8 |
| Hawaii | 63 | 59 | +4 |
| Kentucky | 52 | 49 | +3 |
| Wisconsin | 60 | 57 | +3 |
| Alaska | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Alabama | 64 | 65 | −1 |
| West Virginia | 24 | 25 | −1 |
| Arkansas | 32 | 34 | −2 |
| Iowa | 42 | 44 | −2 |
| Idaho | 18 | 21 | −3 |
| Indiana | 91 | 94 | −3 |
| Mississippi | 27 | 30 | −3 |
| Colorado | 206 | 210 | −4 |
| Maryland | 251 | 258 | −7 |
| Michigan | 113 | 120 | −7 |
| North Dakota | 10 | 18 | −8 |
| Utah | 48 | 56 | −8 |
| Tennessee | 153 | 162 | −9 |
| Missouri | 58 | 69 | −11 |
| Ohio | 173 | 184 | −11 |
| Montana | 14 | 26 | −12 |
| Nevada | 48 | 62 | −14 |
| Arizona | 153 | 168 | −15 |
| Delaware | 34 | 56 | −22 |
| Washington | 186 | 209 | −23 |
| Vermont | 132 | 162 | −30 |
| Virginia | 415 | 458 | −43 |
| District of Columbia | 79 | 132 | −53 |
| New Hampshire | 384 | 438 | −54 |
| Texas | 469 | 560 | −91 |
| Georgia | 233 | 337 | −104 |
| Maine | 224 | 343 | −119 |
| North Carolina | 383 | 536 | −153 |
| South Carolina | 168 | 372 | −204 |
| Connecticut | 1,494 | 1,769 | −275 |
| Florida | 1,475 | 2,235 | −760 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +0.7 in 2019–20, 0.0 in 2020–21, −3.0 in 2021–22.
County by county
All 5 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.
- Kent County+3.9
- Bristol County+0.2
- Providence County−0.5
- Washington County−3.7
- Newport County−6.1
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.