South Carolina
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 99,779 returns moved to South Carolina from other states and 70,565 moved the other way, a net gain of 29,214 returns, or 14.0 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between South Carolina and other states.South Carolina ranks 1st of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, South Carolina gains the most returns from New York and loses the most to District of Columbia. Another 75,924 returns moved between counties inside South Carolina, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +24,917 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 | 7,266 | 3,037 | +4,229 |
| North Carolina | 18,026 | 15,305 | +2,721 |
| New Jersey | 3,650 | 1,161 | +2,489 |
| Florida | 9,651 | 7,188 | +2,463 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,214 | 2,047 | +2,167 |
| California | 4,179 | 2,322 | +1,857 |
| Maryland | 2,643 | 1,341 | +1,302 |
| Virginia | 4,896 | 3,717 | +1,179 |
| Ohio | 3,043 | 1,892 | +1,151 |
| Massachusetts | 2,000 | 926 | +1,074 |
| Connecticut | 1,698 | 671 | +1,027 |
| Georgia | 9,309 | 8,328 | +981 |
| Illinois | 2,024 | 1,131 | +893 |
| Michigan | 1,585 | 1,062 | +523 |
| Arizona | 1,319 | 822 | +497 |
| Washington | 1,443 | 1,040 | +403 |
| Colorado | 1,698 | 1,323 | +375 |
| New Hampshire | 582 | 250 | +332 |
| Indiana | 1,127 | 811 | +316 |
| West Virginia | 823 | 524 | +299 |
| Minnesota | 650 | 353 | +297 |
| Rhode Island | 372 | 168 | +204 |
| Wisconsin | 732 | 529 | +203 |
| Tennessee | 2,487 | 2,301 | +186 |
| Oregon | 528 | 364 | +164 |
| Missouri | 782 | 619 | +163 |
| Kentucky | 983 | 822 | +161 |
| Utah | 516 | 363 | +153 |
| Vermont | 294 | 144 | +150 |
| Texas | 3,840 | 3,703 | +137 |
| Nevada | 561 | 428 | +133 |
| Delaware | 356 | 225 | +131 |
| Louisiana | 632 | 506 | +126 |
| Iowa | 346 | 231 | +115 |
| Mississippi | 505 | 395 | +110 |
| Maine | 407 | 304 | +103 |
| Alabama | 1,189 | 1,114 | +75 |
| Idaho | 277 | 202 | +75 |
| Kansas | 395 | 334 | +61 |
| Alaska | 255 | 204 | +51 |
| Nebraska | 219 | 171 | +48 |
| Oklahoma | 434 | 386 | +48 |
| New Mexico | 322 | 281 | +41 |
| South Dakota | 156 | 119 | +37 |
| Wyoming | 136 | 99 | +37 |
| Montana | 198 | 169 | +29 |
| North Dakota | 118 | 98 | +20 |
| Arkansas | 310 | 312 | −2 |
| Hawaii | 355 | 377 | −22 |
| District of Columbia | 248 | 346 | −98 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +13.3 in 2019–20, +15.6 in 2020–21, +16.4 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 46 South Carolina counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Jasper County+59.5
- McCormick County+36.4
- Horry County+36.2
- Berkeley County+31.3
- Edgefield County+31.0
- Lancaster County+25.8
- Spartanburg County+23.4
- Kershaw County+22.4
- Dorchester County+21.5
- Chester County+18.7
- Laurens County+18.2
- Oconee County+15.7
- Richland County+1.2
- Darlington County+1.1
- Williamsburg County+0.1
- Allendale County0.0
- Marion County−0.1
- Saluda County−1.3
- Bamberg County−2.5
- Barnwell County−2.5
- Orangeburg County−5.2
- Marlboro County−5.9
- Hampton County−6.0
- Lee County−12.7
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.