South Dakota
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 15,986 returns moved to South Dakota from other states and 14,447 moved the other way, a net gain of 1,539 returns, or 4.0 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between South Dakota and other states.South Dakota ranks 15th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, South Dakota gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Arizona. Another 14,735 returns moved between counties inside South Dakota, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +1,002 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 | 1,243 | 583 | +660 |
| Minnesota | 2,243 | 1,855 | +388 |
| Iowa | 1,280 | 977 | +303 |
| Colorado | 990 | 716 | +274 |
| Wyoming | 453 | 364 | +89 |
| New York | 238 | 161 | +77 |
| Illinois | 330 | 258 | +72 |
| Washington | 444 | 378 | +66 |
| Nebraska | 970 | 907 | +63 |
| Oregon | 271 | 209 | +62 |
| Virginia | 261 | 207 | +54 |
| Maryland | 119 | 70 | +49 |
| New Jersey | 108 | 63 | +45 |
| Montana | 294 | 254 | +40 |
| Pennsylvania | 198 | 158 | +40 |
| Nevada | 235 | 201 | +34 |
| Hawaii | 66 | 37 | +29 |
| Missouri | 312 | 287 | +25 |
| North Dakota | 676 | 656 | +20 |
| Connecticut | 57 | 43 | +14 |
| Mississippi | 59 | 46 | +13 |
| New Hampshire | 38 | 30 | +8 |
| Maine | 37 | 30 | +7 |
| Massachusetts | 77 | 71 | +6 |
| Utah | 185 | 179 | +6 |
| District of Columbia | 24 | 26 | −2 |
| Louisiana | 86 | 88 | −2 |
| Michigan | 197 | 199 | −2 |
| Ohio | 194 | 196 | −2 |
| Alaska | 82 | 85 | −3 |
| Idaho | 141 | 144 | −3 |
| Vermont | 15 | 18 | −3 |
| Delaware | 16 | 20 | −4 |
| West Virginia | 31 | 36 | −5 |
| Indiana | 156 | 162 | −6 |
| New Mexico | 139 | 146 | −7 |
| Kansas | 248 | 258 | −10 |
| Georgia | 170 | 197 | −27 |
| Kentucky | 90 | 118 | −28 |
| Alabama | 74 | 104 | −30 |
| Oklahoma | 145 | 181 | −36 |
| North Carolina | 226 | 263 | −37 |
| South Carolina | 119 | 156 | −37 |
| Wisconsin | 302 | 358 | −56 |
| Arkansas | 93 | 165 | −72 |
| Florida | 617 | 702 | −85 |
| Tennessee | 167 | 258 | −91 |
| Texas | 817 | 926 | −109 |
| Arizona | 636 | 901 | −265 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +2.8 in 2019–20, +8.6 in 2020–21, +9.6 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 34 South Dakota counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Lawrence County+36.3
- Lincoln County+28.9
- Custer County+12.4
- Butte County+10.0
- Pennington County+8.9
- Minnehaha County+6.5
- Codington County+6.1
- Meade County+5.2
- Bon Homme County+2.9
- Turner County+1.7
- Yankton County+1.7
- Roberts County−0.5
- Grant County−4.8
- Hughes County−5.3
- Day County−5.6
- Davison County−6.4
- Brown County−7.6
- Todd County−9.4
- Clay County−10.0
- Oglala Lakota County−12.9
- Beadle County−17.3
- Marshall County−18.5
- Hamlin County−20.3
- Hanson County−56.6
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.