Washington
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 122,184 returns moved to Washington from other states and 112,345 moved the other way, a net gain of 9,839 returns, or 3.0 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Washington and other states.Washington ranks 20th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Washington gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Arizona. Another 100,949 returns moved between counties inside Washington, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +13,437 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 | 24,625 | 17,871 | +6,754 |
| Oregon | 15,339 | 12,212 | +3,127 |
| Hawaii | 2,451 | 1,761 | +690 |
| Illinois | 2,734 | 2,158 | +576 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,888 | 1,374 | +514 |
| Massachusetts | 1,817 | 1,308 | +509 |
| New Jersey | 1,494 | 1,007 | +487 |
| Colorado | 3,935 | 3,480 | +455 |
| Michigan | 1,710 | 1,328 | +382 |
| Ohio | 1,779 | 1,434 | +345 |
| Maryland | 1,424 | 1,109 | +315 |
| Alaska | 1,600 | 1,310 | +290 |
| Indiana | 1,159 | 894 | +265 |
| Minnesota | 1,536 | 1,315 | +221 |
| Utah | 2,362 | 2,147 | +215 |
| Connecticut | 650 | 445 | +205 |
| Louisiana | 755 | 557 | +198 |
| New York | 3,649 | 3,513 | +136 |
| Kansas | 899 | 778 | +121 |
| Georgia | 2,374 | 2,278 | +96 |
| Virginia | 2,660 | 2,575 | +85 |
| Nebraska | 502 | 438 | +64 |
| Wisconsin | 1,137 | 1,089 | +48 |
| Delaware | 138 | 104 | +34 |
| Nevada | 2,609 | 2,580 | +29 |
| New Mexico | 946 | 919 | +27 |
| Rhode Island | 209 | 186 | +23 |
| New Hampshire | 280 | 260 | +20 |
| Vermont | 201 | 181 | +20 |
| Iowa | 617 | 605 | +12 |
| Maine | 301 | 302 | −1 |
| West Virginia | 159 | 164 | −5 |
| Missouri | 1,372 | 1,383 | −11 |
| Mississippi | 324 | 344 | −20 |
| North Dakota | 331 | 365 | −34 |
| District of Columbia | 395 | 447 | −52 |
| Oklahoma | 989 | 1,050 | −61 |
| South Dakota | 378 | 444 | −66 |
| Wyoming | 373 | 445 | −72 |
| North Carolina | 2,371 | 2,464 | −93 |
| Kentucky | 577 | 677 | −100 |
| Arkansas | 513 | 615 | −102 |
| Alabama | 686 | 814 | −128 |
| Florida | 5,333 | 5,661 | −328 |
| South Carolina | 1,040 | 1,443 | −403 |
| Texas | 9,307 | 9,863 | −556 |
| Tennessee | 1,371 | 1,956 | −585 |
| Montana | 1,936 | 2,530 | −594 |
| Idaho | 5,146 | 6,151 | −1,005 |
| Arizona | 5,803 | 8,011 | −2,208 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +4.4 in 2019–20, +1.2 in 2020–21, +1.0 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 38 Washington counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Wahkiakum County+26.2
- Jefferson County+16.9
- Skamania County+15.6
- Klickitat County+14.0
- Pend Oreille County+13.2
- Mason County+12.4
- Pacific County+12.2
- Clallam County+10.5
- Lewis County+10.5
- Kittitas County+9.4
- Thurston County+8.8
- Grays Harbor County+8.2
- Grant County+2.3
- Okanogan County+2.2
- Chelan County+1.7
- San Juan County+1.2
- Ferry County0.0
- Walla Walla County−1.2
- King County−1.3
- Douglas County−2.2
- Franklin County−2.5
- Whitman County−2.7
- Yakima County−7.9
- Adams County−15.0
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.