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Wyoming

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 12,702 returns moved to Wyoming from other states and 12,515 moved the other way, a net gain of 187 returns, or 0.8 per 1,000.

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

The ten largest flows in each direction between Wyoming and other states.

Wyoming ranks 25th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Wyoming gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Utah. Another 4,614 returns moved between counties inside Wyoming, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +397 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.

Returns moving between Wyoming and each state, 2022–23
StateFrom thereTo thereNet
California1,092609+483
Colorado2,2801,874+406
Oregon381263+118
Washington445373+72
Kansas164129+35
Virginia178147+31
Illinois169141+28
Connecticut3920+19
Georgia164145+19
Massachusetts7659+17
New Jersey5740+17
Louisiana7862+16
Minnesota183168+15
Mississippi5036+14
New York166155+11
Pennsylvania141131+10
Nevada288281+7
Ohio151146+5
New Hampshire3026+4
Vermont2623+3
West Virginia3736+1
Indiana1131130
Maryland7173−2
Wisconsin153156−3
Michigan166170−4
Delaware1421−7
District of Columbia1323−10
Alabama7687−11
Nebraska375387−12
North Dakota176191−15
North Carolina185203−18
Maine2446−22
Hawaii5580−25
New Mexico169194−25
Kentucky5480−26
Tennessee151180−29
Arkansas78108−30
Iowa83116−33
South Carolina99136−37
Alaska90136−46
Florida453501−48
Montana643700−57
Oklahoma168225−57
Texas757827−70
Missouri152223−71
South Dakota364453−89
Arizona494619−125
Idaho511645−134
Utah820958−138

Four filing years

12,88812,4912019–2013,52912,4622020–2113,42112,3522021–2212,70212,5152022–23

Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states

Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +1.7 in 2019–20, +4.6 in 2020–21, +4.5 in 2021–22.

County by county

All 23 counties with complete totals, by net migration rate per 1,000 returns. Linked names have a full profile.

  1. Sublette County+22.6
  2. Niobrara County+18.6
  3. Sheridan County+13.9
  4. Hot Springs County+7.6
  5. Laramie County+7.1
  6. Lincoln County+4.7
  7. Crook County+4.6
  8. Park County+3.8
  9. Johnson County+2.4
  10. Natrona County+1.9
  11. Campbell County−0.4
  12. Washakie County−2.1
  13. Fremont County−2.6
  14. Weston County−2.9
  15. Goshen County−3.0
  16. Carbon County−3.9
  17. Big Horn County−4.3
  18. Albany County−5.0
  19. Uinta County−6.3
  20. Teton County−6.4
  21. Platte County−9.1
  22. Sweetwater County−10.0
  23. Converse County−12.3

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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.