Maine vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?

Name: Maine vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 295 more people moved from Maine to North Carolina than the other way.

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Year

North Carolina → Maine877 people

Arrivals' income: $65.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maine → North Carolina1,172 people

Leavers' income: $70.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,049 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to North Carolina than to Maine every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maine and North Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−103
2014–15 †	−107
2015–16	−174
2016–17 †	−144
2017–18	−60
2018–19	−69
2019–20	−13
2020–21	−126
2021–22	−183
2022–23 †	−182

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Maine

Net change, all states: +6,497
Moved in · moved out: 31,675 · 25,178
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $85.4k · $74.1k

Maine page →

North Carolina

Net change, all states: +69,108
Moved in · moved out: 295,243 · 226,135
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.2k · $74.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between North Carolina and Maine, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	746	938	−192	392	495	$43.0k	$51.6k
2014–15 †	470	678	−208	276	383	$55.1k	$61.2k
2015–16	734	1,094	−360	409	583	$47.0k	$64.5k
2016–17 †	1,149	1,338	−189	591	735	$59.1k	$54.9k
2017–18	890	945	−55	493	553	$60.8k	$50.3k
2018–19	858	898	−40	465	534	$58.8k	$59.0k
2019–20	1,034	997	+37	551	564	$65.4k	$62.7k
2020–21	928	1,142	−214	518	644	$79.0k	$67.3k
2021–22	894	1,250	−356	527	710	$79.0k	$79.9k
2022–23 †	877	1,172	−295	534	716	$65.8k	$70.2k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “Maine vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/maine-vs-north-carolina. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.