Who's moving to and from District of Columbia, District of Columbia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 41,301 people in, 43,869 out.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,568 people
+1,673 households
Arrivals' income
$86.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$117.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving District of Columbia went in District of Columbia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

No published departures to other District of Columbia counties to map for 2022–23.

Moves to and from other District of Columbia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Prince George's County, MD, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

People, 2022–23.

  1. Prince George's County, MD5,786
  2. Montgomery County, MD3,096
  3. Arlington County, VA1,991
  4. Fairfax County, VA1,483
  5. New York County, NY887
  6. Alexandria city, VA753
  7. Cook County, IL654
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)—

Where did people go?

People, 2022–23.

  1. Prince George's County, MD6,849
  2. Montgomery County, MD5,079
  3. Fairfax County, VA2,572
  4. Arlington County, VA2,445
  5. Alexandria city, VA1,608
  6. New York County, NY1,324
  7. Kings County, NY784
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)—

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
1,107 people
Left for abroad
1,582 people
Moved in from elsewhere in District of Columbia
withheld
Moved out to elsewhere in District of Columbia
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is District of Columbia usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,67322–23††‡†
Net migration of District of Columbia (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−263
2014–15 †+1,769
2015–16+49
2016–17 †−4,844
2017–18−1,987
2018–19 ‡−1,937
2019–20−7,994
2020–21−8,365
2021–22−2,111
2022–23 †+1,673

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from District of Columbia, District of Columbia?” movedwhere.com/county/district-of-columbia-dc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.