Who's moving to and from Howard County, Maryland?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 19,447 people in, 20,502 out. Most were moving between Maryland counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,055 people
−1,161 households
Arrivals' income
$89.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$98.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Howard County went in Maryland

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Maryland counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Fairfax County, VA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Maryland. People, 2022–23.

  1. Baltimore County2,404
  2. Prince George's County2,399
  3. Anne Arundel County2,358
  4. Montgomery County2,311
  5. Baltimore city1,218
  6. Carroll County405
  7. Fairfax County, VA360
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,047

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Maryland. People, 2022–23.

  1. Anne Arundel County2,671
  2. Baltimore County2,216
  3. Prince George's County1,476
  4. Montgomery County1,342
  5. Baltimore city1,187
  6. Carroll County833
  7. Frederick County778
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,103

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
296 people
Left for abroad
362 people
Net moves with Queen Anne's County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Howard usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2018–19.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,16122–23††‡†
Net migration of Howard County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+12
2014–15 †−85
2015–16+152
2016–17 †+320
2017–18+517
2018–19 ‡−157
2019–20−185
2020–21−112
2021–22−1,356
2022–23 †−1,161

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.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Howard County, Maryland?” movedwhere.com/county/howard-county-md. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.