Who's moving to and from Jefferson County, New York?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 7,931 people in, 9,293 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,362 people
−428 households
Arrivals' income
$50.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$53.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Jefferson County went in New York

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New York counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like El Paso County, CO, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lewis County248
  2. St. Lawrence County221
  3. El Paso County, CO217
  4. Onondaga County190
  5. Honolulu County, HI178
  6. Muscogee County, GA169
  7. El Paso County, TX146
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,564

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lewis County258
  2. Onondaga County237
  3. Honolulu County, HI235
  4. El Paso County, CO231
  5. St. Lawrence County224
  6. El Paso County, TX202
  7. Pierce County, WA148
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,387

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
442 people
Left for abroad
408 people
Net moves with Bronx County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Jefferson usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−42822–23††‡†
Net migration of Jefferson County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,013
2014–15 †−472
2015–16−1,689
2016–17 †−1,076
2017–18−911
2018–19 ‡−1,107
2019–20−796
2020–21−455
2021–22−657
2022–23 †−428

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 Jefferson County, New York?” movedwhere.com/county/jefferson-county-ny. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.