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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 87,629 people in, 127,357 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−39,728 people
−10,785 households
Arrivals' income
$94.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$92.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Kings 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 Hudson County, NJ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in New York. People, 2022–23.

  1. New York County17,176
  2. Queens County12,509
  3. Bronx County3,950
  4. Richmond County2,694
  5. Nassau County2,141
  6. Los Angeles County, CA1,887
  7. Suffolk County1,722
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,259

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Queens County19,144
  2. New York County9,588
  3. Richmond County9,496
  4. Nassau County4,754
  5. Bronx County4,194
  6. Suffolk County3,052
  7. Essex County, NJ2,965
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,327

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,130 people
Left for abroad
2,486 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Kings usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−10,78522–23††‡†
Net migration of Kings County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−7,567
2014–15 †−5,653
2015–16−11,694
2016–17 †−20,148
2017–18−14,921
2018–19 ‡−12,726
2019–20−29,257
2020–21−35,371
2021–22−22,467
2022–23 †−10,785

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