Which states are gaining and losing the most people?

Name: Which states are gaining and losing the most people?
Creator: Moved Where

Texas gained the most from moves between states in 2022–23: 112,481 more people. California lost the most: 200,547.

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Moves between states, 2022–23. Big numbers are people; households shown for reference. Moves abroad excluded.
#	State	Moved in	Moved out	Net change ▾	Net households
1	Texas	553,369	440,888	+112,481	+56,473
2	Florida	605,238	493,496	+111,742	+55,349
3	North Carolina	295,243	226,135	+69,108	+39,118
4	South Carolina	178,163	119,061	+59,102	+29,214
5	Tennessee	198,430	155,531	+42,899	+24,104
6	Georgia	265,330	229,794	+35,536	+14,671
7	Arizona	202,429	175,302	+27,127	+17,316
8	Alabama	102,902	86,565	+16,337	+6,202
9	Idaho	66,095	53,356	+12,739	+5,811
10	Oklahoma	85,394	72,805	+12,589	+5,414
11	Nevada	111,121	99,563	+11,558	+8,977
12	Arkansas	68,449	57,238	+11,211	+5,269
13	Missouri	124,978	116,139	+8,839	+2,794
14	Delaware	35,759	27,956	+7,803	+4,054
15	Colorado	187,420	180,132	+7,288	+11,341
16	Maine	31,675	25,178	+6,497	+3,671
17	Kentucky	86,522	80,661	+5,861	+2,158
18	Montana	35,226	29,894	+5,332	+3,096
19	Indiana	121,307	116,470	+4,837	−1,268
20	New Hampshire	40,918	36,723	+4,195	+2,168
21	West Virginia	36,521	33,384	+3,137	+879
22	Wisconsin	89,800	87,047	+2,753	+516
23	South Dakota	26,881	24,469	+2,412	+1,539
24	Utah	80,211	79,014	+1,197	+3,164
25	Wyoming	22,038	21,663	+375	+187
26	Vermont	16,939	16,855	+84	−299
27	Washington	192,628	192,657	−29	+9,839
28	Virginia	230,220	230,262	−42	+421
29	North Dakota	23,095	23,852	−757	−46
30	Rhode Island	27,055	28,123	−1,068	−129
31	Iowa	57,011	58,478	−1,467	−2,414
32	Nebraska	38,081	39,983	−1,902	−1,484
33	New Mexico	51,817	53,741	−1,924	−213
34	District of Columbia	41,301	43,869	−2,568	+1,673
35	Mississippi	56,470	59,612	−3,142	−3,125
36	Kansas	70,469	74,517	−4,048	−3,272
37	Alaska	25,599	29,748	−4,149	−1,389
38	Connecticut	76,966	81,733	−4,767	−5,674
39	Oregon	98,688	103,462	−4,774	−45
40	Ohio	155,049	161,361	−6,312	−7,994
41	Hawaii	45,031	51,856	−6,825	−2,597
42	Minnesota	84,839	92,400	−7,561	−5,106
43	Michigan	119,409	127,851	−8,442	−8,770
44	Pennsylvania	199,298	214,178	−14,880	−12,095
45	Louisiana	65,960	83,293	−17,333	−10,129
46	Maryland	135,223	155,335	−20,112	−13,628
47	Massachusetts	116,816	145,183	−28,367	−15,378
48	New Jersey	173,739	203,610	−29,871	−19,370
49	Illinois	179,622	233,804	−54,182	−28,609
50	New York	268,427	426,397	−157,970	−71,987
51	California	389,700	590,247	−200,547	−100,397

Cite these rankings

Moved Where. “State migration rankings.” movedwhere.com/rankings?by=net. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.

Why people and households can disagree

Indiana gained 4,837 people but lost 1,268 households in 2022–23: the households that arrived were larger than those that left. We rank by people; households are there to check.

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