Is Maine gaining or losing people?

Gaining. In 2022–23, 6,497 more people moved to Maine from other states than moved away.

See where they came from ↓
Moved in
31,675
people
Moved out
25,178
people
Net change
+6,497 people
In households (tax returns): 20,295 in, 16,624 out, +3,671 net

Where are people moving to Maine from?

People, 2022–23

  1. Massachusetts4,870
  2. New Hampshire3,878
  3. Florida3,280
  4. New York2,018
  5. California1,440
  6. Texas1,327

Where are people from Maine moving?

People, 2022–23

  1. Florida3,483
  2. Massachusetts2,914
  3. New Hampshire2,827
  4. New York1,273
  5. North Carolina1,172
  6. Texas1,043
Every state, in full ↓

Where Maine's newcomers came from across states

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Biggest net gain: Massachusetts (+1,956 people). Biggest net loss: North Carolina (−295).

Is this new?

Maine has gained households from moves every year since 2015–16, after mixed years before that.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+3,67122–23†††
Net migration of Maine (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+537
2014–15 †−882
2015–16+1,071
2016–17 †+5,150
2017–18+3,161
2018–19+2,758
2019–20+6,336
2020–21+7,391
2021–22+5,122
2022–23 †+3,671

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines.

Who's moving, by income?

Arriving households$85.4k avg
Leaving households$74.1k avg

Average adjusted gross income reported on the second-year tax return. It may have been earned before the move or in more than one location.

Not counted above

Moved within Maine
28,444 people
Arrived from abroad
480 people
Left for abroad
587 people

Net change only counts moves between states.

Which Maine counties are gaining?

Androscoggin County: +397 peopleAroostook County: +231 peopleCumberland County: +256 peopleFranklin County: +223 peopleHancock County: +278 peopleKennebec County: +562 peopleKnox County: +180 peopleLincoln County: +307 peopleOxford County: +539 peoplePenobscot County: +507 peoplePiscataquis County: +98 peopleSagadahoc County: +304 peopleSomerset County: +532 peopleWaldo County: +190 peopleWashington County: +258 peopleYork County: +1,577 people

Net people, 2022–23, including moves within the state.

  1. ≤ −5k
  2. −5k to −1k
  3. −1k to −100
  4. −100 to +100
  5. +100 to +1k
  6. +1k to +5k
  7. ≥ +5k
Withheld

Growing most

  1. York County+1,577
  2. Kennebec County+562
  3. Oxford County+539
  4. Somerset County+532
  5. Penobscot County+507
  6. Androscoggin County+397

Losing most

No published place-to-place flows to show.

Every state, in full

Moves between Maine and each state, 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

Net trendhouseholds, 13–14 → 22–23, † breaks
Massachusetts4,870 in2,914 out+1,956$113.5k$77.8k
New Hampshire3,878 in2,827 out+1,051$74.0k$65.7k
Florida3,280 in3,483 out−203$71.2k$105.1k
New York2,018 in1,273 out+745$92.8k$79.7k
California1,440 in904 out+536$96.5k$76.7k
Texas1,327 in1,043 out+284$87.4k$73.6k
Connecticut1,213 in739 out+474$93.3k$73.2k
Virginia958 in911 out+47$90.3k$82.1k
Pennsylvania945 in695 out+250$85.4k$62.5k
North Carolina877 in1,172 out−295$65.8k$70.2k

Small charts: net households, 13–14 → 22–23, outlined bars = † years.

All counties in Maine

Counties and county equivalents, including historical geographies.

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Moved Where. “Is Maine gaining or losing people?” movedwhere.com/state/maine. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.

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Common questions

How many people moved to Maine in 2022–23?

31,675 people moved to Maine from other states, and 25,178 left for other states.

Where do most people moving to Maine come from?

In 2022–23, the most came from Massachusetts (4,870 people), New Hampshire (3,878 people), Florida (3,280 people).

Where does this data come from?

From the IRS Statistics of Income, U.S. Population Migration Data. State migration is counted when matched tax returns filed in 2022 and 2023 show addresses in different states. A household is one tax return; people counts everyone on it. Non-filers and unmatched returns are excluded. Domestic net migration is not total population change.

Why are there no “vs last year” changes?

The IRS changed how it processed this data in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23, so a change from one year to the next can reflect the method rather than real moves. We show levels, rankings and 10-year trends instead.