Is Mississippi gaining or losing people?

Losing. In 2022–23, 3,142 more people left Mississippi for other states than moved in.

See where they went ↓
Moved in
56,470
people
Moved out
59,612
people
Net change
−3,142 people
In households (tax returns): 30,358 in, 33,483 out, −3,125 net

Where are people moving to Mississippi from?

People, 2022–23

  1. Tennessee10,602
  2. Louisiana6,882
  3. Texas6,408
  4. Alabama4,788
  5. Florida3,883
  6. Georgia2,865

Where are people from Mississippi moving?

People, 2022–23

  1. Tennessee9,905
  2. Texas8,700
  3. Alabama5,847
  4. Louisiana5,591
  5. Florida4,111
  6. Georgia3,301
Every state, in full ↓

Where people leaving Mississippi went across states

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Biggest net gain: Louisiana (+1,291 people). Biggest net loss: Texas (−2,292).

Is this new?

Mississippi has lost households from moves in every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3,12522–23†††
Net migration of Mississippi (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−4,683
2014–15 †−3,499
2015–16−3,546
2016–17 †−3,736
2017–18−3,892
2018–19−4,491
2019–20−2,752
2020–21−1,916
2021–22−1,608
2022–23 †−3,125

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$56.9k avg
Leaving households$53.6k 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 Mississippi
77,259 people
Arrived from abroad
766 people
Left for abroad
733 people

Net change only counts moves between states.

Which Mississippi counties are gaining?

Adams County: −140 peopleAlcorn County: +182 peopleAmite County: −4 peopleAttala County: −127 peopleBenton County: −64 peopleBolivar County: −403 peopleCalhoun County: −44 peopleCarroll County: −82 peopleChickasaw County: +32 peopleChoctaw County: −27 peopleClaiborne County: −84 peopleClarke County: +37 peopleClay County: −23 peopleCoahoma County: −240 peopleCopiah County: −144 peopleCovington County: −17 peopleDeSoto County: +1,316 peopleForrest County: −60 peopleFranklin County: −7 peopleGeorge County: +258 peopleGreene County: +11 peopleGrenada County: +7 peopleHancock County: +388 peopleHarrison County: +135 peopleHinds County: −2,626 peopleHolmes County: −311 peopleHumphreys County: −87 peopleIssaquena County: withheld by the IRSItawamba County: +72 peopleJackson County: +683 peopleJasper County: −1 peopleJefferson County: −52 peopleJefferson Davis County: −20 peopleJones County: −185 peopleKemper County: −14 peopleLafayette County: +199 peopleLamar County: −54 peopleLauderdale County: −698 peopleLawrence County: −44 peopleLeake County: −91 peopleLee County: +25 peopleLeflore County: −255 peopleLincoln County: −28 peopleLowndes County: −190 peopleMadison County: +477 peopleMarion County: +140 peopleMarshall County: +307 peopleMonroe County: +10 peopleMontgomery County: +41 peopleNeshoba County: −103 peopleNewton County: +32 peopleNoxubee County: −115 peopleOktibbeha County: −308 peoplePanola County: +89 peoplePearl River County: +610 peoplePerry County: −67 peoplePike County: −172 peoplePontotoc County: +20 peoplePrentiss County: +139 peopleQuitman County: −65 peopleRankin County: +192 peopleScott County: −246 peopleSharkey County: −67 peopleSimpson County: −22 peopleSmith County: −53 peopleStone County: +182 peopleSunflower County: −284 peopleTallahatchie County: −201 peopleTate County: −32 peopleTippah County: −47 peopleTishomingo County: +104 peopleTunica County: −132 peopleUnion County: −47 peopleWalthall County: +14 peopleWarren County: −160 peopleWashington County: −471 peopleWayne County: −69 peopleWebster County: +116 peopleWilkinson County: −101 peopleWinston County: +12 peopleYalobusha County: +10 peopleYazoo County: −68 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. DeSoto County+1,316
  2. Jackson County+683
  3. Pearl River County+610
  4. Madison County+477
  5. Hancock County+388
  6. Marshall County+307

Losing most

  1. Hinds County−2,626
  2. Lauderdale County−698
  3. Washington County−471
  4. Bolivar County−403
  5. Holmes County−311
  6. Oktibbeha County−308

Every state, in full

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

Net trendhouseholds, 13–14 → 22–23, † breaks
Tennessee10,602 in9,905 out+697$53.0k$48.1k
Louisiana6,882 in5,591 out+1,291$59.6k$49.4k
Texas6,408 in8,700 out−2,292$53.0k$49.3k
Alabama4,788 in5,847 out−1,059$58.5k$55.4k
Florida3,883 in4,111 out−228$58.3k$76.4k
Georgia2,865 in3,301 out−436$51.5k$48.4k
California2,097 in1,672 out+425$65.2k$61.6k
Arkansas1,510 in1,908 out−398$49.8k$50.2k
Illinois1,387 in1,297 out+90$54.5k$44.0k
Virginia1,245 in1,334 out−89$65.5k$63.1k

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

All counties in Mississippi

Counties and county equivalents, including historical geographies.

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

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Common questions

How many people moved to Mississippi in 2022–23?

56,470 people moved to Mississippi from other states, and 59,612 left for other states.

Where do most people moving to Mississippi come from?

In 2022–23, the most came from Tennessee (10,602 people), Louisiana (6,882 people), Texas (6,408 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.