Population Characteristics - In-migration By tax returns filed by individuals and households (2018) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name In-migrants (total) Rank In-migrants (total) In-migration within state Percent in-migration within state In-migration from another state Percent in-migration from another state Foreign in-migration Percent foreign in-migration California 1 763,392 501,775 65.7 256,021 33.5 5,596 0.7 Texas 2 760,167 502,463 66.1 252,595 33.2 5,109 0.7 Florida 3 642,420 329,030 51.2 307,196 47.8 6,194 1.0 New York 4 417,783 260,426 62.3 155,894 37.3 1,463 0.4 Georgia 5 359,647 223,488 62.1 134,109 37.3 2,050 0.6 Virginia 6 320,666 190,842 59.5 124,720 38.9 5,104 1.6 North Carolina 7 311,162 161,538 51.9 147,093 47.3 2,531 0.8 Pennsylvania 8 254,537 143,807 56.5 109,690 43.1 1,040 0.4 Ohio 9 253,663 166,219 65.5 86,569 34.1 875 0.3 Colorado 10 247,817 132,121 53.3 114,301 46.1 1,395 0.6 Illinois 11 246,198 145,406 59.1 99,923 40.6 869 0.4 Washington 12 225,972 105,532 46.7 118,368 52.4 2,072 0.9 Michigan 13 222,987 156,069 70.0 66,475 29.8 443 0.2 New Jersey 14 218,499 122,912 56.3 94,805 43.4 782 0.4 Tennessee 15 193,481 98,359 50.8 94,252 48.7 870 0.4 Maryland 16 175,655 91,268 52.0 82,812 47.1 1,575 0.9 Massachusetts 17 172,736 100,875 58.4 71,254 41.3 607 0.4 Missouri 18 168,708 102,742 60.9 65,313 38.7 653 0.4 Minnesota 19 167,457 116,323 69.5 50,875 30.4 259 0.2 Indiana 20 166,955 102,647 61.5 63,955 38.3 353 0.2 Arizona 21 163,826 43,338 26.5 119,298 72.8 1,190 0.7 South Carolina 22 150,041 67,947 45.3 81,003 54.0 1,091 0.7 Wisconsin 23 140,082 89,891 64.2 49,868 35.6 323 0.2 Oregon 24 132,787 64,686 48.7 67,796 51.1 305 0.2 Alabama 25 106,915 59,337 55.5 46,908 43.9 670 0.6 Kentucky 26 106,878 62,652 58.6 43,777 41.0 449 0.4 Louisiana 27 99,621 63,838 64.1 35,243 35.4 540 0.5 Oklahoma 28 99,149 60,171 60.7 38,329 38.7 649 0.7 Nevada 29 80,105 10,162 12.7 69,231 86.4 712 0.9 Utah 30 78,209 40,562 51.9 37,345 47.8 302 0.4 Iowa 31 73,944 43,328 58.6 30,457 41.2 159 0.2 Kansas 32 72,414 34,721 47.9 36,962 51.0 731 1.0 Connecticut 33 72,266 31,408 43.5 40,516 56.1 342 0.5 Arkansas 34 72,170 41,262 57.2 30,637 42.5 271 0.4 Mississippi 35 67,088 39,421 58.8 27,300 40.7 367 0.5 Idaho 36 55,536 21,961 39.5 33,265 59.9 310 0.6 New Mexico 37 48,555 19,035 39.2 28,828 59.4 692 1.4 Nebraska 38 47,281 27,005 57.1 20,041 42.4 235 0.5 New Hampshire 39 42,620 17,213 40.4 25,271 59.3 136 0.3 Maine 40 35,304 17,569 49.8 17,625 49.9 110 0.3 West Virginia 41 34,222 16,723 48.9 17,418 50.9 81 0.2 Montana 42 30,585 12,727 41.6 17,693 57.8 165 0.5 Hawaii 43 29,455 3,051 10.4 25,136 85.3 1,268 4.3 South Dakota 44 27,127 14,336 52.8 12,638 46.6 153 0.6 Rhode Island 45 25,095 9,657 38.5 15,268 60.8 170 0.7 Delaware 46 22,948 4,220 18.4 18,582 81.0 146 0.6 North Dakota 47 22,773 9,180 40.3 13,330 58.5 263 1.2 Alaska 48 20,229 6,313 31.2 13,489 66.7 427 2.1 Vermont 49 16,866 6,984 41.4 9,848 58.4 34 0.2 Wyoming 50 15,825 4,574 28.9 11,138 70.4 113 0.7 Source: 2020 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - (https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-migration-data); DATE LAST UPDATED: October 20, 2020