Population Characteristics - Out-migration By tax returns filed by individuals or households (2018) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Out-migrants (total) Rank Out-migrants (total) Out-migrants within state Percent out-migrants within state Out-migrants to another state Percent out-migrants to another state Out-migrants to another country Percent out-migrants to another country California 1 823,944 501,775 60.9 317,449 38.5 4,720 0.6 Texas 2 724,396 502,463 69.4 217,682 30.1 4,251 0.6 Florida 3 584,292 329,030 56.3 251,255 43.0 4,007 0.7 New York 4 494,614 260,426 52.7 232,671 47.0 1,517 0.3 Georgia 5 342,573 223,488 65.2 117,252 34.2 1,833 0.5 Virginia 6 324,683 190,842 58.8 129,427 39.9 4,414 1.4 Illinois 7 289,686 145,406 50.2 143,421 49.5 859 0.3 North Carolina 8 281,340 161,538 57.4 117,768 41.9 2,034 0.7 Pennsylvania 9 263,301 143,807 54.6 118,731 45.1 763 0.3 Ohio 10 261,115 166,219 63.7 94,173 36.1 723 0.3 New Jersey 11 238,150 122,912 51.6 114,479 48.1 759 0.3 Michigan 12 230,715 156,069 67.6 74,263 32.2 383 0.2 Colorado 13 227,391 132,121 58.1 94,214 41.4 1,056 0.5 Washington 14 203,880 105,532 51.8 96,731 47.4 1,617 0.8 Massachusetts 15 187,621 100,875 53.8 86,314 46.0 432 0.2 Maryland 16 184,265 91,268 49.5 91,790 49.8 1,207 0.7 Tennessee 17 176,343 98,359 55.8 77,285 43.8 699 0.4 Missouri 18 169,945 102,742 60.5 66,650 39.2 553 0.3 Indiana 19 166,886 102,647 61.5 63,909 38.3 330 0.2 Minnesota 20 166,766 116,323 69.8 50,231 30.1 212 0.1 Wisconsin 21 141,678 89,891 63.4 51,500 36.4 287 0.2 South Carolina 22 129,895 67,947 52.3 61,042 47.0 906 0.7 Arizona 23 129,009 43,338 33.6 84,705 65.7 966 0.7 Oregon 24 120,292 64,686 53.8 55,369 46.0 237 0.2 Louisiana 25 109,171 63,838 58.5 44,824 41.1 509 0.5 Kentucky 26 107,369 62,652 58.4 44,347 41.3 370 0.3 Alabama 27 104,563 59,337 56.7 44,600 42.7 626 0.6 Oklahoma 28 100,171 60,171 60.1 39,370 39.3 630 0.6 Connecticut 29 82,232 31,408 38.2 50,499 61.4 325 0.4 Kansas 30 77,967 34,721 44.5 42,640 54.7 606 0.8 Iowa 31 76,581 43,328 56.6 33,116 43.2 137 0.2 Utah 32 74,578 40,562 54.4 33,691 45.2 325 0.4 Arkansas 33 71,308 41,262 57.9 29,782 41.8 264 0.4 Mississippi 34 71,015 39,421 55.5 31,192 43.9 402 0.6 Nevada 35 59,423 10,162 17.1 48,715 82.0 546 0.9 Nebraska 36 49,624 27,005 54.4 22,332 45.0 287 0.6 New Mexico 37 49,120 19,035 38.8 29,519 60.1 566 1.2 Idaho 38 45,717 21,961 48.0 23,524 51.5 232 0.5 New Hampshire 39 40,515 17,213 42.5 23,196 57.3 106 0.3 West Virginia 40 37,003 16,723 45.2 20,201 54.6 79 0.2 Hawaii 41 32,684 3,051 9.3 28,656 87.7 977 3.0 Maine 42 32,119 17,569 54.7 14,464 45.0 86 0.3 Montana 43 28,874 12,727 44.1 15,989 55.4 158 0.5 South Dakota 44 27,009 14,336 53.1 12,561 46.5 112 0.4 Rhode Island 45 26,134 9,657 37.0 16,332 62.5 145 0.6 North Dakota 46 24,793 9,180 37.0 15,366 62.0 247 1.0 Alaska 47 24,291 6,313 26.0 17,568 72.3 410 1.7 Delaware 48 19,646 4,220 21.5 15,245 77.6 181 0.9 Vermont 49 17,493 6,984 39.9 10,480 59.9 29 0.2 Wyoming 50 16,656 4,574 27.5 11,966 71.8 116 0.7 Source: 2020 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - (https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-migration-data); DATE LAST UPDATED: October 20, 2020