Population Characteristics - Out-migration
By tax returns filed by individuals or households
(2018)
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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 |
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