Rankings · Migration

Highest international migration by state

Net international migration, annual.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Annual net international migration in the Census Population Estimates Program. This is a raw count of people, not a measure of immigration policy or a count of all people born abroad.

  1. 1Florida178,674
  2. 2Texas167,475
  3. 3California109,278
  4. 4New York95,634
  5. 5New Jersey53,064
  6. 6North Carolina46,890
  7. 7Washington46,202
  8. 8Illinois44,752
  9. 9Georgia42,579
  10. 10Virginia40,436
  11. 11Massachusetts40,240
  12. 12Michigan30,706
  13. 13Ohio28,505
  14. 14Arizona28,219
  15. 15Pennsylvania26,921
  16. 16Maryland20,503
  17. 17Tennessee17,990
  18. 18Indiana17,852
  19. 19Connecticut17,534
  20. 20Kentucky15,709
  21. 21Colorado15,356
  22. 22Louisiana14,900
  23. 23South Carolina12,930
  24. 24Missouri12,665
  25. 25Minnesota12,486
  26. 26Nevada10,551
  27. 27Oregon9,636
  28. 28Alabama8,946
  29. 29Oklahoma8,420
  30. 30Utah7,501
  31. 31Mississippi7,451
  32. 32Kansas7,440
  33. 33Wisconsin7,260
  34. 34Nebraska6,599
  35. 35Rhode Island5,923
  36. 36Iowa5,903
  37. 37Arkansas5,470
  38. 38Hawaii4,768
  39. 39Maine4,040
  40. 40District of Columbia3,915
  41. 41Delaware3,473
  42. 42South Dakota3,183
  43. 43New Mexico2,879
  44. 44North Dakota2,810
  45. 45New Hampshire2,403
  46. 46Idaho2,148
  47. 47Alaska1,959
  48. 48Montana899
  49. 49Vermont623
  50. 50Wyoming258
  51. 51West Virginia244
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program. · How this is built