Rankings · Migration

Highest international migration rate by state

Net international migration per 1,000 residents.

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

Net international migration per 1,000 residents. Shown separately from domestic migration because the two often point opposite ways. Use the annual raw count beside it when place size itself matters.

  1. 1Florida8
  2. 2Washington6
  3. 3District of Columbia6
  4. 4Massachusetts6
  5. 5New Jersey6
  6. 6Rhode Island5
  7. 7Texas5
  8. 8Connecticut5
  9. 9New York5
  10. 10Virginia5
  11. 11North Carolina4
  12. 12Georgia4
  13. 13Arizona4
  14. 14Illinois4
  15. 15North Dakota4
  16. 16Kentucky3
  17. 17South Dakota3
  18. 18Delaware3
  19. 19Hawaii3
  20. 20Maryland3
  21. 21Nebraska3
  22. 22Louisiana3
  23. 23Nevada3
  24. 24Michigan3
  25. 25Maine3
  26. 26California3
  27. 27Alaska3
  28. 28Colorado3
  29. 29Indiana3
  30. 30Kansas3
  31. 31Mississippi3
  32. 32Tennessee3
  33. 33Ohio2
  34. 34Oregon2
  35. 35South Carolina2
  36. 36Minnesota2
  37. 37Pennsylvania2
  38. 38Utah2
  39. 39Missouri2
  40. 40Oklahoma2
  41. 41Arkansas2
  42. 42Iowa2
  43. 43Alabama2
  44. 44New Hampshire2
  45. 45New Mexico1
  46. 46Wisconsin1
  47. 47Idaho1
  48. 48Vermont1
  49. 49Montana1
  50. 50Wyoming0
  51. 51West Virginia0
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built