What does this households arriving ranking show?

It orders states by Households that moved in. It is a comparison of this one published measure, not an overall ranking of where to live.

Where do these figures come from?

IRS Statistics of Income, county migration supplies this measure. States without a comparable published value are shown as not ranked rather than estimated.

How should I use this ranking?

Use it to narrow a search, then open a state or county profile for the underlying figures, source dates and caveats. A statewide number may not describe every neighbourhood.

Rankings · Migration

Highest households arriving by state

Households that moved in.

Households that filed a tax return from this county having filed from somewhere else the year before. IRS counts filed returns, so it misses people who do not file and counts a household once rather than per person; it will not reconcile with the Census net migration figure above, which counts people. Flows under 20 returns are suppressed for disclosure, so this understates movement in small counties.

How to read this ranking

Texas has the highest published households arriving in this comparison, at 879,909. The next states shown are California (745,952) and Florida (743,340).

The table orders 51 states by households that moved in. It describes one published measure, not an overall judgment about where to live.

Use the result as a starting point, then compare the underlying source, dates, and local county figures before making a decision. Households that filed a tax return from this county having filed from somewhere else the year before. IRS counts filed returns, so it misses people who do not file and counts a household once rather than per person; it will not reconcile with the Census net migration figure above, which counts people. Flows under 20 returns are suppressed for disclosure, so this understates movement in small counties.

1Texas879,909
2California745,952
3Florida743,340
4New York451,167
5Georgia391,256
6North Carolina356,087
7Virginia332,175
8Pennsylvania275,714
9Ohio270,661
10Colorado260,399
11Illinois257,693
12New Jersey234,381
13Michigan231,626
14Washington225,935
15Tennessee221,824
16Massachusetts184,209
17Indiana178,151
18South Carolina176,349
19Missouri174,232
20Arizona172,767
21Maryland172,157
22Minnesota169,377
23Wisconsin147,648
24Oregon128,301
25Alabama119,960
26Kentucky113,246
27Oklahoma111,011
28Louisiana103,073
29Utah92,519
30Connecticut83,747
31Arkansas82,186
32Iowa78,660
33Nevada77,968
34Kansas74,514
35Mississippi69,428
36Idaho60,038
37New Mexico50,492
38Nebraska49,312
39New Hampshire42,644
40Maine38,990
41West Virginia37,653
42Montana33,509
43District of Columbia33,508
44South Dakota29,717
45Hawaii29,252
46Rhode Island26,970
47Delaware25,877
48North Dakota21,995
49Alaska20,445
50Vermont17,601
51Wyoming17,244

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Frequently asked questions

What does this ranking show?: It orders states by Households that moved in. It is one measure, not an overall verdict on where to live.
Where do the figures come from?: IRS Statistics of Income, county migration. States without a comparable published figure are listed as not ranked rather than estimated.
How should I use it?: Use it to narrow your search, then open a state or county profile for the source date, caveats and local context.

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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, county migration. · How this is built

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