Rankings · Migration

Lowest domestic migration by state

Net domestic migration, annual.

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

Annual net movement between U.S. counties in the Census Population Estimates Program. Positive means more people arrived from elsewhere in the U.S. than left; international arrivals are separate.

  1. 1California-229,077
  2. 2New York-137,586
  3. 3Illinois-40,017
  4. 4New Jersey-37,428
  5. 5Massachusetts-33,340
  6. 6Louisiana-14,387
  7. 7Maryland-12,127
  8. 8Colorado-12,100
  9. 9Hawaii-8,876
  10. 10Connecticut-5,945
  11. 11Alaska-4,525
  12. 12District of Columbia-4,128
  13. 13Pennsylvania-2,936
  14. 14New Mexico-2,267
  15. 15Rhode Island-1,551
  16. 16Iowa-970
  17. 17Mississippi-917
  18. 18Vermont-726
  19. 19Kansas-519
  20. 20Nebraska-366
  21. 21North Dakota512
  22. 22Wyoming1,474
  23. 23Michigan1,796
  24. 24South Dakota2,169
  25. 25Oregon2,228
  26. 26Utah3,343
  27. 27Virginia6,268
  28. 28Montana6,348
  29. 29West Virginia6,408
  30. 30New Hampshire6,554
  31. 31Delaware6,855
  32. 32Wisconsin6,984
  33. 33Kentucky7,269
  34. 34Maine7,406
  35. 35Minnesota8,300
  36. 36Washington9,238
  37. 37Ohio11,926
  38. 38Indiana12,197
  39. 39Missouri14,028
  40. 40Arkansas14,475
  41. 41Oklahoma14,492
  42. 42Nevada14,914
  43. 43Idaho19,915
  44. 44Florida22,517
  45. 45Alabama23,358
  46. 46Georgia27,333
  47. 47Arizona31,107
  48. 48Tennessee42,389
  49. 49South Carolina66,622
  50. 50Texas67,299
  51. 51North Carolina84,064
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program. · How this is built