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Rankings · Migration
Net domestic 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.
Census PEP. Counts people moving between U.S. counties only, so it excludes international arrivals. Use the annual raw count beside it when place size itself matters. Withheld for counties under 1,000 residents: a handful of events on a denominator that small produces a rate that is arithmetically correct and practically meaningless.
New York has the lowest published domestic migration rate in this comparison, at -7. The next states shown are Hawaii (-6) and Alaska (-6).
The table orders 51 states by net domestic migration per 1,000 residents. 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. Census PEP. Counts people moving between U.S. counties only, so it excludes international arrivals. Use the annual raw count beside it when place size itself matters. Withheld for counties under 1,000 residents: a handful of events on a denominator that small produces a rate that is arithmetically correct and practically meaningless.
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/domestic-migration-rate" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents by state"></iframe>Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built