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The states people are moving to, and leaving

Net moves from other US states between July 2020 and June 2025, per 1,000 residents at the start of the period. Positive means more Americans arrived than left.

Top of the list: South Carolina at +71.0. Bottom: New York at −52.0.

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The states people are moving to, and leaving, all states ranked.
# State Net per 1,000 residents Net moves (people)
1 South Carolina +71.0 +364,272
2 Idaho +70.8 +130,972
3 Montana +52.2 +56,795
4 Delaware +51.4 +50,977
5 North Carolina +44.8 +468,133
6 Maine +40.3 +54,977
7 Tennessee +40.1 +277,999
8 Florida +38.4 +828,686
9 Arizona +35.2 +252,762
10 Nevada +27.5 +85,718
11 Arkansas +26.9 +81,020
12 Alabama +26.1 +131,598
13 Oklahoma +26.1 +103,396
14 Texas +26.0 +760,233
15 South Dakota +25.9 +22,959
16 New Hampshire +25.4 +34,962
17 Georgia +20.6 +221,265
18 Utah +15.3 +50,241
19 Wyoming +14.3 +8,255
20 West Virginia +9.7 +17,349
21 Missouri +9.3 +57,454
22 Vermont +8.5 +5,437
23 Kentucky +7.7 +34,789
24 Indiana +5.9 +40,333
25 Colorado +1.8 +10,528
26 Wisconsin +1.6 +9,600
27 Oregon −1.5 −6,154
28 Connecticut −1.9 −6,711
29 Ohio −2.4 −27,732
30 Iowa −2.8 −8,906
31 Washington −3.2 −24,858
32 Virginia −3.4 −29,143
33 Pennsylvania −3.9 −50,746
34 New Mexico −5.3 −11,258
35 Michigan −6.0 −60,803
36 Minnesota −6.3 −35,757
37 Nebraska −6.8 −13,330
38 Mississippi −7.0 −20,786
39 North Dakota −7.2 −5,603
40 Kansas −7.6 −22,373
41 Rhode Island −8.9 −9,756
42 Massachusetts −20.8 −145,282
43 Maryland −21.0 −129,734
44 New Jersey −22.8 −211,131
45 District of Columbia −27.6 −18,507
46 Louisiana −29.8 −138,644
47 Alaska −30.8 −22,573
48 Illinois −33.7 −431,149
49 Hawaii −37.6 −54,537
50 California −41.2 −1,629,468
51 New York −52.0 −1,045,769

US Census Bureau Population Estimates · NST-EST2025-ALLDATA · Vintage 2025 · rel. January 27, 2026 · Official data

Understanding the states people are moving to, and leaving

Across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, net per 1,000 residents spans from +71.0 in South Carolina at the top of the list to −52.0 in New York at the bottom. The three at the top are South Carolina, Idaho, and Montana; the three at the bottom are Hawaii, California, and New York.

Relative to their size, South Carolina and Idaho gained the most people from other states: about 71 net arrivals for every 1,000 residents over five years. Montana, Delaware, North Carolina, and Maine follow. The largest losses relative to population were in New York, California, Hawaii, Illinois, and Alaska. New York lost a net 52 residents per 1,000 to other states, California 41.

The per-resident rate and the raw count tell different stories. Florida and Texas gained the most people in absolute terms, but they are large states, so their rates sit below those of smaller destinations. Every domestic move is one state's gain and another's loss, so the states' totals cancel out nationally. Just over half of the states gained residents this way.

Net domestic migration is the most direct measure of where Americans are choosing to live. It reflects housing costs, jobs, remote work, retirement, and taxes all at once, so no single figure on this site explains it. State profiles show the largest individual flows into and out of each state for the latest year.