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IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Connecticut Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Connecticut went, where its new arrivals came from, and the income that moved with them. Counted from the addresses on tax returns.

Source data last read . The IRS publishes one edition a year.

Moved in

76,966

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

81,733

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

−4,767

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

−$460 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 76,966 people appear on tax returns that moved into Connecticut from another state, and 81,733 on returns that moved out. On balance Connecticut lost 4,767 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $5.31 billion in income and the ones that left reported $5.77 billion.

Its largest net gain came from New York (+12,048), and its largest net loss was to Florida (−5,699).

Where people who left Connecticut went

  1. 1New York14,645
  2. 2Florida12,876
  3. 3Massachusetts8,711
  4. 4North Carolina4,184
  5. 5Texas3,755
  6. 6California3,536
  7. 7New Jersey3,165
  8. 8South Carolina2,915
  9. 9Pennsylvania2,646
  10. 10Virginia2,518
Top 10 destinations for people leaving Connecticut, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Where new arrivals came from

  1. 1New York26,693
  2. 2Massachusetts8,873
  3. 3Florida7,177
  4. 4New Jersey3,556
  5. 5California3,292
  6. 6Rhode Island2,739
  7. 7Texas2,376
  8. 8Pennsylvania2,271
  9. 9North Carolina1,802
  10. 10Virginia1,772
Top 10 origins of people moving to Connecticut, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Connecticut and every other state

People moving in each direction, and the difference. A positive net means Connecticut gained from that state.

StateMoved in fromMoved out toNet
Alabama257480−223
Alaska5294−42
Arizona7551,014−259
Arkansas120150−30
California3,2923,536−244
Colorado1,0181,147−129
Delaware210348−138
District of Columbia365579−214
Florida7,17712,876−5,699
Georgia1,4232,324−901
Hawaii300317−17
Idaho76122−46
Illinois9721,078−106
Indiana368406−38
Iowa136137−1
Kansas125145−20
Kentucky210351−141
Louisiana223260−37
Maine7391,213−474
Maryland1,0751,314−239
Massachusetts8,8738,711+162
Michigan560626−66
Minnesota277420−143
Mississippi102141−39
Missouri343421−78
Montana73100−27
Nebraska1221220
Nevada286374−88
New Hampshire9031,447−544
New Jersey3,5563,165+391
New Mexico182151+31
New York26,69314,645+12,048
North Carolina1,8024,184−2,382
North Dakota4338+5
Ohio781905−124
Oklahoma191194−3
Oregon333307+26
Pennsylvania2,2712,646−375
Rhode Island2,7392,135+604
South Carolina1,0282,915−1,887
South Dakota7684−8
Tennessee5891,173−584
Texas2,3763,755−1,379
Utah293394−101
Vermont633759−126
Virginia1,7722,518−746
Washington764977−213
West Virginia107104+3
Wisconsin279373−94
Wyoming2658−32
Migration between Connecticut and each other state, people on matched tax returns, 2022–2023.

Sources and methods

Every figure on this page comes from one of the datasets below and nowhere else. Nothing is estimated, interpolated or carried over from a previous edition. Where two sources measure something similar, they are reported separately rather than combined, because they are not measuring the same thing.

  • SOI Tax Stats: Migration Data 2022–2023, state-to-state outflow

    Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division

    Covers
    Returns filed in 2022 and 2023, 50 states and DC
    Last read
    October 10, 2026

    The IRS matches each individual income tax return filed in 2022 to the same taxpayer’s return filed in 2023 and compares the addresses. People and income are taken from the second return, so the income is what those households earned in 2022. Amounts are published in thousands of dollars.

    Exact file we readPublisher’s page

  • SOI Tax Stats: Migration Data 2022–2023, state-to-state inflow

    Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division

    Covers
    Returns filed in 2022 and 2023, 50 states and DC
    Last read
    October 10, 2026

    The same flows listed by destination instead of origin. We read both files and publish a flow only when the two agree on it, which they do for every pair. The publisher’s page linked here is the IRS users guide, which defines every term used on this page.

    Exact file we readPublisher’s page

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