IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Delaware Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Delaware 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 October 10, 2026. The IRS publishes one edition a year.

Moved in

35,759

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

27,956

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

+7,803

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

$564 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 35,759 people appear on tax returns that moved into Delaware from another state, and 27,956 on returns that moved out. On balance Delaware gained 7,803 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $1.88 billion in income and the ones that left reported $1.32 billion.

Its largest net gain came from Pennsylvania (+3,622), and its largest net loss was to Florida (−774).

What this counts, and what it does not

These are tax returns, not a head count. The IRS compares the address on a return filed in 2022 with the address on the same taxpayer’s return filed in 2023. “People” is the number of individuals listed on those returns.

Anyone who did not file in both years is missing: many students, retirees and low earners with no filing requirement, and anyone whose two returns could not be matched. The real number of people who moved is higher.

The address is a mailing address, which is not always where someone lives, and a move is dated by when the return was filed, not when the truck was loaded.

Income is the adjusted gross income on the second return (earned in 2022), attributed to the state the household moved to. It measures the income of the people who moved, not money a state “lost” or “gained”: much of it is wages from a job that may itself have changed.

Moves to and from other countries, military post offices and the US territories are not included in the totals here, and the IRS withholds any state-to-state flow of fewer than ten returns.

Where people who left Delaware went

1Pennsylvania6,237
2Maryland4,909
3Florida2,618
4New Jersey1,971
5Virginia1,415
6New York1,346
7North Carolina1,205
8Texas1,196
9California720
10Georgia681

Top 10 destinations for people leaving Delaware, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Where new arrivals came from

1Pennsylvania9,859
2Maryland6,380
3New Jersey4,117
4New York3,139
5Virginia1,846
6Florida1,844
7Texas857
8California850
9North Carolina840
10Georgia594

Top 10 origins of people moving to Delaware, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Delaware and every other state

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

State	Moved in from	Moved out to	Net
Alabama	116	135	−19
Alaska	54	59	−5
Arizona	290	267	+23
Arkansas	59	83	−24
California	850	720	+130
Colorado	229	315	−86
Connecticut	348	210	+138
District of Columbia	189	203	−14
Florida	1,844	2,618	−774
Georgia	594	681	−87
Hawaii	88	104	−16
Idaho	54	42	+12
Illinois	258	299	−41
Indiana	142	214	−72
Iowa	47	55	−8
Kansas	74	38	+36
Kentucky	104	98	+6
Louisiana	128	89	+39
Maine	89	106	−17
Maryland	6,380	4,909	+1,471
Massachusetts	360	317	+43
Michigan	180	167	+13
Minnesota	98	68	+30
Mississippi	75	85	−10
Missouri	154	111	+43
Montana	24	42	−18
Nebraska	43	31	+12
Nevada	123	146	−23
New Hampshire	121	85	+36
New Jersey	4,117	1,971	+2,146
New Mexico	86	53	+33
New York	3,139	1,346	+1,793
North Carolina	840	1,205	−365
North Dakota	30	30	0
Ohio	350	330	+20
Oklahoma	96	139	−43
Oregon	74	70	+4
Pennsylvania	9,859	6,237	+3,622
Rhode Island	96	59	+37
South Carolina	384	599	−215
South Dakota	29	22	+7
Tennessee	248	323	−75
Texas	857	1,196	−339
Utah	95	100	−5
Vermont	38	41	−3
Virginia	1,846	1,415	+431
Washington	176	227	−51
West Virginia	147	163	−16
Wisconsin	100	106	−6
Wyoming	37	27	+10

Migration between Delaware 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 read Publisher’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 read Publisher’s page

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