IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Georgia Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Georgia 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

265,330

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

229,794

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

+35,536

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

$746 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 265,330 people appear on tax returns that moved into Georgia from another state, and 229,794 on returns that moved out. On balance Georgia gained 35,536 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $10.4 billion in income and the ones that left reported $9.66 billion.

Its largest net gain came from Florida (+9,794), and its largest net loss was to Texas (−2,779).

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 Georgia went

1Florida40,689
2Texas19,575
3Alabama17,174
4South Carolina16,296
5North Carolina15,632
6Tennessee14,326
7California10,315
8New York8,717
9Virginia8,619
10Ohio4,981

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

Where new arrivals came from

1Florida50,483
2Texas16,796
3New York15,814
4California15,739
5Alabama15,500
6North Carolina15,003
7South Carolina14,440
8Tennessee13,845
9Virginia9,204
10Illinois7,240

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

Georgia and every other state

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

State	Moved in from	Moved out to	Net
Alabama	15,500	17,174	−1,674
Alaska	1,044	798	+246
Arizona	3,813	3,177	+636
Arkansas	1,481	1,569	−88
California	15,739	10,315	+5,424
Colorado	4,673	4,919	−246
Connecticut	2,324	1,423	+901
Delaware	681	594	+87
District of Columbia	749	992	−243
Florida	50,483	40,689	+9,794
Hawaii	1,558	1,367	+191
Idaho	634	550	+84
Illinois	7,240	4,959	+2,281
Indiana	3,687	3,080	+607
Iowa	996	931	+65
Kansas	1,794	1,579	+215
Kentucky	3,044	2,945	+99
Louisiana	3,938	3,156	+782
Maine	514	500	+14
Maryland	5,447	3,994	+1,453
Massachusetts	3,182	2,382	+800
Michigan	5,101	3,852	+1,249
Minnesota	2,145	1,504	+641
Mississippi	3,301	2,865	+436
Missouri	2,969	2,608	+361
Montana	490	559	−69
Nebraska	668	734	−66
Nevada	1,973	1,757	+216
New Hampshire	634	369	+265
New Jersey	6,884	3,131	+3,753
New Mexico	864	753	+111
New York	15,814	8,717	+7,097
North Carolina	15,003	15,632	−629
North Dakota	425	402	+23
Ohio	6,372	4,981	+1,391
Oklahoma	1,661	1,611	+50
Oregon	1,296	1,089	+207
Pennsylvania	6,686	4,461	+2,225
Rhode Island	580	395	+185
South Carolina	14,440	16,296	−1,856
South Dakota	355	303	+52
Tennessee	13,845	14,326	−481
Texas	16,796	19,575	−2,779
Utah	1,580	1,345	+235
Vermont	222	217	+5
Virginia	9,204	8,619	+585
Washington	4,447	3,924	+523
West Virginia	716	691	+25
Wisconsin	2,047	1,674	+373
Wyoming	291	311	−20

Migration between Georgia 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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