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IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Iowa Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Iowa 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

57,011

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

58,478

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

−1,467

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

−$266 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 57,011 people appear on tax returns that moved into Iowa from another state, and 58,478 on returns that moved out. On balance Iowa lost 1,467 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $2.07 billion in income and the ones that left reported $2.33 billion.

Its largest net gain came from Illinois (+1,256), and its largest net loss was to Missouri (−737).

Where people who left Iowa went

  1. 1Illinois7,326
  2. 2Nebraska5,090
  3. 3Minnesota4,357
  4. 4Texas4,143
  5. 5Missouri3,602
  6. 6Florida3,537
  7. 7Wisconsin2,711
  8. 8Colorado2,210
  9. 9California2,063
  10. 10Arizona2,029
Top 10 destinations for people leaving Iowa, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Where new arrivals came from

  1. 1Illinois8,582
  2. 2Nebraska5,503
  3. 3Texas3,808
  4. 4Minnesota3,746
  5. 5California3,186
  6. 6Missouri2,865
  7. 7Florida2,849
  8. 8Wisconsin2,282
  9. 9Colorado2,134
  10. 10Arizona1,895
Top 10 origins of people moving to Iowa, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Iowa and every other state

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

StateMoved in fromMoved out toNet
Alabama436475−39
Alaska212169+43
Arizona1,8952,029−134
Arkansas707809−102
California3,1862,063+1,123
Colorado2,1342,210−76
Connecticut137136+1
Delaware5547+8
District of Columbia45157−112
Florida2,8493,537−688
Georgia931996−65
Hawaii374197+177
Idaho344317+27
Illinois8,5827,326+1,256
Indiana1,079983+96
Kansas1,1261,297−171
Kentucky396599−203
Louisiana309304+5
Maine9391+2
Maryland400384+16
Massachusetts309341−32
Michigan8271,081−254
Minnesota3,7464,357−611
Mississippi342239+103
Missouri2,8653,602−737
Montana284266+18
Nebraska5,5035,090+413
Nevada598427+171
New Hampshire7874+4
New Jersey331323+8
New Mexico286273+13
New York793733+60
North Carolina8811,374−493
North Dakota407291+116
Ohio784986−202
Oklahoma664701−37
Oregon550583−33
Pennsylvania677682−5
Rhode Island9153+38
South Carolina387612−225
South Dakota1,6161,994−378
Tennessee851996−145
Texas3,8084,143−335
Utah564452+112
Vermont2346−23
Virginia748814−66
Washington1,107909+198
West Virginia11464+50
Wisconsin2,2822,711−429
Wyoming205135+70
Migration between Iowa 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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