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IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Mississippi Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Mississippi 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

56,470

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

59,612

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

−3,142

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

−$66 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 56,470 people appear on tax returns that moved into Mississippi from another state, and 59,612 on returns that moved out. On balance Mississippi lost 3,142 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $1.73 billion in income and the ones that left reported $1.79 billion.

Its largest net gain came from Louisiana (+1,291), and its largest net loss was to Texas (−2,292).

Where people who left Mississippi went

  1. 1Tennessee9,905
  2. 2Texas8,700
  3. 3Alabama5,847
  4. 4Louisiana5,591
  5. 5Florida4,111
  6. 6Georgia3,301
  7. 7Arkansas1,908
  8. 8California1,672
  9. 9North Carolina1,567
  10. 10Virginia1,334
Top 10 destinations for people leaving Mississippi, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Where new arrivals came from

  1. 1Tennessee10,602
  2. 2Louisiana6,882
  3. 3Texas6,408
  4. 4Alabama4,788
  5. 5Florida3,883
  6. 6Georgia2,865
  7. 7California2,097
  8. 8Arkansas1,510
  9. 9Illinois1,387
  10. 10Virginia1,245
Top 10 origins of people moving to Mississippi, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Mississippi and every other state

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

StateMoved in fromMoved out toNet
Alabama4,7885,847−1,059
Alaska203177+26
Arizona708610+98
Arkansas1,5101,908−398
California2,0971,672+425
Colorado8581,046−188
Connecticut141102+39
Delaware8575+10
District of Columbia59105−46
Florida3,8834,111−228
Georgia2,8653,301−436
Hawaii169213−44
Idaho151185−34
Illinois1,3871,297+90
Indiana739727+12
Iowa239342−103
Kansas343374−31
Kentucky556688−132
Louisiana6,8825,591+1,291
Maine8372+11
Maryland4464460
Massachusetts184223−39
Michigan741672+69
Minnesota304342−38
Missouri8611,032−171
Montana157147+10
Nebraska173280−107
Nevada388365+23
New Hampshire5567−12
New Jersey260247+13
New Mexico290246+44
New York706613+93
North Carolina1,1021,567−465
North Dakota124170−46
Ohio694820−126
Oklahoma672633+39
Oregon231217+14
Pennsylvania527514+13
Rhode Island6549+16
South Carolina765921−156
South Dakota99111−12
Tennessee10,6029,905+697
Texas6,4088,700−2,292
Utah284266+18
Vermont1739−22
Virginia1,2451,334−89
Washington645554+91
West Virginia120140−20
Wisconsin481461+20
Wyoming7888−10
Migration between Mississippi 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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