IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Missouri Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Missouri 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

124,978

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

116,139

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

+8,839

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

−$215 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 124,978 people appear on tax returns that moved into Missouri from another state, and 116,139 on returns that moved out. On balance Missouri gained 8,839 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $4.77 billion in income and the ones that left reported $4.99 billion.

Its largest net gain came from California (+2,943), and its largest net loss was to Florida (−1,653).

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 Missouri went

1Kansas16,927
2Texas11,812
3Illinois11,785
4Florida8,827
5Arkansas5,776
6California5,027
7Colorado3,832
8Oklahoma3,283
9Tennessee2,985
10Georgia2,969

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

Where new arrivals came from

1Kansas19,555
2Illinois13,469
3Texas10,462
4California7,970
5Florida7,174
6Arkansas5,808
7Colorado4,572
8Iowa3,602
9Oklahoma3,455
10Arizona3,266

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

Missouri and every other state

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

State	Moved in from	Moved out to	Net
Alabama	1,163	1,423	−260
Alaska	455	445	+10
Arizona	3,266	2,798	+468
Arkansas	5,808	5,776	+32
California	7,970	5,027	+2,943
Colorado	4,572	3,832	+740
Connecticut	421	343	+78
Delaware	111	154	−43
District of Columbia	141	223	−82
Florida	7,174	8,827	−1,653
Georgia	2,608	2,969	−361
Hawaii	748	557	+191
Idaho	723	550	+173
Illinois	13,469	11,785	+1,684
Indiana	2,018	2,010	+8
Iowa	3,602	2,865	+737
Kansas	19,555	16,927	+2,628
Kentucky	1,490	1,489	+1
Louisiana	1,212	1,066	+146
Maine	211	237	−26
Maryland	870	758	+112
Massachusetts	685	805	−120
Michigan	1,668	1,753	−85
Minnesota	1,578	1,667	−89
Mississippi	1,032	861	+171
Montana	451	332	+119
Nebraska	1,875	1,590	+285
Nevada	1,389	1,052	+337
New Hampshire	166	151	+15
New Jersey	741	655	+86
New Mexico	835	596	+239
New York	1,988	1,939	+49
North Carolina	2,435	2,830	−395
North Dakota	410	317	+93
Ohio	2,066	1,988	+78
Oklahoma	3,455	3,283	+172
Oregon	1,292	884	+408
Pennsylvania	1,516	1,279	+237
Rhode Island	120	82	+38
South Carolina	1,104	1,366	−262
South Dakota	509	539	−30
Tennessee	3,042	2,985	+57
Texas	10,462	11,812	−1,350
Utah	1,596	1,080	+516
Vermont	83	101	−18
Virginia	2,019	1,991	+28
Washington	2,702	2,178	+524
West Virginia	246	231	+15
Wisconsin	1,486	1,464	+22
Wyoming	440	267	+173

Migration between Missouri 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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