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IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

New Mexico Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left New Mexico 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

51,817

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

53,741

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

−1,924

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

−$93 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 51,817 people appear on tax returns that moved into New Mexico from another state, and 53,741 on returns that moved out. On balance New Mexico lost 1,924 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $2.02 billion in income and the ones that left reported $2.11 billion.

Its largest net gain came from California (+1,474), and its largest net loss was to Arizona (−740).

Where people who left New Mexico went

  1. 1Texas13,834
  2. 2Arizona5,969
  3. 3Colorado4,498
  4. 4California3,778
  5. 5Florida2,607
  6. 6Washington1,525
  7. 7Oklahoma1,386
  8. 8Nevada1,220
  9. 9Virginia1,190
  10. 10Utah1,030
Top 10 destinations for people leaving New Mexico, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Where new arrivals came from

  1. 1Texas13,318
  2. 2California5,252
  3. 3Arizona5,229
  4. 4Colorado4,328
  5. 5Florida2,677
  6. 6Washington1,512
  7. 7Nevada1,255
  8. 8Oklahoma974
  9. 9Virginia959
  10. 10Oregon911
Top 10 origins of people moving to New Mexico, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

New Mexico and every other state

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

StateMoved in fromMoved out toNet
Alabama369429−60
Alaska364320+44
Arizona5,2295,969−740
Arkansas351385−34
California5,2523,778+1,474
Colorado4,3284,498−170
Connecticut151182−31
Delaware5386−33
District of Columbia9597−2
Florida2,6772,607+70
Georgia753864−111
Hawaii323316+7
Idaho494488+6
Illinois778699+79
Indiana406495−89
Iowa273286−13
Kansas529601−72
Kentucky218293−75
Louisiana423390+33
Maine112160−48
Maryland437464−27
Massachusetts327335−8
Michigan495587−92
Minnesota435483−48
Mississippi246290−44
Missouri596835−239
Montana444319+125
Nebraska266260+6
Nevada1,2551,220+35
New Hampshire8988+1
New Jersey303271+32
New York809717+92
North Carolina6811,002−321
North Dakota206232−26
Ohio679688−9
Oklahoma9741,386−412
Oregon911846+65
Pennsylvania560539+21
Rhode Island4558−13
South Carolina491591−100
South Dakota246248−2
Tennessee548911−363
Texas13,31813,834−516
Utah9011,030−129
Vermont6664+2
Virginia9591,190−231
Washington1,5121,525−13
West Virginia9188+3
Wisconsin395403−8
Wyoming354294+60
Migration between New Mexico 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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