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IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Washington Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Washington 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

192,628

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

192,657

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

−29

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

−$265 million

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 192,628 people appear on tax returns that moved into Washington from another state, and 192,657 on returns that moved out. On balance Washington lost 29 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $11.0 billion in income and the ones that left reported $11.2 billion.

Its largest net gain came from California (+10,343), and its largest net loss was to Arizona (−4,309).

Where people who left Washington went

  1. 1California27,750
  2. 2Texas19,119
  3. 3Oregon18,883
  4. 4Arizona13,636
  5. 5Idaho11,112
  6. 6Florida10,597
  7. 7Colorado5,520
  8. 8Virginia4,995
  9. 9North Carolina4,695
  10. 10New York4,680
Top 10 destinations for people leaving Washington, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Where new arrivals came from

  1. 1California38,093
  2. 2Oregon23,898
  3. 3Texas15,695
  4. 4Arizona9,327
  5. 5Idaho8,508
  6. 6Florida8,416
  7. 7Colorado6,024
  8. 8New York4,983
  9. 9Virginia4,619
  10. 10Hawaii4,424
Top 10 origins of people moving to Washington, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Washington and every other state

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

StateMoved in fromMoved out toNet
Alabama1,1871,603−416
Alaska2,6422,203+439
Arizona9,32713,636−4,309
Arkansas9051,212−307
California38,09327,750+10,343
Colorado6,0245,520+504
Connecticut977764+213
Delaware227176+51
District of Columbia528594−66
Florida8,41610,597−2,181
Georgia3,9244,447−523
Hawaii4,4243,274+1,150
Idaho8,50811,112−2,604
Illinois3,8843,327+557
Indiana1,7001,618+82
Iowa9091,107−198
Kansas1,5761,491+85
Kentucky1,0441,364−320
Louisiana1,279999+280
Maine456516−60
Maryland2,2492,050+199
Massachusetts2,4201,880+540
Michigan2,4252,246+179
Minnesota2,2502,128+122
Mississippi554645−91
Missouri2,1782,702−524
Montana2,9124,395−1,483
Nebraska831819+12
Nevada4,2894,336−47
New Hampshire382410−28
New Jersey2,1351,540+595
New Mexico1,5251,512+13
New York4,9834,680+303
North Carolina3,8684,695−827
North Dakota548646−98
Ohio2,5902,394+196
Oklahoma1,7732,155−382
Oregon23,89818,883+5,015
Pennsylvania2,6662,225+441
Rhode Island308345−37
South Carolina1,8372,983−1,146
South Dakota646800−154
Tennessee2,3083,863−1,555
Texas15,69519,119−3,424
Utah3,9753,764+211
Vermont279288−9
Virginia4,6194,995−376
West Virginia234330−96
Wisconsin1,6441,758−114
Wyoming577761−184
Migration between Washington 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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