List of U.S. states and territories by net migration

This is a list of U.S. states and the District of Columbia by annual net migration. The first table lists U.S. states and the District of Columbia by annual net domestic migration, while the second table lists U.S. states and the District of Columbia by annual net international migration. There is a separate table for the U.S. territories. The term net domestic migration describes the total number of people moving to a state from another state minus people moving to another state from that state. The term net international migration describes the total number of people moving to a state from another country minus people moving to another country from that state.

Net domestic migration[]

U.S. states by net domestic migration (From July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021)

National rank	State	Total net domestic migration (2020–2021)[1]	Net domestic migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants
1	Florida	220,890	10.14
2	Texas	170,307	5.77
3	Arizona	93,026	12.78
4	North Carolina	88,673	8.40
5	South Carolina	64,833	12.49
6	Tennessee	61,390	8.80
7	Georgia	50,632	4.69
8	Idaho	48,876	25.71
9	Utah	32,200	9.65
10	Nevada	25,327	8.06
11	Oklahoma	24,687	6.19
12	Alabama	22,136	4.39
13	Montana	19,240	17.42
14	Arkansas	16,016	5.29
15	Maine	15,473	11.28
16	Missouri	14,861	2.41
17	Indiana	14,280	2.10
18	New Hampshire	13,608	9.80
19	Colorado	13,054	2.25
20	Delaware	12,207	12.17
21	Kentucky	10,022	2.22
22	Oregon	8,080	1.90
23	South Dakota	5,564	6.21
24	Connecticut	5,134	1.42
25	Vermont	4,589	7.11
26	Wisconsin	3,307	0.56
27	West Virginia	2,343	1.31
28	Wyoming	1,252	2.16
29	Rhode Island	890	0.81
30	Iowa	833	0.26
31	Washington	–29	–0.00
32	New Mexico	–2,186	–1.03
33	Ohio	–3,128	–0.27
34	Pennsylvania	–3,194	–0.25
35	Nebraska	–3,313	–1.69
36	Alaska	–3,879	–5.29
37	Mississippi	–4,246	–1.44
38	Kansas	–5,241	–1.79
39	North Dakota	–6,460	–8.34
40	Michigan	–7,893	–0.79
41	Virginia	–8,995	–1.04
42	Hawaii	–12,603	–8.74
43	Minnesota	–13,453	–2.36
44	Maryland	–19,871	–3.22
—	District of Columbia	–23,030	–34.37
45	New Jersey	–27,766	–3.00
46	Louisiana	–30,312	–6.56
47	Massachusetts	–46,187	–6.61
48	Illinois	–122,460	–9.66
49	New York	–352,185	–17.75
50	California	–367,299	–9.36

Net international migration[]

U.S. states by net international migration (From July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019)

National rank	State	Total net international migration (2018–2019)[2]	Net international migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants
—	United States	595,348	1.80
1	Florida	88,678	4.13
2	California	74,028	1.87
3	Texas	65,044	2.24
4	New York	45,753	2.35
5	Massachusetts	28,426	4.09
6	Washington	24,103	3.17
7	New Jersey	21,284	2.40
8	Pennsylvania	19,532	1.53
9	Illinois	19,209	1.52
10	Georgia	15,053	1.42
11	Maryland	15,011	2.48
12	Virginia	14,869	1.74
13	Indiana	14,379	2.14
14	North Carolina	14,184	1.35
15	Michigan	13,146	1.32
16	Connecticut	12,323	3.46
17	Colorado	10,523	1.83
18	Ohio	9,553	0.82
19	Tennessee	9,293	1.36
20	Minnesota	9,113	1.62
21	Arizona	7,782	1.07
—	Puerto Rico	7,733	2.42
22	South Carolina	5,724	1.11
23	Utah	5,579	1.74
24	Missouri	5,503	0.90
25	Hawaii	5,014	3.54
26	Oklahoma	4,484	1.13
27	Kansas	4,104	1.41
28	Rhode Island	3,645	3.44
29	Wisconsin	3,341	0.57
30	Nebraska	3,295	1.70
31	Oregon	3,295	0.78
32	Louisiana	3,040	0.65
33	Alabama	2,772	0.57
34	Iowa	2,663	0.84
—	District of Columbia	2,604	3.69
35	New Hampshire	1,947	1.43
36	New Mexico	1,546	0.74
37	Mississippi	1,429	0.48
38	North Dakota	951	1.25
39	Maine	852	0.63
40	Kentucky	765	0.17
41	Alaska	659	0.90
42	Wyoming	538	0.93
43	South Dakota	418	0.47
44	Vermont	383	0.61
45	Montana	322	0.30
46	Arkansas	268	0.09
47	Idaho	167	0.09
48	Delaware	73	0.07
49	West Virginia	−349	−0.19
50	Nevada	−970	−0.31

U.S. territories[]

U.S. territories by net migration

Territory	Net migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants (2020) [3][4][5][6][7]	Net migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants (2021) [8][9][10][11][12]
American Samoa	–26.1	–32.18
Guam	–11.0	-10.98
Northern Mariana Islands	–15.4	–13.67
Puerto Rico	–14.1	-13
U.S. Virgin Islands	–7.5	-7.42

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