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US states by residents who moved from another state in the past year

District of Columbia had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 51 states in 2023, at 8.1%. California had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 2.8% and the figure for the United States was 2.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest8.1District of Columbia
Lowest1.2California
Median2.851 states
United States2.3History

Map of states, 2023

Alabama: 2.4 %Alaska: 4.1 %Arizona: 3.6 %Arkansas: 2.4 %California: 1.2 %Colorado: 4.1 %Connecticut: 2.6 %Delaware: 4 %District of Columbia: 8.1 %Florida: 3 %Georgia: 2.8 %Hawaii: 4 %Idaho: 4.8 %Illinois: 1.6 %Indiana: 2.2 %Iowa: 2.3 %Kansas: 3.1 %Kentucky: 2.4 %Louisiana: 1.7 %Maine: 2.8 %Maryland: 2.5 %Massachusetts: 2.2 %Michigan: 1.4 %Minnesota: 1.9 %Mississippi: 2.1 %Missouri: 2.5 %Montana: 3.9 %Nebraska: 2.4 %Nevada: 4.3 %New Hampshire: 3.7 %New Jersey: 1.8 %New Mexico: 3.1 %New York: 1.4 %North Carolina: 3.1 %North Dakota: 4.4 %Ohio: 1.7 %Oklahoma: 2.8 %Oregon: 3.1 %Pennsylvania: 2 %Rhode Island: 3.5 %South Carolina: 3.7 %South Dakota: 3.2 %Tennessee: 3 %Texas: 2 %Utah: 2.9 %Vermont: 4.2 %Virginia: 3.1 %Washington: 2.9 %West Virginia: 2.4 %Wisconsin: 1.9 %Wyoming: 4.8 %
  • Under 1.9
  • 1.9 to 2.4
  • 2.4 to 2.8
  • 2.8 to 3.1
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  • 4 and over
%, 2023. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2023

District of Columbia: 8.1 %District of Columbia8.1Wyoming: 4.8 %Wyoming4.8Idaho: 4.8 %Idaho4.8North Dakota: 4.4 %North Dakota4.4Nevada: 4.3 %Nevada4.3Vermont: 4.2 %Vermont4.2Alaska: 4.1 %Alaska4.1Colorado: 4.1 %Colorado4.1Delaware: 4 %Delaware4Hawaii: 4 %Hawaii4Montana: 3.9 %Montana3.9South Carolina: 3.7 %South Carolina3.7New Hampshire: 3.7 %New Hampshire3.7Arizona: 3.6 %Arizona3.6Rhode Island: 3.5 %Rhode Island3.5South Dakota: 3.2 %South Dakota3.2Kansas: 3.1 %Kansas3.1Virginia: 3.1 %Virginia3.1New Mexico: 3.1 %New Mexico3.1North Carolina: 3.1 %North Carolina3.1Oregon: 3.1 %Oregon3.1Tennessee: 3 %Tennessee3Florida: 3 %Florida3Washington: 2.9 %Washington2.9Utah: 2.9 %Utah2.9Maine: 2.8 %Maine2.8Georgia: 2.8 %Georgia2.8Oklahoma: 2.8 %Oklahoma2.8Connecticut: 2.6 %Connecticut2.6Maryland: 2.5 %Maryland2.5Missouri: 2.5 %Missouri2.5Arkansas: 2.4 %Arkansas2.4West Virginia: 2.4 %West Virginia2.4Alabama: 2.4 %Alabama2.4Kentucky: 2.4 %Kentucky2.4Nebraska: 2.4 %Nebraska2.4Iowa: 2.3 %Iowa2.3Massachusetts: 2.2 %Massachusetts2.2Indiana: 2.2 %Indiana2.2Mississippi: 2.1 %Mississippi2.1Texas: 2 %Texas2Pennsylvania: 2 %Pennsylvania2Wisconsin: 1.9 %Wisconsin1.9Minnesota: 1.9 %Minnesota1.9New Jersey: 1.8 %New Jersey1.8Louisiana: 1.7 %Louisiana1.7Ohio: 1.7 %Ohio1.7Illinois: 1.6 %Illinois1.6New York: 1.4 %New York1.4Michigan: 1.4 %Michigan1.4California: 1.2 %California1.2District of Columbia: 8.1 %District of Columbia8.1Wyoming: 4.8 %Wyoming4.8Idaho: 4.8 %Idaho4.8North Dakota: 4.4 %North Dakota4.4Nevada: 4.3 %Nevada4.3Vermont: 4.2 %Vermont4.2Alaska: 4.1 %Alaska4.1Colorado: 4.1 %Colorado4.1Delaware: 4 %Delaware4Hawaii: 4 %Hawaii4Montana: 3.9 %Montana3.9South Carolina: 3.7 %South Carolina3.7New Hampshire: 3.7 %New Hampshire3.7Arizona: 3.6 %Arizona3.6Rhode Island: 3.5 %Rhode Island3.5South Dakota: 3.2 %South Dakota3.2Kansas: 3.1 %Kansas3.1Virginia: 3.1 %Virginia3.1New Mexico: 3.1 %New Mexico3.1North Carolina: 3.1 %North Carolina3.1Oregon: 3.1 %Oregon3.1Tennessee: 3 %Tennessee3Florida: 3 %Florida3Washington: 2.9 %Washington2.9Utah: 2.9 %Utah2.9Maine: 2.8 %Maine2.8Georgia: 2.8 %Georgia2.8Oklahoma: 2.8 %Oklahoma2.8Connecticut: 2.6 %Connecticut2.6Maryland: 2.5 %Maryland2.5Missouri: 2.5 %Missouri2.5Arkansas: 2.4 %Arkansas2.4West Virginia: 2.4 %West Virginia2.4Alabama: 2.4 %Alabama2.4Kentucky: 2.4 %Kentucky2.4Nebraska: 2.4 %Nebraska2.4Iowa: 2.3 %Iowa2.3Massachusetts: 2.2 %Massachusetts2.2Indiana: 2.2 %Indiana2.2Mississippi: 2.1 %Mississippi2.1Texas: 2 %Texas2Pennsylvania: 2 %Pennsylvania2Wisconsin: 1.9 %Wisconsin1.9Minnesota: 1.9 %Minnesota1.9New Jersey: 1.8 %New Jersey1.8Louisiana: 1.7 %Louisiana1.7Ohio: 1.7 %Ohio1.7Illinois: 1.6 %Illinois1.6New York: 1.4 %New York1.4Michigan: 1.4 %Michigan1.4California: 1.2 %California1.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2023 (%)Change on 2022
1District of Columbia8.1+0.3 pts
2Wyoming4.8-0.1 pts
3Idaho4.8-0.1 pts
4North Dakota4.4-0.1 pts
5Nevada4.3-0.1 pts
6Vermont4.20 pts
7Alaska4.10 pts
8Colorado4.1-0 pts
9Delaware40 pts
10Hawaii40 pts
11Montana3.9-0.2 pts
12South Carolina3.70 pts
13New Hampshire3.7-0.1 pts
14Arizona3.6-0 pts
15Rhode Island3.50 pts
16South Dakota3.20 pts
17Kansas3.1-0.1 pts
18Virginia3.1-0 pts
19New Mexico3.10 pts
20North Carolina3.10 pts
21Oregon3.1-0.1 pts
22Tennessee3-0 pts
23Florida3-0 pts
24Washington2.9-0.1 pts
25Utah2.9-0.1 pts
26Maine2.8-0.1 pts
27Georgia2.80 pts
27Oklahoma2.8-0 pts
29Connecticut2.6-0.3 pts
30Maryland2.5-0 pts
30Missouri2.5-0 pts
32Arkansas2.40 pts
33West Virginia2.40 pts
34Alabama2.4-0 pts
35Kentucky2.4-0 pts
35Nebraska2.4-0 pts
37Iowa2.3-0 pts
38Massachusetts2.20 pts
39Indiana2.20 pts
40Mississippi2.1-0 pts
41Texas20 pts
42Pennsylvania2-0 pts
43Wisconsin1.9-0 pts
44Minnesota1.9-0 pts
45New Jersey1.8-0 pts
46Louisiana1.7-0 pts
46Ohio1.7-0 pts
48Illinois1.60 pts
49New York1.4+0.1 pts
50Michigan1.4-0 pts
51California1.2-0 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs (US states by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US states by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/us-states?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. US states by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/us-states?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US states by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/us-states?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs: US states by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/us-states?period=2023. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

District of Columbia, with 8.1% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

California, with 1.2% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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