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Net Migration by State( July 1, 2023 – July 1, 2024)
Source: U. S. Census Bureau TABLE 3
Net Domestic Migration
Net International Migration
Rank
Number
Number
Rank
1 Texas
85,267
319,569
3
2 North Carolina
82,288
69,792
10
3 South Carolina
68,043
23,234
27
4 Florida
64,017
411,322
1
5 Tennessee
48,476
27,648
24
6 Arizona
34,902
64,486
12
7 Alabama
26,028
15,763
32
8 Georgia
25,321
63,088
13
9 Nevada
16,853
33,005
20
10 Idaho
16,383
7,899
38
11 Oklahoma
14,036
14,358
33
12 Arkansas
13,465
6,152
41
13 Missouri
12,289
23,569
26
14 Delaware
8,155
7,283
39
15 Kentucky
7,294
31,430
21
16 Wisconsin
6,332
22,146
29
17 Colorado
5,422
33,227
18
18 Montana
5,410
506
50
19 Maine
5,329
5,196
42
20 Virginia
5,284
56,155
15
21 New Hampshire
4,889
4,290
44
22 West Virginia
4,520
2,841
46
23 Indiana
4,268
30,852
22
24 Utah
3,220
33,133
19
25 Washington
2,671
81,581
9
26 South Dakota
2,132
1,616
48
27 Wyoming
861
1,285
49
28 Iowa
-231
19,439
30
29 North Dakota
-291
5,126
43
30 Rhode Island
-305
9,525
37
31 Vermont
-511
2,024
47
32 Minnesota
-1,161
29,540
23
33 Oregon
-1,162
23,590
25
34 Nebraska
-1,498
12,978
34
35 New Mexico
-1,571
12,103
35
36 Ohio
-2,462
62,378
14
37 Alaska
-3,774
4,029
45
38 Kansas
-4,701
18,530
31
39 Mississippi
-4,939
6,789
40
40 Connecticut
-6,060
36,214
17
41 Michigan
-7,656
67,608
11
42 Hawaii
-9,321
11,893
36
43 Pennsylvania
-11,500
82,101
8
44 Louisiana
-17,405
23,142
28
45 Maryland
-18,509
53,100
16
46 Massachusetts
-27,480
90,217
7
47 New Jersey
-35,554
130,692
5
48 Illinois
-56,235
112,955
6
49 New York
-120,917
207,161
4
50 California
-239,575
361,057
2
Dist. of Columbia
-337
12,502
United States
N / A
2,786,119
Estimated net domestic migration between July 2023 and July 2024 for Washington was slightly positive and the state ranked 25th. Washington ranked 9th in net international migration to the state.