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

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

National
rank!State!Total net domestic migration
(2020–2023)^[1] !Net domestic migration rate
per 1,000 inhabitants

1		818,762
2		656,220
3		310,189
4		218,247
5		248,055
6		207,097
7		185,752
8		104,313
9		96,538
10		80,064
11		64,844
12		49,441
13		48,444
14		57,290
15		42,818
16		38,468
17		27,338
18		31,305
19		26,581
20		24,149
21		19,511
22		22,591
23		6,746
24		6,691
25		6,074
26		-21,485	−
27		-6,966	−
28		-6,088	−
29		-8,144	−
30		-11,058	−
31		-7,192	−
32		-23,497	−
33		-12,016	−
34		-6,237	−
35		-13,944	−
36		-17,356	−
37		-18,473	−
38		-40,449	−
—		-28,452	−
39		-41,670	−
40		-37,414	−
41		-45,976	−
42		-34,716	−
43		-58,379	−
44		-99,579	−
45		-110,709	−
46		-153,193	−
47		-149,466	−
48		-364,443	−
49		-882,676	−
50		-1,197,950	−

Net international migration

National
rank!State!Total net international migration
(2020–2022)!Net international migration rate
per 1,000 inhabitants

—		1,406,845
1		175,333
2		171,223
3		164,062
4		108,036
5		61,263
6		55,037
7		52,762
8		52,172
9		43,472
10		38,177
11		37,564
12		37,031
13		33,911
14		33,300
15		30,489
16		26,265
17		22,923
18		21,897
19		20,012
20		15,017
21		14,522
22		14,190
23		13,911
24		13,248
25		11,578
26		11,481
27		11,418
28		9,812
29		8,311
30		8,100
31		7,953
32		7,681
33		7,587
34		6,529
—		6,354
35		6,328
36		5,694
37		5,530
38		4,754
39		3,944
40		3,948
41		3,595
42		3,454
43		3,306
44		2,599
45		2,557
46		2,536
47		2,283
48		1,752
49		1,448
50		496

U.S. territories

U.S. territories by net migration!Territory!Net migration rate
per 1,000 inhabitants
(2020)
^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} !Net migration rate
per 1,000 inhabitants
(2021)
^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

American Samoa	–26.1	–32.18
	–11.0	-10.98
	–15.4	–13.67
	–14.1	-13
	–7.5	-7.42

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022 . www.census.gov.
2. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/american-samoa/ The World Factbook
3. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guam/ The World Factbook
4. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/northern-mariana-islands/ The World Factbook
5. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ The World Factbook
6. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/virgin-islands/ The World Factbook
7. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/american-samoa/ The World Factbook
8. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guam/ The World Factbook
9. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/northern-mariana-islands/ The World Factbook
10. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ The World Factbook
11. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/virgin-islands/ The World Factbook