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Born in another state: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Born in another state. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Place of birth of residents by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 27 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 50.9 %
RI 29.1 %
DE 47 %
CT 28.3 %
NJ 22.4 %
MD 34.6 %
MA 20.4 %
VT 48.3 %
NH 51.8 %

Lowest: 12.8 to 23.4 %
Group 2: 23.4 to 29.2 %
Group 3: 29.2 to 34.8 %
Group 4: 34.8 to 45.7 %
Highest: 45.7 to 55.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Wyoming	55.8
2	New Hampshire	51.8
3	District of Columbia	50.9
4	Nevada	49.4
5	Idaho	48.5
6	Vermont	48.3
7	Delaware	47
8	Colorado	46.3
9	Arizona	46
10	Alaska	45.7
10	Montana	45.7
12	Oregon	42.6
13	South Carolina	41.7
14	Florida	38
15	Maine	37.8
16	North Carolina	36.7
17	New Mexico	36.6
18	Tennessee	36.5
19	Virginia	36.1
20	Washington	35.4
21	Arkansas	34.8
22	Maryland	34.6
23	Georgia	34.1
24	South Dakota	34
25	Oklahoma	33
26	Kansas	32.8
27	North Dakota	32.4
28	West Virginia	31.8
29	Missouri	30.2
30	Utah	30.1
31	Alabama	29.2
32	Rhode Island	29.1
33	Connecticut	28.3
34	Kentucky	28
35	Nebraska	27.1
36	Mississippi	26.9
37	Indiana	25.9
38	Hawaii	25.4
39	Wisconsin	24.4
40	Iowa	23.8
41	Minnesota	23.4
42	New Jersey	22.4
43	Texas	22.1
44	Pennsylvania	20.5
45	Massachusetts	20.4
46	Ohio	19.7
47	Louisiana	17.7
48	Illinois	17.5
49	Michigan	16.2
50	California	14.1
51	New York	12.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by born in another state (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-born-in-another-state/

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