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U.S. states ranked by net migration rate per 1,000

All 50 states and District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with data in Migration by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024 (year to July 1).

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 8.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 17.5
RI 8.3
DE 14.8
CT 8.2
NJ 10.1
MD 5.5
MA 8.8
VT 2.3
NH 6.5

Lowest: 0.3 to 4.5
Group 2: 4.5 to 5.4
Group 3: 5.4 to 7
Group 4: 7 to 10.6
Highest: 10.6 to 20.5

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	Florida	20.5
2	District of Columbia	17.5
3	South Carolina	16.8
4	Nevada	15.4
5	Delaware	14.8
6	North Carolina	13.9
7	Arizona	13.2
8	Texas	13.1
9	Idaho	12.2
10	Washington	10.7
11	Tennessee	10.6
12	Utah	10.5
13	New Jersey	10.1
14	Massachusetts	8.8
15	Kentucky	8.5
16	Rhode Island	8.3
17	Connecticut	8.2
18	Alabama	8.1
19	Georgia	7.9
20	Maine	7.5
21	Oklahoma	7
21	Virginia	7
23	Colorado	6.5
23	New Hampshire	6.5
25	Arkansas	6.4
26	North Dakota	6.1
27	Iowa	5.9
27	Michigan	5.9
29	Missouri	5.8
30	Nebraska	5.7
31	Maryland	5.5
32	Pennsylvania	5.4
33	Oregon	5.3
34	Montana	5.2
35	Indiana	5.1
35	Ohio	5.1
37	New Mexico	5
38	Minnesota	4.9
39	Wisconsin	4.8
40	Kansas	4.7
40	Puerto Rico	4.7
42	Illinois	4.5
43	New York	4.4
44	West Virginia	4.2
45	South Dakota	4.1
46	Wyoming	3.7
47	California	3.1
48	Vermont	2.3
49	Hawaii	1.8
50	Louisiana	1.2
51	Mississippi	0.6
52	Alaska	0.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates: State Population Totals and Components of Change (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA). Reference period: 2024 (year to July 1).

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U.S. states ranked by net migration rate per 1,000 (2024 (year to July 1)). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-net-migration-rate-per-1000/

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