Just the Facts 1999-2000
| Table 7 | ||||||
| Net Migration Among States, 1990-98 | ||||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. | |
| 1 | Florida | 1,034,793 | 26 | Delaware | 29,381 | |
| 2 | Georgia | 597,916 | 27 | New Hampshire | 18,536 | |
| 3 | Texas | 541,020 | 28 | West Virginia | 8,023 | |
| 4 | Arizona | 518,820 | 29 | South Dakota | 5,943 | |
| 5 | North Carolina | 500,989 | 30 | Vermont | 4,835 | |
| 6 | Nevada | 396,647 | 31 | Nebraska | 1,519 | |
| 7 | Washington | 373,946 | 32 | Wyoming | -255 | |
| 8 | Colorado | 359,054 | 33 | Kansas | -12,804 | |
| 9 | Tennessee | 337,630 | 34 | Iowa | -13,030 | |
| 10 | Oregon | 259,512 | 35 | Maine | -14,808 | |
| 11 | Idaho | 128,531 | 36 | Alaska | -21,302 | |
| 12 | South Carolina | 118,895 | 37 | North Dakota | -30,242 | |
| 13 | Alabama | 113,569 | 38 | Maryland | -49,150 | |
| 14 | Arkansas | 105,616 | 39 | Rhode Island | -63,503 | |
| 15 | Missouri | 94,299 | 40 | Hawaii | -80,263 | |
| 16 | Kentucky | 90,068 | 41 | Louisiana | -117,459 | |
| 17 | Utah | 86,168 | 42 | Ohio | -143,533 | |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 84,398 | 43 | Michigan | -190,363 | |
| 19 | Indiana | 75,868 | 44 | Connecticut | -217,038 | |
| 20 | Minnesota | 71,242 | 45 | Pennsylvania | -219,072 | |
| 21 | Virginia | 67,977 | 46 | Massachusetts | -236,697 | |
| 22 | New Mexico | 55,264 | 47 | New Jersey | -349,617 | |
| 23 | Montana | 48,006 | 48 | Illinois | -516,424 | |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 47,774 | 49 | NEW YORK | -1,722,451 | |
| 25 | Mississippi | 42,748 | 50 | California | -2,081,928 | |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau |
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An average of more than 215,000 New Yorkers moved to other states each year; in the most recent year, the figure was 195,087. |
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