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| Place | Domestic migration | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Charlotte, NC | 24,404 | 2025 |
| 2nd | Phoenix | 22,256 | 2025 |
| 3rd | Raleigh | 19,974 | 2025 |
| 4th | Austin | 19,860 | 2025 |
| 5th | San Antonio, Texas | 18,763 | 2025 |
| 6th | Lakeland | 18,752 | 2025 |
| 7th | Dallas, Texas | 18,197 | 2025 |
| 8th | Jacksonville, Florida | 17,360 | 2025 |
| 9th | Nashville | 16,967 | 2025 |
| 10th | Sarasota | 14,471 | 2025 |
| 11th | Boise, Idaho | 14,366 | 2025 |
| 12th | Huntsville, AL | 12,351 | 2025 |
| 13th | Daytona Beach | 11,894 | 2025 |
| 14th | Greenville, SC | 11,375 | 2025 |
| 15th | Charleston | 9,911 | 2025 |
| 16th | Melbourne | 9,403 | 2025 |
| 17th | Knoxville | 8,855 | 2025 |
| 18th | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 8,741 | 2025 |
| 19th | Cape Coral | 8,603 | 2025 |
| 20th | Las Vegas | 8,465 | 2025 |
| 21st | Minneapolis | 7,690 | 2025 |
| 22nd | Richmond | 7,543 | 2025 |
| 23rd | Houston, Texas | 7,308 | 2025 |
| 24th | Oklahoma City | 6,581 | 2025 |
| 25th | Columbia, South Carolina | 5,818 | 2025 |
| 26th | Winston-Salem | 5,477 | 2025 |
| 27th | Kansas City | 5,170 | 2025 |
| 28th | Indianapolis | 4,819 | 2025 |
| 29th | Dayton | 4,272 | 2025 |
| 30th | Tulsa | 4,089 | 2025 |
| 31st | Chattanooga | 4,010 | 2025 |
| 32nd | Augusta, Georgia | 3,658 | 2025 |
| 33rd | Reno | 3,635 | 2025 |
| 34th | Provo | 3,279 | 2025 |
| 35th | Sacramento | 3,060 | 2025 |
| 36th | Atlanta, Georgia | 3,019 | 2025 |
| 37th | Columbus | 2,921 | 2025 |
| 38th | Riverside | 2,797 | 2025 |
| 39th | Des Moines | 2,791 | 2025 |
| 40th | Portland, Maine | 2,644 | 2025 |
| 41st | Little Rock | 2,579 | 2025 |
| 42nd | Greensboro | 2,537 | 2025 |
| 43rd | Albany | 2,380 | 2025 |
| 44th | Omaha | 2,258 | 2025 |
| 45th | Spokane | 1,908 | 2025 |
| 46th | Cincinnati | 1,836 | 2025 |
| 47th | Pittsburgh | 1,659 | 2025 |
| 48th | Savannah | 1,451 | 2025 |
| 49th | Wichita | 1,325 | 2025 |
| 50th | Allentown | 1,275 | 2025 |
| 51st | Harrisburg | 1,274 | 2025 |
| 52nd | Akron | 1,155 | 2025 |
| 53rd | Grand Rapids | 812 | 2025 |
| 54th | Durham | 663 | 2025 |
| 55th | Birmingham | 599 | 2025 |
| 56th | Madison | 497 | 2025 |
| 57th | Stockton | 441 | 2025 |
| 58th | Albuquerque | 287 | 2025 |
| 59th | Colorado Springs | 195 | 2025 |
| 60th | Ogden | 172 | 2025 |
| 61st | Hartford | 92 | 2025 |
| 62nd | Vancouver, Washington | 60 | 2025 |
| 62nd | Portland | 60 | 2025 |
| 64th | Cleveland | -178 | 2025 |
| 65th | Tucson | -350 | 2025 |
| 66th | Poughkeepsie | -635 | 2025 |
| 67th | Providence | -645 | 2025 |
| 68th | Rochester, New York | -665 | 2025 |
| 69th | Toledo | -693 | 2025 |
| 70th | Asheville | -734 | 2025 |
| 71st | Baton Rouge | -773 | 2025 |
| 72nd | Worcester | -1,253 | 2025 |
| 73rd | McAllen | -1,278 | 2025 |
| 74th | St. Louis | -1,382 | 2025 |
| 75th | Jackson, Mississippi | -1,526 | 2025 |
| 76th | Tampa | -1,539 | 2025 |
| 77th | New Haven | -1,672 | 2025 |
| 78th | Orlando, Florida | -1,785 | 2025 |
| 79th | Louisville | -2,115 | 2025 |
| 80th | Virginia Beach | -2,241 | 2025 |
| 81st | Milwaukee | -2,255 | 2025 |
| 82nd | Buffalo | -2,345 | 2025 |
| 83rd | Syracuse | -2,451 | 2025 |
| 84th | Bakersfield | -2,628 | 2025 |
| 85th | Fresno | -3,685 | 2025 |
| 86th | Oxnard | -4,991 | 2025 |
| 87th | Baltimore | -5,138 | 2025 |
| 88th | Bridgeport | -5,711 | 2025 |
| 89th | Detroit | -5,850 | 2025 |
| 90th | Salt Lake City | -6,099 | 2025 |
| 91st | El Paso | -6,642 | 2025 |
| 92nd | Honolulu | -6,682 | 2025 |
| 93rd | Seattle | -8,422 | 2025 |
| 94th | New Orleans | -8,906 | 2025 |
| 95th | Philadelphia | -9,736 | 2025 |
| 96th | Memphis | -10,302 | 2025 |
| 97th | Denver | -14,608 | 2025 |
| 98th | San Jose, California | -19,095 | 2025 |
| 99th | Washington DC | -23,791 | 2025 |
| 100th | San Diego | -23,876 | 2025 |
| 101st | Boston | -29,132 | 2025 |
| 102nd | San Francisco | -29,692 | 2025 |
| 103rd | Chicago | -33,708 | 2025 |
| 104th | Miami | -113,724 | 2025 |
| 105th | Los Angeles, California | -130,828 | 2025 |
| 106th | New York | -168,105 | 2025 |
| Place | Domestic migration | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | North Carolina | 84,064 | 2025 |
| 2nd | Texas | 67,299 | 2025 |
| 3rd | South Carolina | 66,622 | 2025 |
| 4th | Tennessee | 42,389 | 2025 |
| 5th | Arizona | 31,107 | 2025 |
| 6th | Georgia | 27,333 | 2025 |
| 7th | Alabama | 23,358 | 2025 |
| 8th | Florida | 22,517 | 2025 |
| 9th | Idaho | 19,915 | 2025 |
| 10th | Nevada | 14,914 | 2025 |
| 11th | Oklahoma | 14,492 | 2025 |
| 12th | Arkansas | 14,475 | 2025 |
| 13th | Missouri | 14,028 | 2025 |
| 14th | Indiana | 12,197 | 2025 |
| 15th | Ohio | 11,926 | 2025 |
| 16th | Washington | 9,238 | 2025 |
| 17th | Minnesota | 8,300 | 2025 |
| 18th | Maine | 7,406 | 2025 |
| 19th | Kentucky | 7,269 | 2025 |
| 20th | Wisconsin | 6,984 | 2025 |
| 21st | Delaware | 6,855 | 2025 |
| 22nd | New Hampshire | 6,554 | 2025 |
| 23rd | West Virginia | 6,408 | 2025 |
| 24th | Montana | 6,348 | 2025 |
| 25th | Virginia | 6,268 | 2025 |
| 26th | Utah | 3,343 | 2025 |
| 27th | Oregon | 2,228 | 2025 |
| 28th | South Dakota | 2,169 | 2025 |
| 29th | Michigan | 1,796 | 2025 |
| 30th | Wyoming | 1,474 | 2025 |
| 31st | North Dakota | 512 | 2025 |
| 32nd | Nebraska | -366 | 2025 |
| 33rd | Kansas | -519 | 2025 |
| 34th | Vermont | -726 | 2025 |
| 35th | Mississippi | -917 | 2025 |
| 36th | Iowa | -970 | 2025 |
| 37th | Rhode Island | -1,551 | 2025 |
| 38th | New Mexico | -2,267 | 2025 |
| 39th | Pennsylvania | -2,936 | 2025 |
| 40th | Alaska | -4,525 | 2025 |
| 41st | Connecticut | -5,945 | 2025 |
| 42nd | Hawaii | -8,876 | 2025 |
| 43rd | Colorado | -12,100 | 2025 |
| 44th | Maryland | -12,127 | 2025 |
| 45th | Louisiana | -14,387 | 2025 |
| 46th | Massachusetts | -33,340 | 2025 |
| 47th | New Jersey | -37,428 | 2025 |
| 48th | Illinois | -40,017 | 2025 |
| 49th | New York | -137,586 | 2025 |
| 50th | California | -229,077 | 2025 |
The Honest Local, Domestic migration across America, every city and state, October 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map/domestic_migration_2024
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved October 5, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.
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