The top five states the most Americans moved to during the pandemic (April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022) are as follows:

  1. Florida

    622,476 Americans moved to Florida from another state. Florida’s top statutory individual income tax rate is none or 0.00%.

  2. Texas

    475,252 Americans moved to Texas from another state. Texas’ top statutory individual income tax rate is none or 0.00%.

  3. North Carolina

    211,867 Americans moved to North Carolina from another state. North Carolina’s top statutory individual income tax rate is a flat income tax of 4.99%.

  4. Arizona

    182,362 Americans moved to Arizona from another state. Arizona’s top statutory individual income tax rate is 4.50%.

  5. South Carolina

    165,948 Americans moved to South Carolina from another state. South Carolina’s top statutory individual income tax rate is 7.00%.


The top five states the most Americans left during the pandemic (April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022) are as follows:

  1. California

    871,127 Americans left California and moved to another state. California’s top statutory individual income tax rate is none or 13.30%.

  2. New York

    664,921 Americans left New York and moved to another state. New York’s top statutory individual income tax rate is 10.90%.

  3. Illinois

    282,048 Americans left Illinois and moved to another state. Illinois’ top statutory individual income tax rate is a flat income tax of 4.95%.

  4. Massachusetts

    110,866 Americans left Massachusetts and moved to another state. Massachusetts’ top statutory individual income tax rate is a flat income tax of 5.00%.

  5. New Jersey

    107,749 Americans left New Jersey and moved to another state. New Jersey’s top statutory individual income tax rate is 10.75%.

Source: The U.S. Census Bureau published a report titled “Growth in U.S. Population Shows Early Indication of Recovery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic” on December 22, 2022. The data series underlying this report is titled “State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022,” which can be found here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-total.html. Tax info: https://taxfoundation.org/publications/state-individual-income-tax-rates-and-brackets/