Where Americans Resettle

Every line is a state- or county-pair where people changed their tax-filing address. Line weight is the number of people. A node's size is its total churn, its color whether it gained or lost.

IRS Statistics of Income, county-to-county migration
Exemptions (n2) ≈ persons · 2011–12 to 2021–22 · US-to-US moves only

Geography

Period

Line weight

Minimum flow

United States All flows in view
Moves
Places
Pairs

Largest flows

    Hover a node for its numbers. Click to hold it and see only its own flows; click empty water to release.

    People per flow

    Net migration

    Gained people
    Roughly balanced
    Lost people

    Node area is arrivals + departures. Alaska and Hawaii sit in inset positions, so their arcs are schematic.