Money Migration Power Rankings Based on 90% of intended metrics

50 states + D.C. · accountable: Governor · updated 2026-06-20 · source: IRS Statistics of Income + U.S. Census Bureau

Composite score by state

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#	State	Score	Net income migration (AGI moved in − out)	Net household migration	In/out migration ratio
1	Florida	99.1	36,051	125,303	1.451
2	Texas	75.8	10,206	88,890	1.365
3	South Carolina	68.2	4,768	32,987	1.477
4	North Carolina	64.6	4,638	44,005	1.334
5	Tennessee	62.3	4,663	31,059	1.35
6	Idaho	57.5	1,698	8,558	1.282
7	Arizona	57.2	3,685	22,118	1.203
8	Delaware	56.4	614	4,973	1.286
9	Georgia	55.6	715	24,172	1.184
10	Montana	55.1	1,061	5,438	1.309
11	South Dakota	54.5	589	3,605	1.27
12	Maine	54.2	704	5,142	1.313
13	Oklahoma	53.3	491	8,826	1.223
14	Nevada	52.6	3,072	10,850	1.174
15	Arkansas	51.8	468	6,210	1.196
16	Alabama	51.7	799	8,547	1.179
17	Utah	50.6	1,089	2,066	1.048
18	New Hampshire	49.7	887	3,739	1.153
19	Colorado	49.6	1,501	7,394	1.062
20	Wyoming	48.1	984	1,098	1.088
21	Kentucky	46.5	44	2,955	1.064
22	District of Columbia	46.3	-1,152	-2,154	0.935
23	Missouri	45.2	-577	2,061	1.029
24	Washington	45.0	-1,639	3,632	1.029
25	Indiana	44.9	-551	-423	0.994
26	Vermont	44.5	270	371	1.033
27	Nebraska	44.4	-298	-1,410	0.94
28	North Dakota	44.2	-248	-1,361	0.908
29	Wisconsin	44.2	-311	-1,044	0.982
30	New Mexico	43.5	-118	-19	0.999
31	Virginia	43.1	-2,092	-2,770	0.98
32	Rhode Island	42.5	-130	-1,555	0.919
33	West Virginia	42.4	-44	444	1.022
34	Oregon	42.3	-534	146	1.002
35	Mississippi	42.2	125	-1,667	0.949
36	Kansas	41.4	-606	-3,807	0.913
37	Iowa	40.8	-515	-4,941	0.87
38	Ohio	40.7	-2,131	-7,956	0.922
39	Alaska	40.4	-308	-2,089	0.876
40	Minnesota	40.0	-2,191	-8,287	0.861
41	Hawaii	39.4	364	-3,123	0.894
42	Michigan	38.4	-1,368	-11,677	0.859
43	Connecticut	38.1	-1,031	-7,094	0.874
44	Maryland	37.8	-2,713	-15,822	0.841
45	Pennsylvania	37.1	-2,758	-15,250	0.89
46	New Jersey	35.6	-5,281	-21,354	0.837
47	Massachusetts	34.0	-3,871	-26,326	0.748
48	Louisiana	33.7	-875	-14,389	0.715
49	Illinois	24.4	-9,850	-45,543	0.71
50	New York	10.4	-14,175	-110,445	0.618
51	California	2.4	-23,801	-143,594	0.643

Dimensions awaiting a sourced feed (not estimated): Multi-year momentum.

Every figure is measured, never opinion. Click any value for its source and how it’s scored. Composite = weighted, normalized sum of the dimensions — see methodology.