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Net migration rate per 1,000: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Net migration rate per 1,000. All 50 states and District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with data in Migration by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025, year to July 1.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-27

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National value: 3.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC -0.3
RI 3.9
DE 9.8
CT 3.1
NJ 1.6
MD 1.3
MA 1
VT -0.2
NH 6.3

Lowest: -3.5 to 0.5
Group 2: 0.5 to 2.9
Group 3: 2.9 to 4.3
Group 4: 4.3 to 7
Highest: 7 to 14.4

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	South Carolina	14.4
2	North Carolina	11.8
3	Idaho	10.9
4	Delaware	9.8
5	Florida	8.6
6	Tennessee	8.3
7	Maine	8.1
8	Arizona	7.8
8	Nevada	7.8
10	Texas	7.4
11	Washington	7
12	Arkansas	6.4
12	Montana	6.4
14	New Hampshire	6.3
15	Alabama	6.2
15	Georgia	6.2
17	South Dakota	5.7
18	Oklahoma	5.6
19	Virginia	5.3
20	Kentucky	5
21	Indiana	4.3
21	Missouri	4.3
23	North Dakota	4.2
24	Rhode Island	3.9
25	West Virginia	3.8
26	Minnesota	3.6
27	Ohio	3.4
28	Michigan	3.2
29	Connecticut	3.1
29	Nebraska	3.1
29	Utah	3.1
32	Wyoming	2.9
33	Oregon	2.8
34	Wisconsin	2.4
35	Kansas	2.3
36	Mississippi	2.2
37	Pennsylvania	1.8
38	New Jersey	1.6
39	Iowa	1.5
40	Maryland	1.3
41	Massachusetts	1
42	Colorado	0.5
43	Illinois	0.4
44	New Mexico	0.3
45	Louisiana	0.1
46	Vermont	-0.2
47	District of Columbia	-0.3
48	Puerto Rico	-0.9
49	New York	-2.1
50	Hawaii	-2.9
51	California	-3
52	Alaska	-3.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates: State Population Totals and Components of Change (NST-EST2025-ALLDATA). Reference period: 2025, year to July 1.

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U.S. states ranked by net migration rate per 1,000 (2025, year to July 1). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-net-migration-rate-per-1000/

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