Ian Patrick, FISM News
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The red state relocation epic continues as data shared by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirms the ongoing trend.
According to this data, notoriously Democrat states saw a net loss in individuals and gross income in 2021. On the other hand, typically Republican states saw a net profit in both categories.
California topped the list of net loss with -331,760 individuals and -$29.07 billion in gross income reported for the year when compared to 2020 numbers. New York followed with -262,216 individuals and -$24.52 billion gross income.
The other states in the list of net loss, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Louisiana, did not come as close to either California or New York in either category. In fact, New York lost over 100,000 more people and more than $10 billion in revenue when compared to third-ranked Illinois.
Meanwhile, Florida and Texas topped the list of states with net gains in each category. Both states are run by conservative governors and a heavily Republican state legislature and have witnessed a steady migration pattern for a few years now.
Florida leads the way, seeing a net gain of 255,834 individuals and a whopping $39.19 billion gross income. Texas, at number two, witnessed a net gain of 174,866 individuals and $10.9 billion in gross income.
The other states in the top five were North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. All of these states saw net gains of no higher than 80,000 individuals and no more than $4.6 billion in gross income.
The IRS data also breaks down where each individual is moving from or to. For instance, California saw 105,434 people migrate to Texas, while California saw 36,092 people coming in from Texas. This resulted in a net loss of -69,342 for the Golden State.
Most of the outbound and inbound relocation is often from neighboring states (i.e. people moving from Connecticut to New York and vice versa). However, the data does also show a considerable amount of people moving out of the top net loss states into the top net gain states.