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Who's moving to Washington, D.C.

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

+1,673 net households from other states
Arrived from other states
32,848
households, 2022-2023
Left for other states
31,175
households, 2022-2023
Moved within Washington, D.C.
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single-county area — no in-state county moves

+1,673 net households — Arrivals from other states and departures to them are close in volume — arrivals edge ahead by 1,673 households. Five years ago the flow ran the other way — Washington, D.C. was losing households to other states. Another 660 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years
Every move in or out of Washington, D.C., including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.
-2,005
18–19
-8,030
19–20
-8,392
20–21
-2,160
21–22
+1,366
22–23
Where Washington, D.C. is gaining from other states
Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.
Washington District of Columbia +1,673
#85 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Where Washington, D.C. is losing to other states
Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

No county in Washington, D.C. lost households to other states this period.

Which states Washington, D.C. trades households with
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.
Maryland -1,522
7,619 in
9,141 out
Virginia -1,402
4,793 in
6,195 out
New York -157
2,264 in
2,421 out
California +246
1,879 in
1,633 out
Florida +469
1,378 in
909 out
Massachusetts +455
1,197 in
742 out

Households arriving in Washington, D.C. from another state report $86,003 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $117,157. Departures out-earn arrivals — Washington, D.C. is losing its higher earners.

Arriving from another state$86,003
Leaving for another state$117,157
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City-level breakdowns
Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.
Washington

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 15% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. Washington, D.C. is a single county, and its data is published.