Year

Rank

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Population Who Had a Different State of Residence 1 Year Ago

U.S. Average

North Carolina

New Residents

New residents is the total number of net new people living in the state.

Why does this matter?

It is the difference between the number of births and new residents from other states or countries minus the number of deaths and NC residents moving outside of the state.

NC Life Index

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Source: US Census Bureau

New Residents

State	2010-01	2011-01	2012-01	2013-01	2014-01	2015-01	2016-01	2017-01	2018-01	2019-01
Alabama	99,221	106,806	109,210	97,219	111,655	100,809	99,892	101,466	98,194	104,780
Alaska	94,692	88,850	84,068	99,931	92,637	40,552	42,074	42,972	39,246	34,031
Arizona	176,768	211,816	206,842	183,178	203,810	184,476	192,103	163,214	179,586	253,295
Arkansas	64,264	77,226	64,967	76,963	65,198	76,673	72,033	69,850	69,724	59,723
California	573,988	562,343	566,986	581,679	593,308	643,710	657,690	661,026	691,145	480,204
Colorado	140,620	160,623	161,530	166,348	173,332	182,945	193,179	194,296	203,460	240,600
Connecticut	89,360	91,295	87,023	91,600	95,501	103,343	112,914	98,971	114,235	90,044
Delaware	30,055	26,631	25,149	24,771	27,179	30,881	28,742	35,653	33,395	38,014
District of Columbia	56,052	49,732	59,513	57,087	59,138	64,736	59,972	65,018	60,363	58,879
Florida	427,853	437,202	428,325	423,995	437,516	445,320	433,452	447,586	470,977	601,611
Georgia	244,992	248,892	252,262	270,146	245,570	249,302	258,942	254,956	231,337	284,541
Hawaii	49,218	61,940	61,509	60,437	60,739	60,459	64,119	66,597	67,293	49,708
Idaho	53,122	57,831	55,191	63,788	56,887	55,885	55,772	56,954	55,183	78,730
Illinois	277,579	269,008	277,953	304,644	323,468	337,592	345,528	339,435	305,033	190,627
Indiana	130,170	143,228	144,597	135,472	136,869	141,616	137,409	132,094	136,563	151,443
Iowa	66,922	74,516	73,325	77,470	76,960	81,054	76,999	79,358	70,659	72,651
Kansas	90,681	94,180	93,134	93,983	93,047	99,652	92,821	99,660	96,850	94,648
Kentucky	92,999	99,256	103,004	98,713	98,496	109,026	103,370	99,490	100,514	100,057
Louisiana	88,131	86,593	95,956	99,711	85,901	100,167	92,190	102,212	95,326	67,640
Maine	32,209	33,729	38,574	28,840	32,076	37,053	32,973	27,425	25,012	36,129
Maryland	159,866	165,041	157,664	183,316	177,059	181,803	186,118	183,900	182,323	141,766
Massachusetts	144,152	145,869	158,156	155,524	153,736	174,793	176,873	173,033	179,017	144,079
Michigan	178,207	186,505	175,733	166,996	173,337	180,337	156,354	148,059	152,605	132,008
Minnesota	104,765	103,253	115,946	119,221	121,319	127,471	121,583	125,130	112,228	106,920
Mississippi	68,363	68,597	66,947	72,430	72,543	81,358	77,509	78,043	76,567	61,683
Missouri	148,055	138,404	142,754	138,612	154,226	155,529	159,177	153,284	174,949	152,345
Montana	35,870	31,204	33,832	31,590	35,654	32,620	31,479	28,012	35,292	40,862
Nebraska	43,531	52,809	48,816	47,755	43,219	53,210	47,456	47,760	54,462	46,064
Nevada	109,409	115,943	98,882	100,922	103,599	99,409	88,563	98,226	89,791	132,950
New Hampshire	38,399	43,277	38,696	46,086	41,391	41,885	45,628	41,740	43,633	50,288
New Jersey	193,972	216,369	219,202	202,319	208,583	227,380	226,830	224,961	231,321	149,260
New Mexico	50,438	61,431	63,921	75,597	70,144	68,415	65,578	67,296	74,459	55,545
New York	363,139	377,800	405,864	401,440	424,074	448,855	450,136	452,580	458,014	254,806
North Carolina	207,025	225,147	238,663	247,090	248,938	237,206	256,563	243,206	238,947	315,215
North Dakota	24,450	26,563	23,959	29,808	27,685	31,867	37,658	37,344	33,006	36,668
Ohio	188,013	206,049	199,202	201,515	207,006	213,236	212,041	206,479	206,948	205,542
Oklahoma	90,616	81,009	102,572	100,561	102,615	98,771	105,685	96,005	97,474	101,844
Oregon	100,185	109,795	108,182	111,680	103,111	109,240	107,169	109,454	132,698	129,921
Pennsylvania	209,810	215,127	237,156	247,295	251,844	262,887	257,792	254,634	240,832	267,465
Rhode Island	24,948	31,065	30,498	36,119	37,876	29,918	35,606	30,166	31,423	34,984
South Carolina	117,569	121,426	127,418	128,726	121,524	134,555	127,686	128,797	141,258	176,008
South Dakota	27,915	29,383	22,534	29,118	31,154	25,769	29,654	27,412	28,747	26,934
Tennessee	143,135	154,243	163,843	159,497	160,057	176,961	182,813	155,665	173,250	196,765
Texas	411,641	404,839	402,187	409,977	435,107	445,343	444,340	467,338	462,140	559,661
Utah	75,541	73,211	82,165	91,943	79,697	84,071	85,803	89,721	91,741	95,608
Vermont	18,380	18,172	20,056	21,773	20,424	22,135	23,693	20,872	20,832	21,212
Virginia	232,002	229,227	238,540	236,420	263,767	268,593	275,671	262,563	262,345	264,855
Washington	166,162	190,644	180,462	191,053	198,200	178,528	192,362	198,813	222,472	231,956
West Virginia	49,349	45,956	47,425	48,627	48,804	51,953	51,476	43,321	46,546	39,548
Wisconsin	111,240	105,370	97,724	110,198	114,724	109,243	113,882	113,492	105,789	107,973
Wyoming	28,186	31,991	32,228	28,150	33,465	31,537	27,184	25,954	26,078	30,247
U.S. Average	132,220	137,008	138,634	141,320	143,807	147,649	148,088	146,499	148,456	145,065