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Origin of DC Residents

The document summarizes data on where residents of Washington D.C. originated from and where they moved to between 2010 and 2011. It found that over two-thirds of D.C. residents were born outside the city, with the top states being Maryland, Virginia, New York, and California. Maryland and Virginia saw the most movement both to and from D.C. due to their proximity. While Maryland had a net loss of over 2,500 people to D.C., Virginia had the largest net gain of 388 people moving to D.C.

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Origin of DC Residents

The document summarizes data on where residents of Washington D.C. originated from and where they moved to between 2010 and 2011. It found that over two-thirds of D.C. residents were born outside the city, with the top states being Maryland, Virginia, New York, and California. Maryland and Virginia saw the most movement both to and from D.C. due to their proximity. While Maryland had a net loss of over 2,500 people to D.C., Virginia had the largest net gain of 388 people moving to D.C.

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The Origins and Destinations of D.C.

Residents

Almost two-thirds of D.C. residents in 2012 were born outside the city and they come from a number of
states, according to a set of elegant graphics published by the New York Times on Aug. 14, 2014. To take
a closer look at where people come from when they move to D.C. and where they go when the leave the
city, the Office of Revenue Analysis made the maps below using IRS migration data. The top map shows
the number of people moving into D.C. between 2010 and 2011 and their states of origin. The bottom
map shows the number of people moving out of D.C. and their destinations during the same time
period. The IRS migration data estimates the number of movers by counting the number of personal
exemptions claimed by tax filers who change addresses from one year to the next.



Given the geographical proximity and the constant trade-off between urban and suburban living, it is
not surprising that Maryland and Virginia are the most popular destinations and origins, though there
are about twice as many people migrating between Maryland and D.C. than between Virginia and D.C.
New York and California have the third and fourth largest number of migrants moving both to and from
D.C. It is important to note that at least with California, it is the sheer population of the state driving the
large numbers. The share of Californias population who move to the District are similar to the average
in the nation, at approximately 0.005 percent of the originating states population. By this metric, the
top originating states for District in migration are Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware.

Though more than 12,000 people moved from Maryland to D.C. between 2010 and 2011, even more
moved from D.C. to Maryland, resulting in a net loss from D.C. to Maryland of more than 2,500 people,
the highest loss to any state. The largest net gain388 peoplecame from Virginia. The table below
shows the net number of migrants by state. In terms of the share of net migration in the corresponding
states population, however, Virginia ranks the fourththe top three states on this count are
Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island, with a net of five to six people moving to the District for
every 100,000 residents.


Net Migrants* to D.C., 2010-2011

(People coming to D.C. minus those moving from D.C.)
Virginia 388 Arizona 42
New Jersey 383 Missouri 41
Massachusetts 381 Hawaii 38
Pennsylvania 330 Kansas 36
Florida 281 Vermont 35
New York 261 Utah 30
Ohio 246 Montana 24
Illinois 231 Nebraska 23
Georgia 195 Maine 22
North Carolina 190 New Mexico 21
Connecticut 148 Oklahoma 21
Washington 144 Alaska 18
Texas 136 Delaware 18
California 113 Nevada 14
Michigan 99 North Dakota 7
Wisconsin 96 South Dakota 4
South Carolina 90 Idaho 3
Minnesota 83 Oregon 2
Tennessee 82 Colorado 1
Indiana 75 Kentucky -4
Alabama 73 West Virginia -6
New Hampshire 59 Wyoming -27
Rhode Island 50 Louisiana -39
Arkansas 49 Mississippi -176
Iowa 48 Maryland -2,583
*The number of migrants comes from IRS migration data, which
counts the number of personal exemptions claimed by tax filers
who moved between 2010 and 2011.

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