ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta isn't the haven for cheaper urban and suburban housing that it was a decade or so ago, but Georgia is still finding plenty of room for growth based on state-to-state migration flows.
The data are published annually by the Census Bureau and show the agency's numbers for people moving to and from each state.
In 2022, according to the data, Georgia saw 327,795 residents arrive and 253,275 leave - for a net gain of 74,070.
Some states where Georgia is getting its most new residents from will make sense - neighbors such as Florida and Alabama, or large-population states that see larger movements generally, like California and Texas.
Other states sending large numbers of people to Georgia - such as New Jersey and Virginia - might be a little more surprising.
Below, find a map where you can find the numbers as well as lists - first by total number of arriving residents, and then alphabetical - with the numbers for each state. And at the bottom, we'll include a list showing where Georgia gains the most people from (Georgia and Florida exchange a lot of residents, for example, but are they sending more our way then we send there? The answer is yes, and by a lot.)
Some observations from the net migration data?
A lot of people are coming here from California, a trend seen in other states like Texas, and a lot from the Midwest - with strong numbers from states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio.
But the Northeast really stands out - New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all rank in the top six for states with which Georgia has a net gain of residents.
Which states people are coming to Georgia from | Map
Which states people are coming to Georgia from | List by number
- Florida: 51,380
- California: 25,960
- Texas: 23,754
- North Carolina: 23,175
- Alabama: 21,031
- Tennessee: 18,785
- South Carolina: 18,328
- New York: 16,535
- Virginia: 14,204
- Illinois: 11,096
- Pennsylvania: 9,223
- Washington: 8,761
- New Jersey: 8,295
- Maryland: 6,706
- Michigan: 5,816
- Colorado: 5,419
- Ohio: 5,221
- Indiana: 4,937
- Louisiana: 4,426
- Missouri: 4,341
- Nevada: 3,357
- Massachusetts: 3,299
- Utah: 2,753
- Hawaii: 2,642
- Connecticut: 2,526
- Wisconsin: 2,177
- Oklahoma: 2,077
- Mississippi: 1,986
- Kentucky: 1,941
- Kansas: 1,862
- Minnesota: 1,825
- Arizona: 1,798
- West Virginia: 1,635
- Oregon: 1,594
- D.C.: 1,243
- Idaho: 1,051
- New Mexico: 1,029
- Montana: 966
- New Hampshire: 886
- Nebraska: 712
- Delaware: 585
- Arkansas: 531
- Iowa: 530
- Puerto Rico: 454
- South Dakota: 297
- Wyoming: 282
- Maine: 272
- North Dakota: 218
- Alaska: 210
- Rhode Island: 118
- Vermont: 0*** (Something appears weird in the Vermont data, as it also lists 0 for several other states)
Which states people are coming to Georgia from | List by alphabetical
- Alabama: 21,031
- Alaska: 210
- Arizona: 1,798
- Arkansas: 531
- California: 25,960
- Colorado: 5,419
- Connecticut: 2,526
- Delaware: 585
- D.C.: 1,243
- Florida: 51,380
- Hawaii: 2,642
- Idaho: 1,051
- Illinois: 11,096
- Indiana: 4,937
- Iowa: 530
- Kansas: 1,862
- Kentucky: 1,941
- Louisiana: 4,426
- Maine: 272
- Maryland: 6,706
- Massachusetts: 3,299
- Michigan: 5,816
- Minnesota: 1,825
- Mississippi: 1,986
- Missouri: 4,341
- Montana: 966
- Nebraska: 712
- Nevada: 3,357
- New Hampshire: 886
- New Jersey: 8,295
- New Mexico: 1,029
- New York: 16,535
- North Carolina: 23,175
- North Dakota: 218
- Ohio: 5,221
- Oklahoma: 2,077
- Oregon: 1,594
- Pennsylvania: 9,223
- Rhode Island: 118
- South Carolina: 18,328
- South Dakota: 297
- Tennessee: 18,785
- Texas: 23,754
- Utah: 2,753
- Vermont: 0*** (Something appears weird in the Vermont data, as it also lists 0 for several other states)
- Virginia: 14,204
- Washington: 8,761
- West Virginia: 1,635
- Wisconsin: 2,177
- Wyoming: 282
- Puerto Rico: 454
Net migration to Georgia list
Positive
- California: +14,958
- Florida: +11,390
- New York: +7,646
- Virginia: +7,515
- New Jersey: +7,334
- Pennsylvania: +6,241
- Tennessee: +4,015
- Illinois: +3,672
- Maryland: +3,513
- Washington: +3,187
- Indiana: +2,611
- Nevada: +2,515
- Michigan: +2,412
- Utah: +2,355
- Colorado: +2,059
- Texas: +1,430
- Massachusetts: +1,275
- Louisiana: +1,211
- Wisconsin: +1,113
- Ohio: +1,066
- Missouri: +946
- Minnesota: +933
- North Carolina: +624
- New Hampshire: +470
- Montana: +403
- Oregon: +364
- Delaware: +292
- Nebraska: +265
- Iowa: +241
- Arkansas: +34
Negative
- Kentucky: -3,000
- Alabama: -2,124
- South Dakota: -1,837
- Kansas: -1,422
- West Virginia: -1,268
- Arizona: -1,248
- Puerto Rico: -1,188
- Mississippi: -1,108
- D.C.: -1,046
- Connecticut: -952
- South Carolina: -793
- Alaska: -624
- Oklahoma: -499
- Idaho: -497
- Rhode Island: -251
- North Dakota: -215
- Hawaii: -181
- Wyoming: -143
- Vermont: -143*** (Again, Vermont is listed as having sent 0 residents to Georgia in 2022)
- New Mexico: -133
- Maine: -86