State and county migration data
for 2010–2011 are now available on Tax Stats. Migration data for the United
States are based on year-to-year address changes reported on individual income
tax returns filed with the IRS. The data present migration patterns by State or
by county for the entire United States and are available for inflows (the
number of new residents who moved to a county or State and where they migrated
from) and outflows (the number of residents leaving a county or State and where
they went).
The
Missouri Census Data Center, under the leadership of John Blodgett, one of the true treasures of the national state data center
program, has downloaded and
converted these files. Their web
application for generating IRS Migration Profile reports has been upgraded to recognize the new year of
data. Access this application at the IRS Migration Profile menu page (for single
counties, anywhere in the U.S.).
This application will generate a
migration profile with data regarding movement into and out of the chosen
county based on tracking movement reflected in IRS tax returns in consecutive
tax years. The report will by default show all counties that had a
minimum of 10 tax returns indicating a move into the selected county or out of
that county.
Below are just partial samples of what
the profiles look like. Visit the
website to explore the entire profiles for Herkimer and Oneida counties!
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