Table 7
Net Migration Among States, 1990-98
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Florida	1,034,793		26	Delaware	29,381
2	Georgia	597,916		27	New Hampshire	18,536
3	Texas	541,020		28	West Virginia	8,023
4	Arizona	518,820		29	South Dakota	5,943
5	North Carolina	500,989		30	Vermont	4,835
6	Nevada	396,647		31	Nebraska	1,519
7	Washington	373,946		32	Wyoming	-255
8	Colorado	359,054		33	Kansas	-12,804
9	Tennessee	337,630		34	Iowa	-13,030
10	Oregon	259,512		35	Maine	-14,808
11	Idaho	128,531		36	Alaska	-21,302
12	South Carolina	118,895		37	North Dakota	-30,242
13	Alabama	113,569		38	Maryland	-49,150
14	Arkansas	105,616		39	Rhode Island	-63,503
15	Missouri	94,299		40	Hawaii	-80,263
16	Kentucky	90,068		41	Louisiana	-117,459
17	Utah	86,168		42	Ohio	-143,533
18	Wisconsin	84,398		43	Michigan	-190,363
19	Indiana	75,868		44	Connecticut	-217,038
20	Minnesota	71,242		45	Pennsylvania	-219,072
21	Virginia	67,977		46	Massachusetts	-236,697
22	New Mexico	55,264		47	New Jersey	-349,617
23	Montana	48,006		48	Illinois	-516,424
24	Oklahoma	47,774		49	NEW YORK	-1,722,451
25	Mississippi	42,748		50	California	-2,081,928
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
An average of more than 215,000 New Yorkers moved to other states each year; in the most recent year, the figure was 195,087.