Table 5
Net Migration Among States, 1990-99
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Florida	1,108,514		26	Delaware	35,058
2	Georgia	665,418		27	New Hampshire	29,607
3	Arizona	577,038		28	Vermont	5,615
4	Texas	569,957		29	West Virginia	2,082
5	North Carolina	554,268		30	South Dakota	-2,881
6	Nevada	433,219		31	Wyoming	-3,676
7	Colorado	402,832		32	Nebraska	-3,693
8	Washington	381,552		33	Maine	-7,347
9	Tennessee	356,907		34	Iowa	-15,542
10	Oregon	270,903		35	Kansas	-16,224
11	South Carolina	143,213		36	Alaska	-23,889
12	Idaho	136,339		37	North Dakota	-37,387
13	Alabama	112,163		38	Maryland	-55,060
14	Arkansas	110,878		39	Rhode Island	-63,250
15	Missouri	101,020		40	Hawaii	-99,371
16	Kentucky	97,187		41	Louisiana	-139,704
17	Virginia	96,562		42	Ohio	-166,200
18	Wisconsin	90,224		43	Michigan	-199,465
19	Minnesota	86,847		44	Connecticut	-226,370
20	Indiana	82,674		45	Massachusetts	-244,494
21	Utah	73,016		46	Pennsylvania	-250,958
22	Montana	47,875		47	New Jersey	-378,495
23	Mississippi	44,639		48	Illinois	-560,003
24	Oklahoma	42,688		49	NEW YORK	-1,888,936
25	New Mexico	42,339		50	California	-2,170,790
Source: U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/st-99-2.txt.
New York gained population over the decade, despite outmigration, because of new births and foreign immigration.