This guide gives the latest national result, shows which states gained the most residents from other states, and explains how to use the numbers when planning a relocation.
Net migration figures are easy to misread because national international migration and state-to-state domestic migration answer different questions.
The United States added about 1.8 million residents in the latest estimate
The U.S. population reached about 341.8 million between July 2024 and July 2025, an increase of roughly 1.8 million. Net international migration contributed about 1.3 million, while births minus deaths added about 519,000.
Domestic migration works differently: it tracks movement among states, so one state’s gain is another state’s loss. A state can lose domestic movers and still grow through international migration or births.
North Carolina, Texas, and South Carolina posted the largest domestic gains
North Carolina gained about 84,100 more residents from other states than it lost, followed by Texas at about 67,300 and South Carolina at about 66,600.
Counts show scale; rates show intensity relative to population. Net results also contain movement in both directions, so use state-to-state flow tables when you need the actual origin and destination routes.
Migration points to demand, not one universal reason
Jobs, housing, family, retirement, weather, taxes, remote-work policies, and life stage can all influence a move. Growing suburban and exurban counties show that households may change communities without leaving the broader metro economy.
Strong inflow can support jobs and services while putting pressure on housing, schools, roads, utilities, and moving capacity. Outflow can coexist with thriving cities and large numbers of arrivals.
Use the trend to focus destination research
Compare the job or retirement income, current housing inventory, insurance, utilities, taxes, schools, health care, climate exposure, commute, and support network in the exact community.
Build the moving price from inventory, addresses, dates, services, traffic, parking, stairs, elevators, city loading rules, and written estimates. Continue with the annual migration report and complete moving checklist. Migration data explains demand; it does not set the transportation price.
How the migration figures were compared
The state table uses the latest Census net domestic-migration estimates cited below and resident population, with a per-1,000 rate for easier comparison among large and small states.
Census revises recent estimates with each new vintage. Keep the source year beside the number and update the figure when the next complete release arrives.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau: Jobs, Warm Weather and Retirement Destinations Contribute to Domestic Migration Patterns
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2024 State-to-State Migration Flows
- U.S. Census Bureau: Geographic Mobility and Migration
- U.S. Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 National and State Population Estimates
- U.S. Census Bureau: Population Growth Slows Due to Historic Decline in Net International Migration
- U.S. Census Bureau: CPS Reasons for Moving Definitions
