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Whatcom County, WA

County-to-county migration · IRS SOI · filing years 2022-2023

Net migration: +582 tax returns · +806 people · +$60,066,000 AGI

Inflow
6,485 returns · 9,554 people · $494,961,000 AGI
Outflow
5,903 returns · 8,748 people · $434,895,000 AGI

Top origins (where new residents came from)

CountyReturnsAGI
King County, WA1,004$97,366,000
Snohomish County, WA514$33,606,000
Skagit County, WA450$27,348,000
Pierce County, WA178$8,779,000
Island County, WA140$6,442,000
Spokane County, WA136$6,756,000
Thurston County, WA115$10,918,000
Kitsap County, WA109$5,526,000
Clark County, WA102$5,695,000
Multnomah County, OR95$8,045,000

Top destinations (where leavers went)

CountyReturnsAGI
King County, WA834$49,880,000
Skagit County, WA498$36,102,000
Snohomish County, WA470$27,397,000
Pierce County, WA180$10,354,000
Maricopa County, AZ141$11,193,000
Spokane County, WA110$5,406,000
Island County, WA104$6,404,000
Clark County, WA91$4,043,000
Multnomah County, OR90$4,867,000
Kitsap County, WA86$3,537,000

IRS migration data tracks where tax filers lived in consecutive years. A "return" is roughly a household; "AGI" is the adjusted gross income that moved with them. Net migration = inflow − outflow. Small county-pair flows are suppressed by the IRS for privacy and shown blank.

Source: IRS SOI Migration Data. License: CC0 1.0.