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Who's moving to Maryland

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

-13,658 net households from other states
Arrived from other states
83,174
households, 2022-2023
Left for other states
96,832
households, 2022-2023
Moved within Maryland
87,169
households changed county, stayed in state

-13,658 net households — For every 100 households that arrived from another state, about 116 left. Maryland is a net loser to other states. That loss is deepening — up 50% on five years ago. Another 1,814 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years
Every move in or out of Maryland, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.
-9,488
18–19
-9,818
19–20
-12,786
20–21
-15,770
21–22
-14,219
22–23
Silver Spring · Prince George's County: -1,034 net from other states, 53,112 moved in or out Towson · Baltimore County: -3,043 net from other states, 46,672 moved in or out Baltimore · Baltimore city: +296 net from other states, 41,449 moved in or out Glen Burnie · Anne Arundel County: -1,571 net from other states, 38,006 moved in or out Columbia · Howard County: -1,050 net from other states, 24,289 moved in or out Frederick · Frederick County: -715 net from other states, 16,634 moved in or out Bel Air South · Harford County: -872 net from other states, 12,765 moved in or out Waldorf · Charles County: -322 net from other states, 10,941 moved in or out Eldersburg · Carroll County: -876 net from other states, 8,194 moved in or out Hagerstown · Washington County: -646 net from other states, 8,076 moved in or out California · St. Mary's County: -319 net from other states, 6,404 moved in or out Salisbury · Wicomico County: -207 net from other states, 5,218 moved in or out Elkton · Cecil County: +16 net from other states, 5,133 moved in or out Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point · Calvert County: -362 net from other states, 5,041 moved in or out Ocean Pines · Worcester County: -174 net from other states, 3,949 moved in or out Stevensville · Queen Anne's County: -101 net from other states, 3,102 moved in or out Cumberland · Allegany County: -7 net from other states, 2,125 moved in or out Easton · Talbot County: -85 net from other states, 2,134 moved in or out Denton · Caroline County: -84 net from other states, 1,674 moved in or out Cambridge · Dorchester County: +118 net from other states, 1,656 moved in or out Princess Anne · Somerset County: +67 net from other states, 1,140 moved in or out Mountain Lake Park · Garrett County: -55 net from other states, 989 moved in or out Chestertown · Kent County: +2 net from other states, 998 moved in or out Rockville · Montgomery County: -2,634 net from other states, 58,832 moved in or out
Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Rockville · Montgomery County — the busiest moving market in Maryland.
Where Maryland is gaining from other states
Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.
Baltimore Baltimore city +296
#2,958 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Cambridge Dorchester County +118
#341 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Princess Anne Somerset County +67
#707 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Elkton Cecil County +16
#786 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Chestertown Kent County +2
#963 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Where Maryland is losing to other states
Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.
Towson Baltimore County -3,043
Rockville Montgomery County -2,634
Glen Burnie Anne Arundel County -1,571
Columbia Howard County -1,050
Silver Spring Prince George's County -1,034
Eldersburg Carroll County -876
Bel Air South Harford County -872
Frederick Frederick County -715
Which states Maryland trades households with
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.
Virginia -1,334
9,990 in
11,324 out
District of Columbia +1,522
9,141 in
7,619 out
Pennsylvania -1,408
4,938 in
6,346 out
Florida -2,569
2,996 in
5,565 out
New York +692
3,978 in
3,286 out
California -549
2,856 in
3,405 out

Households arriving in Maryland from another state report $80,842 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $88,277. Departures out-earn arrivals — Maryland is losing its higher earners.

Arriving from another state$80,842
Leaving for another state$88,277
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City-level breakdowns
Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.
Rockville Silver Spring Towson Baltimore Glen Burnie Columbia Frederick Bel Air South Waldorf Eldersburg Hagerstown California

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 22% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 24 of Maryland's counties have published data.