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Who's moving to Rhode Island

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

-129 net households from other states
Arrived from other states
17,997
households, 2022-2023
Left for other states
18,126
households, 2022-2023
Moved within Rhode Island
8,764
households changed county, stayed in state

-129 net households — Arrivals from other states and departures to them are close in volume — departures edge ahead by 129 households. That loss has shrunk to less than half of what it was five years ago. Another 209 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years
Every move in or out of Rhode Island, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.
-1,140
18–19
+346
19–20
+50
20–21
-1,538
21–22
-266
22–23
Where Rhode Island 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.
Providence Providence County +468
#2,760 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Bristol Bristol County +16
#1,496 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Where Rhode Island 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.
Warwick Kent County -303
South Kingstown Washington County -270
Newport Newport County -40
Which states Rhode Island 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.
Massachusetts +1,329
6,305 in
4,976 out
Connecticut -284
1,279 in
1,563 out
Florida -644
667 in
1,311 out
New York +242
1,081 in
839 out
California +11
432 in
421 out
New Jersey +73
245 in
172 out

Households arriving in Rhode Island from another state report $82,595 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $79,934. The two groups earn about the same.

Arriving from another state$82,595
Leaving for another state$79,934
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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.
Providence Warwick Newport Bristol

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 34% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 5 of Rhode Island's counties have published data.