PA Lost $1.7 Billion in 2019 Due to Out-Migration
The Center Square
The collective wealth of Pennsylvania residents decreased $1.7 billion in 2019 due to population migration trends, according to a new analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the nonprofit Wirepoints website.
Overall, Pennsylvania lost 12,604 people that year, according to Wirepoints. The study looked at how shifting population numbers among the states led to changes in the overall adjusted gross income of each state’s population.
The performance of Pennsylvania in the analysis was the sixth worst among the lower 48 states, the authors said.
For those states attracting the most people and wealth, the result was economic growth and investment, as well as an expanding tax base. Those states suffering from migration outflows, however, experienced difficulties in paying down public debts as well as higher taxation, according to the study.
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Which States Gained the Most People, Wealth in 2019?
| Rank | State | Net Adjusted Gross Income Gained/Lost (in Millions of Dollars) | Net Number of People Gained/Lost |
| 1 | Florida | $17,689.82 | 126,789 |
| 2 | Texas | $4,016.52 | 114,194 |
| 3 | Arizona | $3,848.32 | 65,967 |
| 4 | North Carolina | $2,806.45 | 48,434 |
| 5 | South Carolina | $2,572.86 | 41,443 |
| 6 | Nevada | $2,119.36 | 31,055 |
| 7 | Colorado | $2,001.44 | 18,888 |
| 8 | Tennessee | $1,876.39 | 34,003 |
| 9 | Idaho | $1,238.06 | 22,854 |
| 10 | Washington | $1,130.42 | 29,723 |
| 11 | Oregon | $781.40 | 15,028 |
| 12 | Utah | $688.11 | 6,198 |
| 13 | Montana | $481.11 | 5,410 |
| 14 | Georgia | $421.02 | 35,633 |
| 15 | Delaware | $352.93 | 6,330 |
| 16 | Maine | $333.73 | 5,379 |
| 17 | New Hampshire | $321.01 | 4,441 |
| 18 | Alabama | $261.01 | 8,752 |
| 19 | Wyoming | $224.32 | 434 |
| 20 | South Dakota | $156.58 | 376 |
| 21 | New Mexico | $50.08 | 18 |
| 22 | Vermont | -$12.75 | -1,295 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | -$28.11 | 3,885 |
| 24 | Arkansas | -$54.11 | 2,220 |
| 25 | Rhode Island | -$78.48 | -1,825 |
| 26 | Mississippi | -$134.31 | -8,013 |
| 27 | North Dakota | -$144.26 | -2,379 |
| 28 | Kentucky | -$190.47 | -1,089 |
| 29 | West Virginia | -$209.95 | -5,255 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | -$237.68 | -1,213 |
| 31 | Nebraska | -$245.51 | -4,592 |
| 32 | Indiana | -$342.53 | 4,331 |
| 33 | Kansas | -$390.57 | -10,416 |
| 34 | Missouri | -$392.46 | 519 |
| 35 | Louisiana | -$484.90 | -18,897 |
| 36 | Iowa | -$516.78 | -5,381 |
| 37 | Minnesota | -$922.43 | -4,497 |
| 38 | Michigan | -$1,134.62 | -13,616 |
| 39 | Virginia | -$1,170.20 | -3,603 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | -$1,432.52 | -25,834 |
| 41 | Ohio | -$1,621.47 | -10,962 |
| 42 | Connecticut | -$1,678.28 | -11,832 |
| 43 | Pennsylvania | -$1,719.02 | -12,604 |
| 44 | Maryland | -$1,837.62 | -15,892 |
| 45 | New Jersey | -$3,106.98 | -26,528 |
| 46 | Illinois | -$6,014.31 | -81,770 |
| 47 | California | -$8,840.84 | -165,355 |
| 48 | New York | -$8,994.95 | -152,703 |
Source: Wirepoints.org
