Census: California Has Lower Inbound Domestic Immigration Rate Than North Dakota

According to a new analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau, California had the lowest inter-state immigration rate in the United States in 2022, coming in at just 11.1%. In their analysis, immigration rates are the ratio of people moving into the state of all those moving into or out of the state. The North Dakota inter-state immigration rate is higher. Meanwhile, Texas had the lowest outmigration rate — or ratio of people moving out of the state of all those moving into or out of the state — at 11.7%, with its outgoing residents moving to either California (42,479) or Florida (38,207).