Table of Contents Tax Filers Moving In and Out of New York City 2 Shares of New York City Total 2 New York City Tax Filers Moving To and From the 3 New York Metropolitan Statistical Area Source and Destination States for New York City Tax Filers 4 Intra-city Share of Borough Entering and Exiting Tax Filer Moves 5 Numbers of Intra-city Movers Between Pairs of Boroughs 6 Supplement to New Yorkers on the Move 1989-2007: Where They Came From, Where They Went
Tax Filers Moving In and Out of New York City Tax Filers Exemptions Out-In (Net Out- Out-In (Net Out- Exits Migration) Enatrants Exits Adjusted Gross Income (AGI, 2009 $ Billions) Out-In (Net Out- Migration) Entrants Migration) Entrants Exits 1988-89 61,408 106,033 44,625 91,727 202,486 110,759 1989-90 64,549 108,660 44,111 96,546 204,631 108,085 1990-91 59,593 108,779 49,186 91,591 206,581 114,990 1991-92 59,965 108,074 48,109 92,118 206,358 114,240 1992-93 64,350 100,615 36,265 97,317 195,688 98,371 1993-94 65,837 98,768 32,931 98,884 193,290 94,406 1994-95 71,024 103,073 32,049 104,146 198,796 94,650 1995-96 68,827 102,484 33,657 100,452 195,809 95,357 1996-97 74,210 105,790 31,580 108,084 202,262 94,178 $4.1 $7.3 $3.2 1997-98 79,487 105,684 26,197 114,510 199,887 85,377 4.8 7.4 2.6 1998-99 85,496 108,636 23,140 122,127 205,480 83,353 5.2 8.3 3.1 1999-00 89,461 115,756 26,295 126,060 217,860 91,800 6.2 9.1 2.9 2000-01 102,468 133,069 30,601 144,063 248,515 104,452 7.2 10.9 3.7 2001-02 90,819 127,268 36,449 130,112 236,662 106,550 5.4 9.5 4.1 2002-03 95,791 127,643 31,852 136,909 242,185 105,276 5.2 8.9 3.6 2003-04 93,866 131,665 37,799 134,103 251,243 117,140 4.9 8.9 3.9 2004-05 99,885 135,795 35,910 142,542 259,956 117,414 5.5 9.6 4.1 2005-06 107,264 134,762 27,498 152,126 255,507 103,381 5.7 9.4 3.7 2006-07 112,023 129,487 17,464 159,128 239,282 80,154 6.0 8.9 2.9 SOURCE: IBO, based on Internal Revenue Service, County-to-County Migration Flow Data. NOTE: The number of entrant tax filers equals the number of new tax returns filed by New York City residents in the second reference year listed, and the number of exits is the number who left between the first and second reference years. For example, in the 1988-89 row, 61,408 is the number of new filers in 1989, and 106,033 is the number of filers who left between 1988 and 1989. See text for discussion of sources and addional measurement. Shares of New York City Totals Tax Filers Exemptions AGI In Out In Out In Out 1988-89 2.5% 4.2% 1.9% 4.1% 1989-90 2.6% 4.3% 2.0% 4.1% 1990-91 2.4% 4.4% 1.9% 4.2% 1991-92 2.5% 4.4% 1.9% 4.2% 1992-93 2.7% 4.2% 2.0% 4.0% 1993-94 2.8% 4.2% 2.1% 4.0% 1994-95 3.0% 4.4% 2.2% 4.1% 1995-96 2.9% 4.3% 2.1% 4.1% 1996-97 3.1% 4.4% 2.3% 4.1% 2.9 5.1 1997-98 3.3% 4.3% 2.3% 4.0% 3.4 5.1 1998-99 3.4% 4.3% 2.4% 4.0% 3.4 5.4 1999-00 3.4% 4.4% 2.4% 4.1% 3.6 5.2 2000-01 3.8% 4.9% 2.7% 4.6% 4.0 5.9 2001-02 3.3% 4.6% 2.4% 4.3% 3.2 5.4 2002-03 3.4% 4.5% 2.5% 4.3% 3.2 5.3 2003-04 3.4% 4.7% 2.4% 4.5% 3.1 5.4 2004-05 3.6% 4.8% 2.6% 4.6% 3.3 5.6 2005-06 3.8% 4.8% 2.8% 4.6% 3.4 5.5 2006-07 3.9% 4.5% 2.9% 4.3% 3.4 5.0 SOURCE: IBO, based on Internal Revenue Service, County-to-County Migration Flow Data. Supplement to New Yorkers on the Move 1989-2007: Where They Came From, Where They Went
New York City Tax Filers Moving To and From the New York Metropolitan Statistical Area 1990-91 Entering Tax Filers Exiting Tax Filers County State Tax Filers Exemptions Returns County State Tax Filers Exemptions Returns Nassau NY 6,715 10,709 11.3% Nassau NY 11,778 24,523 10.8% Westchester NY 4,011 6,680 6.7% Westchester NY 7,048 13,449 6.5% Suffolk NY 3,237 5,113 5.4% Suffolk NY 5,543 11,114 5.1% Hudson NJ 2,482 3,863 4.2% Hudson NJ 3,722 6,473 3.4% Bergen NJ 1,919 3,149 3.2% Bergen NJ 3,579 7,324 3.3% Essex NJ 1,186 2,024 2.0% Middlesex NJ 2,286 4,857 2.1% Middlesex NJ 900 1,465 1.5% Essex NJ 1,991 4,159 1.8% Rockland NY 733 1,118 1.2% Monmouth NJ 1,678 3,777 1.5% Monmouth NJ 716 1,096 1.2% Rockland NY 1,548 3,317 1.4% Union NJ 643 1,008 1.1% Union NJ 1,076 2,222 1.0% Passaic NJ 549 1,025 0.9% Ocean NJ 754 1,509 0.7% Morris NJ 456 666 0.8% Passaic NJ 746 1,522 0.7% Somerset NJ 243 346 0.4% Morris NJ 672 1,298 0.6% Ocean NJ 229 386 0.4% Somerset NJ 514 1,020 0.5% Putnam NY 146 231 0.2% Putnam NY 442 959 0.4% Sussex NJ 52 75 0.1% Pike PA 230 558 0.2% Pike PA 37 53 0.1% Sussex NJ 105 212 0.1% Hunterdon NJ 34 37 0.1% Hunterdon NJ 89 149 0.1% Total for NYMSA 24,288 39,044 43,801 88,442 Percent of NYC Total 40.8% 42.6% 40.3% 42.8% Total for NYC 59,593 91,591 108,779 206,581 2006-07 Entering Tax Filers Exiting Tax Filers County State Tax Filers Exemptions Tax Filers County State Tax Filers Exemptions Tax Filers Nassau NY 7625 12143 6.8% Nassau NY 10,998 22,343 8.5% Westchester NY 5158 8187 4.6% Westchester NY 7,633 14,621 5.9% Suffolk NY 4242 6473 3.8% Suffolk NY 5,355 10,233 4.1% Hudson NJ 3432 4933 3.1% Hudson NJ 4,773 7,393 3.7% Bergen NJ 2299 3522 2.1% Bergen NJ 3,486 6,886 2.7% Middlesex NJ 1616 2516 1.4% Middlesex NJ 2,522 5,190 1.9% Essex NJ 1493 2370 1.3% Essex NJ 2,417 4,742 1.9% Monmouth NJ 967 1390 0.9% Monmouth NJ 1,529 3,071 1.2% Rockland NY 926 1454 0.8% Rockland NY 1,271 2,606 1.0% Union NJ 850 1380 0.8% Union NJ 1,258 2,518 1.0% Morris NJ 707 1006 0.6% Passaic NJ 912 1,842 0.7% Passaic NJ 669 1169 0.6% Ocean NJ 783 1,746 0.6% Somerset NJ 516 736 0.5% Morris NJ 604 1,097 0.5% Ocean NJ 347 581 0.3% Somerset NJ 496 897 0.4% Putnam NY 250 361 0.2% Putnam NY 364 729 0.3% Sussex NJ 109 149 0.1% Pike PA 297 683 0.2% Pike PA 100 188 0.1% Sussex NJ 118 233 0.1% Hunterdon NJ 86 104 0.1% Hunterdon NJ 75 121 0.1% Total for NYMSA 31,392 48,662 44,891 86,951 Percent of NYC Total 28.0% 30.6% 34.7% 36.3% Total for NYC 112,023 159,128 129,487 239,282 SOURCE: IBO, using the County-to-County Migration Flow Data prepared by the Internal Revenue Service. Supplement to New Yorkers on the Move 1989-2007: Where They Came From, Where They Went
Source & Destination States for New York City Tax Filers 1990-91 2006-07 Entering Tax Filers Exiting Tax Filers Entering Tax Filers State Number Total State Number Total State Number Exiting Tax Filers Total State Number New York 17,829 29.9 New York 31,583 29.0 New York 24,218 21.6 New York 32,686 25.2 New Jersey 10,102 17.0 New Jersey 18,466 17.0 New Jersey 14,404 12.9 New Jersey 20,592 15.9 Florida 3,488 5.9 Florida 14,162 13.0 Foreign - Other 9,291 8.3 Florida 13,630 10.5 California 3,438 5.8 California 7,282 6.7 California 7,138 6.4 Pennsylvania 7,584 5.9 Massachusetts 2,641 4.4 Connecticutt 3,478 3.2 Florida 6,879 6.1 California 7,481 5.8 Connecticutt 2,418 4.1 Pennsylvania 3,405 3.1 Pennsylvania 5,479 4.9 Connecticutt 4,402 3.4 Foreign - Other 2,163 3.6 Foreign - Other 3,206 2.9 Massachusetts 5,200 4.6 Georgia 4,361 3.4 Pennsylvania 1,738 2.9 Massachusetts 2,249 2.1 Connecticutt 4,162 3.7 Massachusetts 3,550 2.7 Illinois 1,001 1.7 Virginia 2,012 1.8 Virginia 2,335 2.1 North Carolina 2,917 2.3 Texas 934 1.6 Maryland 1,603 1.5 Illinois 2,291 2.0 Foreign-Other 3,354 2.6 Maryland 851 1.4 Georgia 1,464 1.3 Texas 2,248 2.0 Virginia 2,577 2.0 Virginia 838 1.4 Puerto Rico 1,372 1.3 Maryland 2,097 1.9 Texas 2,542 2.0 District of Columbia 614 1.0 Texas 1,321 1.2 Puerto Rico 1,754 1.6 Maryland 2,400 1.9 North Carolina 534 0.9 North Carolina 1,273 1.2 Georgia 1,740 1.6 Illinois 1,690 1.3 Michigan 513 0.9 Illinois 1,153 1.1 North Carolina 1,541 1.4 District of Columbia 937 0.7 Ohio 485 0.8 South Carolina 750 0.7 Ohio 1,414 1.3 Ohio 886 0.7 Georgia 482 0.8 District of Columbia 718 0.7 District of Columbia 1,293 1.2 Puerto Rico 865 0.7 Total Washington 268 0.4 Arizona 580 0.5 Washington 843 0.8 Arizona 845 0.7 Foreign - Military 213 0.4 Washington 580 0.5 Rhode Island 673 0.6 Washington 719 0.6 Arizona 197 0.3 Colorado 431 0.4 Colorado 627 0.6 Nevada 697 0.5 Minnesota 197 0.3 Nevada 418 0.4 Arizona 544 0.5 Colorado 545 0.4 Colorado 191 0.3 Michigan 384 0.4 Minnesota 538 0.5 Delaware 505 0.4 Puerto Rico 175 0.3 Delaware 347 0.3 Foreign - Military 452 0.4 Michigan 502 0.4 Missouri 164 0.3 Rhode Island 293 0.3 Missouri 415 0.4 Rhode Island 495 0.4 South Carolina 160 0.3 Minnesota 251 0.2 Tennessee 390 0.3 Foreign - Military 384 0.3 Louisiana 158 0.3 Hawaii 212 0.2 South Carolina 369 0.3 Minnesota 375 0.3 New Hampshire 142 0.2 New Mexico 190 0.2 Indiana 352 0.3 Oregon 354 0.3 Hawaii 134 0.2 Tennessee 171 0.2 Oregon 339 0.3 Tennessee 318 0.2 Tennessee 128 0.2 New Hampshire 166 0.2 Wisconsin 328 0.3 Lousiana 314 0.2 Wisconsin 106 0.2 Lousiana 160 0.1 New Hampshire 316 0.3 New Hampshire 221 0.2 Delaware 93 0.2 Oregon 150 0.1 Delaware 292 0.3 Wisconsin 213 0.2 Indiana 80 0.1 Missouri 148 0.1 Nevada 280 0.2 Hawaii 208 0.2 Maine 80 0.1 Wisconsin 131 0.1 Lousiana 221 0.2 Indiana 186 0.1 Nevada 80 0.1 Alabama 127 0.1 Hawaii 213 0.2 Missouri 184 0.1 Vermont 77 0.1 Vermont 119 0.1 Maine 210 0.2 Alabama 143 0.1 Kentucky 74 0.1 Maine 109 0.1 Oklahoma 195 0.2 Vermont 129 0.1 Alabama 41 0.1 Oklahoma 86 0.1 Utah 179 0.2 New Mexico 121 0.1 Oregon 41 0.1 Kentucky 79 0.1 Kentucky 175 0.2 Utah 110 0.1 New Mexico 35 0.1 Indiana 72 0.1 Alabama 168 0.1 Kentucky 101 0.1 Utah 35 0.1 Utah 55 0.1 Kansas 158 0.1 Maine 100 0.1 Supplement to New Yorkers on the Move 1989-2007: Where They Came From, Where They Went
Alabama 41 0.1 Oklahoma 86 0.1 Utah 179 0.2 New Mexico 121 0.1 Oregon 41 0.1 Kentucky 79 0.1 Kentucky 175 0.2 Utah 110 0.1 New Mexico 35 0.1 Indiana 72 0.1 Alabama 168 0.1 Kentucky 101 0.1 Utah 35 0.1 Utah 55 0.1 Kansas 158 0.1 Maine 100 0.1 Kansas 34 0.1 Alaska 26 0.0 Vermont 158 0.1 Oklahoma 76 0.1 Oklahoma 33 0.1 Kansas 25 0.0 New Mexico 109 0.1 Iowa 60 0.0 Iowa 31 0.1 Iowa 21 0.0 Iowa 87 0.1 Kansas 44 0.0 Nevada 20 0.0 Nebraska 12 0.0 Nebraska 67 0.1 Nebraska 35 0.0 Arkansas 14 0.0 State Not Reported 7,334 6.7 Arizona 54 0.0 Alaska 26 0.0 Alaska 12 0.0 Alaska 45 0.0 Arkansas 12 0.0 State Not Reported 6,217 10.4 Mississippi 36 0.0 Wyoming 11 0.0 59,593 100.0 Total 108,779 100.0 Total 112,023 Total 129,487 SOURCE: IBO, using the County-to-County Migration Flow Data prepared by the Internal Revenue Service. NOTE: County-to-county migrations of fewer than 10 tax filers are not identified separately. For New York State, we have the total number of unidentified moves into New York City. But for other states, moves of fewer than 10 returns and to counties cannot be identified. Thus, some state totals may be underestimated and some states do not appear at all. Intra-city Shares of Borough Entering and Exiting Tax Filer Moves 1990-91 2006-07 Intra-city Share of Intra-city Share of Entrants Exits Entrants Exits Bronx 63.7% 41.5% 51.6% 33.6% Brooklyn 57.0% 45.0% 46.9% 43.5% Manhattan 39.4% 34.9% 24.8% 39.2% Queens 57.7% 30.4% 47.8% 30.0% 64.4% 29.4% 63.7% 32.8% SOURCE: IBO, using the County-to-County Migration Flow Data prepared by the Internal Revenue Service. Supplement to New Yorkers on the Move 1989-2007: Where They Came From, Where They Went
Numbers of Intra-city Movers Between Pairs of Boroughs 1990-91 2006-07 Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent the Bronx to the Bronx the Bronx to the Bronx Brooklyn 1,975 18.9 Brooklyn 1,915 19.6 Brooklyn 2,365 23 Brooklyn 2,627 19.8 Manhattan 5,363 51.4 Manhattan 5,856 59.8 Manhattan 5,317 51 Manhattan 8,050 60.5 Queens 2,899 27.8 Queens 1,903 19.4 Queens 2,489 24 Queens 2,411 18.1 203 1.9 114 1.2 252 2 210 1.6 Total 10,440 100.0 Total 9,788 100.0 Total 10,423 100 Total 13,298 100.0 Brooklyn to Brooklyn Brooklyn to Brooklyn Bronx 1,915 9.3 Bronx 1,975 13.4 Bronx 2,627 11 Bronx 2,365 11.3 Manhattan 6,509 31.5 Manhattan 5,889 40.0 Manhattan 6,275 27 Manhattan 9,944 47.3 Queens 9,495 46.0 Queens 5,972 40.6 Queens 10,815 47 Queens 7,314 34.8 2,721 13.2 876 6.0 3,227 14 1,396 6.6 Total 20,640 100.0 Total 14,712 100.0 Total 22,944 100 Total 21,019 100.0 Manhattan to Manhattan Manhattan to Manhattan Bronx 5,856 33.4 Bronx 5,363 30.0 Bronx 8,050 32 Bronx 5,317 31.5 Brooklyn 5,889 33.6 Brooklyn 6,509 36.4 Brooklyn 9,944 40 Brooklyn 6,275 37.2 Queens 5,280 30.1 Queens 5,493 30.7 Queens 6,343 26 Queens 4,793 28.4 504 2.9 509 2.8 466 2 500 3.0 Total 17,529 100.0 Total 17,874 100.0 Total 24,803 100 Total 16,885 100.0 Queens to Queens Queens to Queens Bronx 1,903 13.7 Bronx 2,899 16.1 Bronx 2,411 16 Bronx 2,489 12.4 Brooklyn 5,972 42.9 Brooklyn 9,495 52.7 Brooklyn 7,314 48 Brooklyn 10,815 53.8 Manhattan 5,493 39.5 Manhattan 5,280 29.3 Manhattan 4,793 32 Manhattan 6,343 31.6 544 3.9 332 1.8 609 4 451 2.2 Total 13,912 100.0 Total 18,006 100.0 15,127 100 20,098 100.0 to to Bronx 114 6.2 Bronx 203 5.1 Bronx 210 8 Bronx 252 5.5 Brooklyn 876 47.8 Brooklyn 2,721 68.5 Brooklyn 1,396 55 Brooklyn 3,227 70.9 Manhattan 509 27.8 Manhattan 504 12.7 Manhattan 500 20 Manhattan 466 10.2 Queens 332 18.1 Queens 544 13.7 Queens 451 18 Queens 609 13.4 Total 1,831 100.0 Total 3,972 100.0 Total 2,557 100 Total 4,554 100.0 TOTAL 64,352 64,352 Total 75,854 75,854 SOURCE: IBO, based on Internal Revenue Service County-to-County Migration Flow Data. Supplement to New Yorkers on the Move 1989-2007: Where They Came From, Where They Went