Pennsylvania lost $1.7 billion in 2019 due to migration, study finds
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.
A key downside for those states with continuing outflows of people and their wealth is that the losses affect not just the year when a resident leaves but subsequent years as well, according to Wirepoints.
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Which States Gained the Most People, Wealth in 2019?
RankStateNet Adjusted Gross Income Gained/Lost (in Millions of Dollars)Net Number of People Gained/Lost1Florida$17,689.82126,7892Texas$4,016.52114,1943Arizona$3,848.3265,9674North Carolina$2,806.4548,4345South Carolina$2,572.8641,4436Nevada$2,119.3631,0557Colorado$2,001.4418,8888Tennessee$1,876.3934,0039Idaho$1,238.0622,85410Washington$1,130.4229,72311Oregon$781.4015,02812Utah$688.116,19813Montana$481.115,41014Georgia$421.0235,63315Delaware$352.936,33016Maine$333.735,37917New Hampshire$321.014,44118Alabama$261.018,75219Wyoming$224.3243420South Dakota$156.5837621New Mexico$50.081822Vermont-$12.75-1,29523Oklahoma-$28.113,88524Arkansas-$54.112,22025Rhode Island-$78.48-1,82526Mississippi-$134.31-8,01327North Dakota-$144.26-2,37928Kentucky-$190.47-1,08929West Virginia-$209.95-5,25530Wisconsin-$237.68-1,21331Nebraska-$245.51-4,59232Indiana-$342.534,33133Kansas-$390.57-10,41634Missouri-$392.4651935Louisiana-$484.90-18,89736Iowa-$516.78-5,38137Minnesota-$922.43-4,49738Michigan-$1,134.62-13,61639Virginia-$1,170.20-3,60340Massachusetts-$1,432.52-25,83441Ohio-$1,621.47-10,96242Connecticut-$1,678.28-11,83243Pennsylvania-$1,719.02-12,60444Maryland-$1,837.62-15,89245New Jersey-$3,106.98-26,52846Illinois-$6,014.31-81,77047California-$8,840.84-165,35548New York-$8,994.95-152,703
Source: Wirepoints.org
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