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Who's moving to Hawaii

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

-2,597 net households from other states
Arrived from other states
25,026
households, 2022-2023
Left for other states
27,623
households, 2022-2023
Moved within Hawaii
2,830
households changed county, stayed in state

-2,597 net households — Arrivals from other states and departures to them are close in volume — departures edge ahead by 2,597 households. That loss has narrowed by 23% over five years. Another 1,396 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years
Every move in or out of Hawaii, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.
-3,314
18–19
-2,934
19–20
-3,813
20–21
-3,152
21–22
-2,546
22–23
Hilo · Hawaii County: +265 net from other states, 7,802 moved in or out Kahului · Maui County: -401 net from other states, 6,378 moved in or out Kapa'a · Kauai County: -94 net from other states, 2,551 moved in or out Honolulu · Honolulu County: -2,367 net from other states, 44,319 moved in or out
Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Honolulu · Honolulu County — the busiest moving market in Hawaii.
Where Hawaii 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.
Hilo Hawaii County +265
#254 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Where Hawaii 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.
Honolulu Honolulu County -2,367
Kahului Maui County -401
Kapa'a Kauai County -94
Which states Hawaii 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.
California +709
4,850 in
4,141 out
Washington -682
1,370 in
2,052 out
Texas -491
1,262 in
1,753 out
Nevada -990
783 in
1,773 out
Florida -151
884 in
1,035 out
Virginia -151
733 in
884 out

Households arriving in Hawaii from another state report $78,083 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $70,863. Arrivals out-earn departures — Hawaii is trading up.

Arriving from another state$78,083
Leaving for another state$70,863
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.

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 41% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 4 of Hawaii's counties have published data.