Citable statement
In ACS 2024, 65,391 people living in Mississippi reported living in another U.S. state one year earlier (± 7,071), and 55,258 people living in another state reported living in Mississippi a year earlier (± 8,138), both at 90% margin of error.
- Source ·
- U.S. Census Bureau, State-to-State Migration Flows: 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (Table T13). Official release Jan 21, 2026. Margins of error are 90% MOE.
- Status ·
- Latest available as of Sep 7, 2026. No 2025 state-to-state table is published.
- Limitation ·
- Previous-residence counts of people aged 1 and over, not household-goods shipments or permanent relocations. Moves from abroad are excluded from these two totals.
- Cite as ·
- IMMERVEIL, “Mississippi interstate migration, ACS 2024”, https://immerveil.fyi/states/mississippi — derived from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 1-year Table T13.
Net interstate balance
Mississippi recorded 10,133 more arrivals from other states than departures to them (difference ± 10,781, 90% MOE). That balance sits inside its own margin of error, so the table does not establish a net direction.
Difference test: √(MOE_in² + MOE_out²) per Census Bureau statistical-testing guidance. Not a net count of trucks or shipments.
Largest inbound origins
- Texas → Mississippi8,574 ± 2,693
- Tennessee → Mississippi8,457 ± 2,868
- Alabama → Mississippi8,215 ± 3,035
- Louisiana → Mississippi7,040 ± 1,846
- Arkansas → Mississippi5,010 ± 2,899
- Georgia → Mississippi3,210 ± 1,580
- Florida → Mississippi3,023 ± 1,163
- California → Mississippi2,785 ± 1,494
- North Carolina → Mississippi1,811 ± 874
- Illinois → Mississippi1,744 ± 592
Largest outbound destinations
- Mississippi → Texas11,003 ± 4,181
- Mississippi → Alabama7,574 ± 2,264
- Mississippi → Tennessee7,292 ± 2,444
- Mississippi → Louisiana5,108 ± 1,973
- Mississippi → Florida4,724 ± 3,591
- Mississippi → Georgia3,304 ± 1,354
- Mississippi → Arkansas2,005 ± 1,159
- Mississippi → California1,778 ± 1,348
- Mississippi → Oklahoma1,323 ± 991
- Mississippi → New York1,238 ± 1,414
Indexed corridors out of Mississippi (4)
- Mississippi → Texas11,003 ± 4,181
- Mississippi → Alabama7,574 ± 2,264
- Mississippi → Tennessee7,292 ± 2,444
- Mississippi → Louisiana5,108 ± 1,973
Indexed corridors into Mississippi (4)
- Texas → Mississippi8,574 ± 2,693
- Tennessee → Mississippi8,457 ± 2,868
- Alabama → Mississippi8,215 ± 3,035
- Louisiana → Mississippi7,040 ± 1,846
Largest inbound origin: Texas. Largest outbound destination: Texas.
Questions this page answers
- Where does Mississippi rank among U.S. states for interstate migration?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 34th of 51 for people arriving from another state; 37th of 51 for people leaving for another state. Ranks are competition ranks among the 50 states and DC; ties share a rank.
- Does Mississippi gain or lose people to other states?
- Mississippi recorded 10,133 more arrivals from other states than departures to them (difference ± 10,781, 90% MOE). That balance sits inside its own margin of error, so the table does not establish a net direction.
- How many people moved into Mississippi from another U.S. state?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 65,391 ± 7,071 (90% MOE). Previous-residence, not a count of trucks.
- How many people left Mississippi for another U.S. state?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 55,258 ± 8,138 (90% MOE).
- Is this the latest official table?
- Yes. Released 2026-01-21. No 2025 ACS state-to-state table is published.