Real IRS tax-return address changes, not a Census population estimate -- people who
actually filed from a different county the following year. Positive means more people
left than arrived; negative means the reverse. See the
reporting-vs-reality read of this same data
for how this compares against the Census's own population-change numbers.
2019→2020: 25,141 out, 24,123 in, net +1,018
2020→2021: 25,129 out, 23,104 in, net +2,025
2021→2022: 25,440 out, 22,196 in, net +3,244
2022→2023: 23,155 out, 20,868 in, net +2,287
Where Essex County, MA's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Essex County, MA to that one
county, in this one year -- not that county's own total gain from every source. Select it
in the picker above to see its own totals.
Middlesex County (MA)6,252
Suffolk County (MA)2,736
Rockingham County (NH)2,649
Hillsborough County (NH)1,041
Worcester County (MA)986
Norfolk County (MA)668
Plymouth County (MA)349
Strafford County (NH)327
York County (ME)304
Palm Beach County (FL)269
Where Essex County, MA's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Essex County, MA,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.