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: 77,411 out, 61,360 in, net +16,051
2020→2021: 78,285 out, 61,332 in, net +16,953
2021→2022: 76,529 out, 61,315 in, net +15,214
2022→2023: 68,951 out, 59,715 in, net +9,236
Where Middlesex County, MA's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Middlesex 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.
Suffolk County (MA)9,405
Worcester County (MA)7,627
Essex County (MA)7,552
Norfolk County (MA)5,643
Hillsborough County (NH)3,235
Rockingham County (NH)1,689
Plymouth County (MA)1,337
New York County (NY)1,292
Barnstable County (MA)1,109
Bristol County (MA)962
Where Middlesex County, MA's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Middlesex County, MA,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.