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: 60,080 out, 36,638 in, net +23,442
2020→2021: 60,225 out, 35,657 in, net +24,568
2021→2022: 56,546 out, 38,146 in, net +18,400
2022→2023: 51,984 out, 40,522 in, net +11,462
Where Suffolk County, MA's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Suffolk 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)13,242
Norfolk County (MA)9,272
Essex County (MA)4,352
Plymouth County (MA)2,958
Bristol County (MA)1,444
Worcester County (MA)1,438
New York County (NY)1,361
Providence County (RI)1,016
Kings County (NY)690
Los Angeles County (CA)640
Where Suffolk County, MA's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Suffolk County, MA,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.