Citable statement

In ACS 2024, 266,483 people living in Georgia reported living in another U.S. state one year earlier (± 15,404), and 229,471 people living in another state reported living in Georgia a year earlier (± 14,333), both at 90% margin of error.

ACS 2024 Table T13 · Source, limits and how to cite

Net interstate balance

Georgia recorded 37,012 more arrivals from other states than departures to them (difference ± 21,041, 90% MOE). That balance is larger than its own margin of error, so the direction is distinguishable from zero at 90% confidence.

Newer estimate · Vintage 2025

Georgia's population in the year to July 2025

On July 1, 2025, Georgia had an estimated 11,302,748 residents, 98,540 more than a year earlier (+0.88%). Ranked by that rate of change, it is 11th of the 50 states and DC.

Components of change in the year to July 2025

Natural change (births minus deaths)+28,631
Net international migration+42,579
Net domestic migration (other states)+27,333

All three parts of the change added people: net international migration (42,579), natural change (28,631) and net domestic migration (27,333), largest first. Births outnumbered deaths, 126,446 to 97,815. The remaining 3 is the Census Bureau's residual, change the three parts do not explain.

Net domestic migration came to 2.4 per 1,000 residents, 16th among the 50 states and DC. Counting international arrivals too, net migration was 6.2 per 1,000.

Against the April 2020 estimates base of 10,713,861, the 2025 estimate is up 5.5%.

Both Census sources point the same way: the state-to-state survey counted more arrivals than departures, outside its margin of error, and the 2025 estimate puts net domestic migration at +27,333.

Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates, released January 2026

Reading the latest table

Georgia's clear gains come from Florida, California and New York

Florida is the largest exchange in both of Georgia's lists: 52,371 Georgia residents lived in Florida a year earlier, while 34,388 Florida residents came from Georgia. The inward difference of 17,983 ±10,307 clears the 90% comparison. California (7,189 ±4,374) and New York (4,519 ±4,037) also lean toward Georgia by more than their margins.

Georgia's other bordering exchanges do not. North Carolina shows an outward point gap of 3,748 and Tennessee one of 769, both inside their margins, and the South Carolina and Alabama pairs are unresolved as well. Georgia's statewide inward difference, 37,012 ±21,041, is established for this one year. Among the listed partners, the pairs with an established inward direction are Florida and two distant states, not a surplus from every neighbor. See Florida's state page.

Differences use the site's published 90% comparison method. These ACS figures describe residence one year earlier, not shipments or moving prices. Read the method.

Paired directions · Latest ACS

Georgia's largest two-way state exchanges

Florida and Georgia form the largest measured two-way pair for Georgia: 52,371 people arrived from Florida, while 34,388 left for Florida, 86,759 in both directions together.

Partner
Florida
Into Georgia
52,371
Out of Georgia
34,388
Net direction at 90%
More arrived from Florida · Difference 17,983 ± 10,307
Partner
Texas
Into Georgia
20,968
Out of Georgia
19,481
Net direction at 90%
Not established · Difference 1,487 ± 5,253
Partner
North Carolina
Into Georgia
15,283
Out of Georgia
19,031
Net direction at 90%
Not established · Difference 3,748 ± 5,056
Partner
South Carolina
Into Georgia
16,878
Out of Georgia
16,024
Net direction at 90%
Not established · Difference 854 ± 5,333
Partner
Alabama
Into Georgia
15,804
Out of Georgia
15,194
Net direction at 90%
Not established · Difference 610 ± 6,177

1 of these 5 pairs have a directional difference larger than its own 90% margin of error. How the difference is tested.

Next door or across the country?

41% of the arrivals counted in the state-to-state table came from the 5 states sharing a land border with Georgia; the rest came from farther away, led by Texas (20,968). The largest bordering source was Florida, with 52,371.

Largest inbound origins

Florida → Georgia52,371 ± 8,290
Texas → Georgia20,968 ± 3,871
South Carolina → Georgia16,878 ± 4,012
Alabama → Georgia15,804 ± 5,475
North Carolina → Georgia15,283 ± 2,967
California → Georgia14,052 ± 3,801
New York → Georgia12,771 ± 3,304
Virginia → Georgia10,298 ± 3,734
Tennessee → Georgia10,017 ± 2,556
Pennsylvania → Georgia7,365 ± 2,340

Largest outbound destinations

Georgia → Florida34,388 ± 6,124
Georgia → Texas19,481 ± 3,551
Georgia → North Carolina19,031 ± 4,094
Georgia → South Carolina16,024 ± 3,513
Georgia → Alabama15,194 ± 2,860
Georgia → Tennessee10,786 ± 2,605
Georgia → Virginia9,219 ± 3,137
Georgia → New York8,252 ± 2,319
Georgia → California6,863 ± 2,164
Georgia → Ohio6,094 ± 2,030

Ranked corridors out of Georgia (16)

Georgia → Florida34,388 ± 6,124
Georgia → Texas19,481 ± 3,551
Georgia → North Carolina19,031 ± 4,094
Georgia → South Carolina16,024 ± 3,513
Georgia → Alabama15,194 ± 2,860
Georgia → Tennessee10,786 ± 2,605
Georgia → Virginia9,219 ± 3,137
Georgia → New York8,252 ± 2,319
Georgia → California6,863 ± 2,164
Georgia → Ohio6,094 ± 2,030
Georgia → Maryland5,702 ± 2,720
Georgia → Washington5,613 ± 2,048
Georgia → Illinois5,242 ± 1,896
Georgia → Pennsylvania5,227 ± 2,144
Georgia → Indiana5,140 ± 2,513
Georgia → Kentucky5,106 ± 1,679

Ranked corridors into Georgia (15)

Florida → Georgia52,371 ± 8,290
Texas → Georgia20,968 ± 3,871
South Carolina → Georgia16,878 ± 4,012
Alabama → Georgia15,804 ± 5,475
North Carolina → Georgia15,283 ± 2,967
California → Georgia14,052 ± 3,801
New York → Georgia12,771 ± 3,304
Virginia → Georgia10,298 ± 3,734
Tennessee → Georgia10,017 ± 2,556
Pennsylvania → Georgia7,365 ± 2,340
New Jersey → Georgia6,770 ± 2,580
Louisiana → Georgia6,487 ± 2,221
Illinois → Georgia6,392 ± 2,157
Maryland → Georgia6,199 ± 1,461
Ohio → Georgia5,300 ± 1,570

Largest inbound origin: Florida. Largest outbound destination: Florida.

Moving to Georgia: migration data