Manhattan attracted more interstate tax filers than any U.S. county, yet it lost roughly $922 million in adjusted gross income. The Internal Revenue Service published county migration files for the 2022-to-2023 period on March 20, 2026.
The figures cover New York County, which shares Manhattan’s boundaries. More filing households arrived from other states than departed, but the outgoing group reported substantially more income.
More filers, less income
The result placed Manhattan at the center of an unusual national migration pattern. The borough led all counties in net interstate tax-filer growth while suffering one of the country’s largest income losses tied to movers.
The latest county migration analysis identified a $922 million decline in adjusted gross income. That figure measures annual income reported by migrating filers, not accumulated wealth, property, or business assets…