It Shouldn’t Surprise You That More People Are Leaving Maryland Than Coming – Capital News Service
For as long as the United States has existed, people have moved between states in search of opportunity.
In 2013 slightly more people left Maryland than moved to the state, according to a Capital News Service analysis of IRS tax filing data that tracks migration.
The IRS migration data shows how many people are coming and going — but not why they move. It’s hard to say exactly why more people are leaving Maryland than coming from the IRS data.
Benjamin Orr, executive director of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, said other research has shown that the main reasons are: family, career, retirement and weather. “Those are all far ahead of taxes as the reason why people move,” he said.
