Table 51: Number of Migrants and Percent of Population 5 Years of Age and Older Migrating for the United States and States in the United States, 1985 to 1990 and 1995 to 2000 - Ranked by Number of Migrants, 1995 to 2000 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Number Percent _____________________ _____________________ Rank US/State 1985-1990 1995-2000 1985-1990 1995-2000 _____________________________________________________________________________________ . United States 26,694,007 29,585,306 11.6 11.3 1 California 6,711,103 5,944,609 24.5 18.9 2 Texas 3,511,429 4,491,762 22.5 23.3 3 Florida 3,510,399 3,825,328 29.0 25.4 4 New York 2,800,017 2,911,167 16.7 16.4 5 Georgia 1,669,176 2,253,693 27.9 29.7 6 Illinois 1,713,580 1,978,276 16.2 17.1 7 Virginia 1,869,466 1,968,850 32.5 29.7 8 North Carolina 1,364,964 1,854,339 22.1 24.7 9 Ohio 1,579,429 1,711,527 15.7 16.1 10 Pennsylvania 1,607,606 1,708,780 14.5 14.8 11 Michigan 1,469,786 1,637,417 17.1 17.7 12 New Jersey 1,443,056 1,530,406 20.0 19.5 13 Colorado 928,388 1,317,682 30.5 32.9 14 Washington 1,161,629 1,314,819 25.8 23.9 15 Missouri 1,054,538 1,193,478 22.2 22.8 16 Arizona 894,155 1,192,472 26.5 25.1 17 Massachusetts 1,043,156 1,116,355 18.6 18.7 18 Tennessee 870,198 1,109,706 19.1 20.9 19 Maryland 1,086,186 1,107,559 24.5 22.4 20 Indiana 942,905 1,102,833 18.3 19.5 21 Minnesota 876,908 1,039,911 21.7 22.6 22 Wisconsin 800,757 952,630 17.7 19.0 23 Oregon 715,288 839,315 27.1 26.2 24 South Carolina 677,357 814,838 21.0 21.7 25 Oklahoma 650,330 756,953 22.3 23.5 26 Alabama 642,583 740,763 17.1 17.8 27 Kentucky 590,556 731,558 17.2 19.4 28 Louisiana 592,899 683,628 15.3 16.5 29 Nevada 393,170 593,897 35.4 32.0 30 Kansas 540,311 583,986 23.6 23.4 31 Arkansas 452,552 546,592 20.7 21.9 32 Iowa 475,321 542,613 18.4 19.8 33 Connecticut 535,762 532,706 17.5 16.7 34 Mississippi 406,704 501,260 17.1 19.0 35 Utah 325,148 487,007 20.9 24.1 36 New Mexico 324,951 370,066 23.4 21.9 37 Nebraska 299,232 349,344 20.5 21.9 38 Idaho 234,013 316,502 25.3 26.4 39 West Virginia 234,285 266,974 13.9 15.6 40 New Hampshire 272,618 258,833 26.6 22.3 41 Maine 230,964 211,072 20.2 17.5 42 Montana 170,525 202,318 23.0 23.9 43 Hawaii 238,687 195,927 23.3 17.3 44 Rhode Island 175,587 172,908 18.8 17.6 45 South Dakota 143,656 163,020 22.4 23.2 46 Alaska 157,135 151,447 31.7 26.1 47 District of Columbia 133,361 143,428 23.4 26.6 48 Delaware 114,674 135,660 18.6 18.5 49 North Dakota 121,145 129,200 20.5 21.4 50 Wyoming 100,280 113,997 23.9 24.6 51 Vermont 115,247 113,250 22.1 19.7 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Note: Migrants are defined as persons who were in a different residence in 2000 than in 1995 and for whom the 2000 residence was in a different county or country than their residence in 1995; that is, a migrant is one who in moving crosses a county boundary in the United States or who comes to the United States from another nation. The total number of migrants in this table thus includes both domestic migrants and international migrants.