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Who's moving to Arkansas

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

+5,391 net households from other states · #14 of 51 states
Arrived from other states
36,107
households, 2022-2023
Left for other states
30,716
households, 2022-2023
Moved within Arkansas
45,859
households changed county, stayed in state

+5,391 net households — For every 100 households that left Arkansas for another state, about 118 arrived. Arkansas is a net gainer. That lead is growing — up 1267% on five years ago. Another 220 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years
Every move in or out of Arkansas, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.
+392
18–19
+4,110
19–20
+6,771
20–21
+6,433
21–22
+5,358
22–23
Rogers · Benton County: +1,913 net from other states, 19,000 moved in or out Fayetteville · Washington County: +519 net from other states, 15,874 moved in or out Conway · Faulkner County: +209 net from other states, 7,345 moved in or out Benton · Saline County: +242 net from other states, 7,273 moved in or out Fort Smith · Sebastian County: +207 net from other states, 6,732 moved in or out Jonesboro · Craighead County: +84 net from other states, 5,964 moved in or out Cabot · Lonoke County: +181 net from other states, 5,163 moved in or out Hot Springs · Garland County: +226 net from other states, 5,038 moved in or out Searcy · White County: +70 net from other states, 3,707 moved in or out Van Buren · Crawford County: +95 net from other states, 3,345 moved in or out Russellville · Pope County: +55 net from other states, 3,086 moved in or out Texarkana · Miller County: +47 net from other states, 2,640 moved in or out Pine Bluff · Jefferson County: -6 net from other states, 2,563 moved in or out Mountain Home · Baxter County: +206 net from other states, 2,297 moved in or out West Memphis · Crittenden County: -9 net from other states, 2,116 moved in or out Paragould · Greene County: +70 net from other states, 2,110 moved in or out Harrison · Boone County: +70 net from other states, 1,819 moved in or out Malvern · Hot Spring County: +85 net from other states, 1,610 moved in or out Batesville · Independence County: +19 net from other states, 1,608 moved in or out Berryville · Carroll County: +71 net from other states, 1,542 moved in or out Blytheville · Mississippi County: +66 net from other states, 1,534 moved in or out Heber Springs · Cleburne County: +72 net from other states, 1,503 moved in or out El Dorado · Union County: -74 net from other states, 1,293 moved in or out Clarksville · Johnson County: +33 net from other states, 1,195 moved in or out Cherokee Village · Sharp County: +93 net from other states, 1,147 moved in or out Arkadelphia · Clark County: +11 net from other states, 1,098 moved in or out Trumann · Poinsett County: +22 net from other states, 1,120 moved in or out Bull Shoals · Marion County: +138 net from other states, 1,090 moved in or out Dardanelle · Yell County: +52 net from other states, 1,084 moved in or out Morrilton · Conway County: +40 net from other states, 1,030 moved in or out Huntsville · Madison County: +63 net from other states, 997 moved in or out Camden · Ouachita County: -17 net from other states, 1,008 moved in or out Sheridan · Grant County: +13 net from other states, 976 moved in or out Booneville · Logan County: +81 net from other states, 977 moved in or out Ozark · Franklin County: +47 net from other states, 901 moved in or out Monticello · Drew County: +23 net from other states, 886 moved in or out Walnut Ridge · Lawrence County: +18 net from other states, 848 moved in or out Pocahontas · Randolph County: +38 net from other states, 848 moved in or out Clinton · Van Buren County: +53 net from other states, 849 moved in or out Forrest City · St. Francis County: -40 net from other states, 861 moved in or out Magnolia · Columbia County: +43 net from other states, 847 moved in or out Hope · Hempstead County: -17 net from other states, 777 moved in or out Mena · Polk County: +66 net from other states, 755 moved in or out Salem · Fulton County: +50 net from other states, 726 moved in or out Wynne · Cross County: -19 net from other states, 705 moved in or out Stuttgart · Arkansas County: -20 net from other states, 676 moved in or out Horseshoe Bend · Izard County: +108 net from other states, 672 moved in or out Piggott · Clay County: +32 net from other states, 651 moved in or out Crossett · Ashley County: +9 net from other states, 622 moved in or out Newport · Jackson County: -20 net from other states, 580 moved in or out Helena-West Helena · Phillips County: -29 net from other states, 585 moved in or out Ashdown · Little River County: -1 net from other states, 533 moved in or out Nashville · Howard County: -8 net from other states, 515 moved in or out De Queen · Sevier County: +23 net from other states, 523 moved in or out Mountain View · Stone County: +92 net from other states, 517 moved in or out Perryville · Perry County: +9 net from other states, 488 moved in or out Glenwood · Pike County: +10 net from other states, 475 moved in or out Dumas · Desha County: -3 net from other states, 456 moved in or out Star City · Lincoln County: +7 net from other states, 426 moved in or out Waldron · Scott County: +57 net from other states, 426 moved in or out Mount Ida · Montgomery County: +23 net from other states, 398 moved in or out Marshall · Searcy County: +47 net from other states, 403 moved in or out Dermott · Chicot County: -9 net from other states, 371 moved in or out Marble Falls · Newton County: +37 net from other states, 350 moved in or out Prescott · Nevada County: -11 net from other states, 354 moved in or out Warren · Bradley County: +12 net from other states, 346 moved in or out Fordyce · Dallas County: +5 net from other states, 348 moved in or out Rison · Cleveland County: +6 net from other states, 348 moved in or out Marianna · Lee County: -1 net from other states, 310 moved in or out Des Arc · Prairie County: +20 net from other states, 314 moved in or out Stamps · Lafayette County: -4 net from other states, 271 moved in or out Brinkley · Monroe County: +5 net from other states, 276 moved in or out Hampton · Calhoun County: +21 net from other states, 204 moved in or out Augusta · Woodruff County: +0 net from other states, 199 moved in or out Little Rock · Pulaski County: -235 net from other states, 20,490 moved in or out
Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Little Rock · Pulaski County — the busiest moving market in Arkansas.
Where Arkansas is gaining from other states
Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.
Rogers Benton County +1,913
#38 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Fayetteville Washington County +519
#116 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Benton Saline County +242
#173 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Hot Springs Garland County +226
#1,123 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Conway Faulkner County +209
#197 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Fort Smith Sebastian County +207
#851 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Mountain Home Baxter County +206
#439 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Cabot Lonoke County +181
#466 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth
Where Arkansas is losing to other states
Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.
Little Rock Pulaski County -235
El Dorado Union County -74
Forrest City St. Francis County -40
Helena-West Helena Phillips County -29
Stuttgart Arkansas County -20
Newport Jackson County -20
Wynne Cross County -19
Camden Ouachita County -17
Which states Arkansas trades households with
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.
Texas +193
3,191 in
2,998 out
Oklahoma +26
1,414 in
1,388 out
Missouri +120
1,325 in
1,205 out
Tennessee +223
923 in
700 out
California +548
828 in
280 out
Colorado +107
301 in
194 out

Households arriving in Arkansas from another state report $63,384 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $59,925. Arrivals out-earn departures — Arkansas is trading up.

Arriving from another state$63,384
Leaving for another state$59,925
City-level breakdowns
Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 44% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 75 of Arkansas's counties have published data.