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In 2019, 9,734 people moved to Washington County from elsewhere in the U.S., according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a decrease from the year before, when 9,751 people migrated to Washington County from across the U.S.

The number of people moving to Washington County is offset by the 20,276 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 18,897 people who left the year before.

Migration data for the U.S. is based on year-to-year address changes reported on individual income tax returns filed with the IRS.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, most U.S. regions saw its population shrink.

The Northeast region of the U.S. suffered the greatest losses, while the Midwest saw population growth.

The U.S. Census Bureau found migration within the country mainly flows to the South, with many people moving to areas of Florida and Texas.

Years	Inflow	Outflow	Domestic Migration
2017-2018	10,259	19,016	-8,757
2018-2019	9,751	18,897	-9,146
2019-2020	9,734	20,276	-10,542