Kern County Times

In 2019, 8,949 people moved to Kern County from within the state, according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is an increase over the year before, when 8,356 people migrated to Kern County from elsewhere in the state.

The number of people moving to Kern County is offset by the 12,668 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 11,804 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.

Analysis from the Tax Foundation found that U.S. residents are flocking within the country to states with lower taxes. Florida and Texas, which don't have income tax, saw the highest migration rates in 2021-2022.

The study also showed that high-tax states, such as New York and California, are suffering from diminishing populations. A separate report from the Fiscal Policy Institute reported that more than 300,000 people alone left New York state in 2021 and 2022.

Years	Inflow	Outflow	Domestic Migration
2017-2018	8,217	11,960	-3,743
2018-2019	8,356	11,804	-3,448
2019-2020	8,949	12,668	-3,719