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New IRS Data Points to Affordability and Not Taxes as the Cause of Massachusetts Outmigration
Read MassBudget’s initial statement about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) state-to-state, county-to-county, and gross migration data for the United States on March, 19, 2026. Data ...
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New IRS Migration Data Shows No Evidence of Surtax-Driven Outmigration, Highlights Affordability Challenges
*This statement has been updated to clarify what dates are covered by the data.* Boston, MA — The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) finds ...
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New Census Migration Data for 2023 – Modest Domestic Outmigration Offset by Larger International Inflow
The newly released 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that Massachusetts migration patterns were largely unchanged from those seen ...
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Data Do Not Show Massachusetts Facing a Crisis of Outmigration
Despite recurring warnings from some quarters, none of the available official data indicate that Massachusetts is in the midst of - or moving quickly toward ...
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Debunking the Five Major Myths About Outmigration
Recently, multiple news articles, op-eds, and think tank reports have asserted that Massachusetts is suffering an exodus of households, particularly high-income households, fleeing to states ...
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