North Iowa Reporter

In 2019, 129 people moved to Mitchell County from within the state, according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a decrease from the year before, when 133 people migrated to Mitchell County from elsewhere in the state.

The number of people moving to Mitchell County is offset by the 196 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 177 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 their numbers 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	140	183	-43
2018-2019	133	177	-44
2019-2020	129	196	-67