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Between 2010 and 2018, Illinois saw a cumulative decrease in adjusted gross income (AGI ) of $34.3 billion, according to a new analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the independent research website Wirepoints.
Illinois, which has a flat state income tax, ranked 49th in the study comparing the 50 states’ AGI numbers to out- and in-migration numbers.
The state reported a 9.5% drop in AGI in between 2018 and 2010, when the adjusted gross income was $362.3 billion.
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Cumulative Gross Income Changes vs. Migration Trends
| State | Type of Income Tax | Cumulative Net Change in AGI Due to Domestic Migration 2010-2018 (in Billions) | Total AGI in 2010 | AGI Gain / Loss Compared to 2010 | Rank |
| Florida | Zero | $95.0 | $467.5 | 20.3% | 1 |
| South Carolina | Progressive | $15.2 | $94.1 | 16.1% | 2 |
| Nevada | Zero | $10.5 | $66.8 | 15.7% | 3 |
| Idaho | Progressive | $4.2 | $29.6 | 14.2% | 4 |
| Arizona | Progressive | $15.5 | $135.8 | 11.4% | 5 |
| Montana | Progressive | $2.4 | $21.6 | 11.1% | 6 |
| Colorado | Flat | $11.2 | $142.6 | 7.9% | 7 |
| North Carolina | Flat | $15.8 | $207.8 | 7.8% | 8 |
| Oregon | Progressive | $6.1 | $88.5 | 7.0% | 9 |
| Washington | Zero | $11.8 | $190.8 | 6.2% | 10 |
| Tennessee | Zero | $8.0 | $136.1 | 5.9% | 11 |
| Wyoming | Zero | $1.0 | $17.7 | 5.4% | 12 |
| Delaware | Progressive | $1.2 | $23.9 | 5.0% | 13 |
| Texas | Zero | $30.7 | $620.6 | 5.0% | 14 |
| Utah | Flat | $2.7 | $58.9 | 4.6% | 15 |
| Maine | Progressive | $1.3 | $30.0 | 4.2% | 16 |
| South Dakota | Zero | $0.6 | $19.8 | 3.2% | 17 |
| New Hampshire | Flat | $1.3 | $41.4 | 3.1% | 18 |
| Hawaii | Progressive | $0.5 | $33.4 | 1.6% | 19 |
| Georgia | Progressive | $3.1 | $216.0 | 1.4% | 20 |
| Alabama | Progressive | $0.8 | $98.9 | 0.8% | 21 |
| Arkansas | Progressive | -$0.2 | $56.0 | -0.3% | 22 |
| Oklahoma | Progressive | -$0.6 | $79.5 | -0.8% | 23 |
| Kentucky | Progressive | -$1.0 | $86.7 | -1.2% | 24 |
| Vermont | Progressive | -$0.2 | $15.7 | -1.3% | 25 |
| Indiana | Flat | -$3.0 | $143.2 | -2.1% | 26 |
| Missouri | Progressive | -$2.9 | $135.4 | -2.2% | 27 |
| Mississippi | Progressive | -$1.2 | $53.3 | -2.2% | 28 |
| New Mexico | Progressive | -$0.9 | $41.4 | -2.2% | 29 |
| North Dakota | Progressive | -$0.4 | $18.6 | -2.3% | 30 |
| California | Progressive | -$24.6 | $1,026.9 | -2.4% | 31 |
| Wisconsin | Progressive | -$3.7 | $143.8 | -2.6% | 32 |
| Louisiana | Progressive | -$2.7 | $98.2 | -2.7% | 33 |
| Iowa | Progressive | -$2.0 | $72.1 | -2.8% | 34 |
| Michigan | Flat | -$6.6 | $227.6 | -2.9% | 35 |
| Pennsylvania | Flat | -$10.4 | $339.7 | -3.1% | 36 |
| Virginia | Progressive | -$7.8 | $245.1 | -3.2% | 37 |
| Minnesota | Progressive | -$4.9 | $152.4 | -3.2% | 38 |
| West Virginia | Progressive | -$1.2 | $35.6 | -3.4% | 39 |
| Nebraska | Progressive | -$1.7 | $45.2 | -3.9% | 40 |
| Massachusetts | Flat | -$9.0 | $233.5 | -3.9% | 41 |
| Rhode Island | Progressive | -$1.2 | $28.3 | -4.2% | 42 |
| Ohio | Progressive | -$11.5 | $267.0 | -4.3% | 43 |
| Kansas | Progressive | -$3.1 | $70.7 | -4.4% | 44 |
| Maryland | Progressive | -$10.1 | $189.3 | -5.3% | 45 |
| New Jersey | Progressive | -$21.5 | $308.5 | -7.0% | 46 |
| Connecticut | Progressive | -$12.3 | $145.6 | -8.4% | 47 |
| New York | Progressive | -$54.1 | $628.4 | -8.6% | 48 |
| Illinois | Flat | -$34.3 | $362.3 | -9.5% | 49 |
| Alaska | Zero | -$2.3 | $21.5 | -10.9% | 50 |
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