In recent years, California has experienced negative domestic migration, meaning more people are moving from California to other states than the number of residents moving to California from other parts of the country. The increase in the number of residents moving out the Golden State to other parts of the United States is often blamed on California’s high personal income taxes. However, data from the U.S. Census Bureau show this perceived connection between outKmigrants and the state’s income tax is overblown at best, and non-existent at worst.
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