No Significant Net Migration from Minnesota

by | Jun 27, 2018

In recent years, Minnesota conservatives have fretted over the net loss of population to other states. As with nearly every problem the state confronts, the culprit—according to conservatives—is Minnesota’s progressive tax and fiscal policy. The problem with this...

Low-Tax Wisconsin Losing More Income Tax Filers than Minnesota

by | Nov 29, 2017

In recent years, there has been a small net migration of income tax filers from Minnesota to other states. Conservative think tanks have argued that this net export of tax filers from the state is due to Minnesota’s tax climate—a claim debunked in a previous North...

Minnesota Outperforms Regional Migration, Population Trends

by | Feb 7, 2017

A new report from the conservative Tax Foundation and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce—Minnesota Illustrated—generally paints a gloomy picture of Minnesota. The previous article in this series showed that this portrayal was inappropriately bleak in several regards,...