Alabama vs Colorado: which way are people moving?

Name: Alabama vs Colorado: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Alabama. In 2022–23, 435 more people moved from Colorado to Alabama than the other way.

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Colorado → Alabama2,360 people

Arrivals' income: $78.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alabama → Colorado1,925 people

Leavers' income: $66.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,285 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Colorado came out ahead every year until 2019–20. Since 2020–21, more have moved to Alabama.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alabama and Colorado (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−189
2014–15 †	−155
2015–16	−239
2016–17 †	−48
2017–18	−78
2018–19	−37
2019–20	−7
2020–21	+136
2021–22	+166
2022–23 †	+126

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2020–21 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Alabama

Net change, all states: +16,337
Moved in · moved out: 102,902 · 86,565
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $66.5k · $63.9k

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Colorado

Net change, all states: +7,288
Moved in · moved out: 187,420 · 180,132
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.5k · $84.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Colorado and Alabama, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	1,355	1,647	−292	623	812	$58.4k	$46.8k
2014–15 †	932	1,130	−198	473	628	$52.8k	$44.7k
2015–16	1,491	1,777	−286	696	935	$55.1k	$78.1k
2016–17 †	2,566	2,383	+183	1,132	1,180	$62.5k	$58.7k
2017–18	1,890	1,785	+105	850	928	$62.9k	$66.9k
2018–19	1,888	1,706	+182	899	936	$65.1k	$113.7k
2019–20	2,126	1,935	+191	1,019	1,026	$64.5k	$60.7k
2020–21	2,419	1,858	+561	1,214	1,078	$69.7k	$65.4k
2021–22	2,474	1,912	+562	1,275	1,109	$85.2k	$86.7k
2022–23 †	2,360	1,925	+435	1,261	1,135	$78.1k	$66.8k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

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Moved Where. “Alabama vs Colorado: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/alabama-vs-colorado. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.