Alabama vs Georgia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Alabama. In 2022–23, 1,674 more people moved from Georgia to Alabama than the other way.

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Georgia → Alabama17,174 people

Arrivals' income: $61.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alabama → Georgia15,500 people

Leavers' income: $54.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia is Alabama's biggest moving partner in both directions: 32,674 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Georgia came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Alabama.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alabama and Georgia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−764
2014–15 †	−683
2015–16	−951
2016–17 †	−204
2017–18	−132
2018–19	−369
2019–20	+492
2020–21	+942
2021–22	+736
2022–23 †	+697

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 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

Alabama page →

Georgia

Net change, all states: +35,536
Moved in · moved out: 265,330 · 229,794
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $70.2k · $72.3k

Georgia page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Georgia 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	16,672	17,877	−1,205	7,835	8,599	$41.8k	$39.2k
2014–15 †	12,269	13,258	−989	5,972	6,655	$41.7k	$38.2k
2015–16	15,067	16,268	−1,201	7,152	8,103	$47.0k	$46.8k
2016–17 †	19,942	19,361	+581	9,421	9,625	$54.9k	$47.7k
2017–18	16,158	15,813	+345	7,914	8,046	$51.1k	$47.5k
2018–19	14,693	14,924	−231	7,254	7,623	$56.8k	$50.2k
2019–20	17,282	15,636	+1,646	8,322	7,830	$58.7k	$55.3k
2020–21	16,900	14,323	+2,577	8,704	7,762	$58.6k	$50.4k
2021–22	17,200	14,709	+2,491	8,895	8,159	$67.9k	$59.1k
2022–23 †	17,174	15,500	+1,674	9,224	8,527	$61.1k	$54.7k

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

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