Alabama vs Louisiana: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Alabama. In 2022–23, 655 more people moved from Louisiana to Alabama than the other way.

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Louisiana → Alabama2,549 people

Arrivals' income: $67.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alabama → Louisiana1,894 people

Leavers' income: $60.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,443 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Louisiana came out ahead every year until 2015–16. Since 2016–17, more have moved to Alabama.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alabama and Louisiana (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−180
2014–15 †	−154
2015–16	−22
2016–17 †	+492
2017–18	+122
2018–19	+159
2019–20	+332
2020–21	+464
2021–22	+574
2022–23 †	+274

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2016–17 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

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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Louisiana

Net change, all states: −17,333
Moved in · moved out: 65,960 · 83,293
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.2k · $62.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Louisiana 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	2,511	2,793	−282	1,194	1,374	$55.1k	$49.1k
2014–15 †	1,671	1,956	−285	883	1,037	$46.1k	$47.9k
2015–16	2,540	2,544	−4	1,263	1,285	$53.4k	$52.8k
2016–17 †	3,776	2,664	+1,112	1,795	1,303	$59.4k	$57.2k
2017–18	2,695	2,201	+494	1,278	1,156	$64.3k	$54.8k
2018–19	2,378	1,996	+382	1,198	1,039	$57.8k	$64.0k
2019–20	2,700	2,006	+694	1,346	1,014	$63.1k	$59.9k
2020–21	2,834	1,819	+1,015	1,431	967	$83.0k	$55.6k
2021–22	2,930	1,721	+1,209	1,522	948	$79.7k	$73.5k
2022–23 †	2,549	1,894	+655	1,375	1,101	$67.9k	$60.7k

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

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