Alabama vs Mississippi: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Alabama. In 2022–23, 1,059 more people moved from Mississippi to Alabama than the other way.

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Mississippi → Alabama5,847 people

Arrivals' income: $55.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alabama → Mississippi4,788 people

Leavers' income: $58.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

10,635 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Alabama than to Mississippi every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alabama and Mississippi (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+234
2014–15 †	+190
2015–16	+410
2016–17 †	+614
2017–18	+458
2018–19	+549
2019–20	+651
2020–21	+495
2021–22	+472
2022–23 †	+699

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

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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Mississippi

Net change, all states: −3,142
Moved in · moved out: 56,470 · 59,612
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $56.9k · $53.6k

Mississippi page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Mississippi 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	5,857	5,364	+493	2,796	2,562	$44.7k	$39.6k
2014–15 †	4,562	4,275	+287	2,212	2,022	$41.0k	$41.1k
2015–16	5,727	4,772	+955	2,779	2,369	$47.5k	$45.8k
2016–17 †	7,482	6,115	+1,367	3,539	2,925	$52.0k	$45.0k
2017–18	5,731	4,925	+806	2,845	2,387	$51.3k	$46.5k
2018–19	5,715	4,617	+1,098	2,842	2,293	$50.0k	$49.3k
2019–20	6,229	4,933	+1,296	3,082	2,431	$60.0k	$48.4k
2020–21	5,903	5,020	+883	3,101	2,606	$54.4k	$50.4k
2021–22	5,669	4,627	+1,042	3,014	2,542	$56.5k	$52.0k
2022–23 †	5,847	4,788	+1,059	3,287	2,588	$55.4k	$58.5k

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

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