Alaska vs Arizona: which way are people moving?

Name: Alaska vs Arizona: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Arizona. In 2022–23, 598 more people moved from Alaska to Arizona than the other way.

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Arizona → Alaska1,032 people

Arrivals' income: $69.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alaska → Arizona1,630 people

Leavers' income: $74.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,662 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Arizona than to Alaska every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alaska and Arizona (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−254
2014–15 †	−126
2015–16	−227
2016–17 †	−521
2017–18	−486
2018–19	−333
2019–20	−317
2020–21	−264
2021–22	−376
2022–23 †	−314

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

The two states overall

Alaska

Net change, all states: −4,149
Moved in · moved out: 25,599 · 29,748
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $63.3k · $70.9k

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Arizona

Net change, all states: +27,127
Moved in · moved out: 202,429 · 175,302
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $87.5k · $75.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Arizona and Alaska, 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	1,131	1,640	−509	595	849	$50.3k	$60.9k
2014–15 †	871	1,140	−269	486	612	$58.8k	$58.7k
2015–16	1,084	1,511	−427	549	776	$44.5k	$66.9k
2016–17 †	1,336	2,328	−992	670	1,191	$51.6k	$66.5k
2017–18	936	1,888	−952	506	992	$57.5k	$67.3k
2018–19	1,048	1,718	−670	566	899	$59.2k	$72.1k
2019–20	1,245	1,882	−637	661	978	$65.0k	$83.0k
2020–21	1,285	1,704	−419	679	943	$68.4k	$77.8k
2021–22	1,199	1,839	−640	637	1,013	$72.3k	$87.0k
2022–23 †	1,032	1,630	−598	612	926	$69.4k	$74.5k

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

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Moved Where. “Alaska vs Arizona: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/alaska-vs-arizona. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.