Alaska vs Colorado: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 183 more people moved from Alaska to Colorado than the other way.

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Colorado → Alaska1,054 people

Arrivals' income: $69.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alaska → Colorado1,237 people

Leavers' income: $68.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,291 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2021–22, more have moved to Colorado.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alaska and Colorado (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−123
2014–15 †	−138
2015–16	−143
2016–17 †	−312
2017–18	−156
2018–19	−85
2019–20	−149
2020–21	+48
2021–22	−82
2022–23 †	−72

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2021–22 turn falls between them.

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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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 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	1,238	1,544	−306	626	749	$57.2k	$58.2k
2014–15 †	689	986	−297	411	549	$54.4k	$59.4k
2015–16	1,238	1,583	−345	645	788	$53.3k	$63.0k
2016–17 †	1,556	2,269	−713	773	1,085	$53.9k	$64.7k
2017–18	1,121	1,449	−328	630	786	$53.7k	$60.2k
2018–19	1,139	1,320	−181	609	694	$59.1k	$67.1k
2019–20	1,115	1,466	−351	572	721	$74.0k	$71.6k
2020–21	1,280	1,158	+122	681	633	$64.6k	$64.5k
2021–22	1,130	1,289	−159	618	700	$71.2k	$74.5k
2022–23 †	1,054	1,237	−183	625	697	$69.1k	$68.7k

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

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