Alaska vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?

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

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 134 more people moved from Alaska to North Carolina than the other way.

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North Carolina → Alaska903 people

Arrivals' income: $59.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alaska → North Carolina1,037 people

Leavers' income: $66.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,940 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alaska and North Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−15
2014–15 †	−61
2015–16	−83
2016–17 †	−120
2017–18	−39
2018–19	−85
2019–20	−66
2020–21	−55
2021–22	−74
2022–23 †	−63

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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North Carolina

Net change, all states: +69,108
Moved in · moved out: 295,243 · 226,135
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.2k · $74.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between North Carolina 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	1,294	1,262	+32	547	562	$39.6k	$45.8k
2014–15 †	767	847	−80	349	410	$40.5k	$41.0k
2015–16	1,064	1,198	−134	440	523	$44.0k	$51.6k
2016–17 †	1,542	1,832	−290	619	739	$50.6k	$57.1k
2017–18	1,007	1,052	−45	454	493	$45.5k	$52.0k
2018–19	969	1,159	−190	458	543	$49.3k	$54.3k
2019–20	1,020	1,144	−124	446	512	$48.3k	$58.0k
2020–21	1,041	1,111	−70	462	517	$57.0k	$66.7k
2021–22	947	1,133	−186	454	528	$58.9k	$65.9k
2022–23 †	903	1,037	−134	455	518	$59.4k	$66.5k

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

Cite this comparison

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