Arizona vs California: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arizona. In 2022–23, 21,803 more people moved from California to Arizona than the other way.

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California → Arizona47,885 people

Arrivals' income: $87.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → California26,082 people

Leavers' income: $75.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California is Arizona's biggest moving partner in both directions: 73,967 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 California every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and California (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+3,297
2014–15 †	+2,766
2015–16	+6,729
2016–17 †	+13,059
2017–18	+13,297
2018–19	+14,397
2019–20	+18,896
2020–21	+19,764
2021–22	+16,749
2022–23 †	+12,119

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

The two states overall

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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California

Net change, all states: −200,547
Moved in · moved out: 389,700 · 590,247
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $95.5k · $102.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between California and Arizona, 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	37,955	30,216	+7,739	19,302	16,005	$56.5k	$52.7k
2014–15 †	29,184	22,988	+6,196	15,330	12,564	$66.1k	$51.9k
2015–16	41,883	27,083	+14,800	21,581	14,852	$63.2k	$59.2k
2016–17 †	61,771	33,516	+28,255	31,675	18,616	$72.2k	$60.6k
2017–18	53,096	26,048	+27,048	27,982	14,685	$74.3k	$59.4k
2018–19	53,476	24,426	+29,050	28,696	14,299	$76.0k	$67.5k
2019–20	63,098	25,326	+37,772	33,571	14,675	$89.2k	$63.7k
2020–21	63,097	25,272	+37,825	35,173	15,409	$104.9k	$67.9k
2021–22	57,857	25,677	+32,180	32,864	16,115	$100.4k	$77.0k
2022–23 †	47,885	26,082	+21,803	28,402	16,283	$87.6k	$75.2k

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