Arizona vs Illinois: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arizona. In 2022–23, 3,117 more people moved from Illinois to Arizona than the other way.

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Illinois → Arizona8,751 people

Arrivals' income: $112.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → Illinois5,634 people

Leavers' income: $71.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

14,385 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 Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and Illinois (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+2,402
2014–15 †	+1,786
2015–16	+3,221
2016–17 †	+4,757
2017–18	+3,345
2018–19	+3,516
2019–20	+3,867
2020–21	+3,583
2021–22	+2,777
2022–23 †	+1,922

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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Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Illinois 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	9,217	4,437	+4,780	4,945	2,543	$70.1k	$53.8k
2014–15 †	6,253	3,066	+3,187	3,590	1,804	$87.8k	$57.4k
2015–16	10,626	4,228	+6,398	5,699	2,478	$91.3k	$64.1k
2016–17 †	15,310	5,872	+9,438	8,184	3,427	$81.1k	$64.5k
2017–18	11,114	4,685	+6,429	6,123	2,778	$89.8k	$54.6k
2018–19	11,026	4,380	+6,646	6,168	2,652	$98.8k	$63.4k
2019–20	12,501	5,059	+7,442	6,810	2,943	$111.2k	$69.4k
2020–21	11,778	5,231	+6,547	6,758	3,175	$141.4k	$75.0k
2021–22	10,558	5,774	+4,784	6,353	3,576	$117.5k	$84.9k
2022–23 †	8,751	5,634	+3,117	5,528	3,606	$112.9k	$71.1k

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

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