Arizona vs Iowa: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arizona. In 2022–23, 134 more people moved from Iowa to Arizona than the other way.

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Iowa → Arizona2,029 people

Arrivals' income: $77.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → Iowa1,895 people

Leavers' income: $67.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,924 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 Iowa every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and Iowa (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+330
2014–15 †	+213
2015–16	+423
2016–17 †	+585
2017–18	+455
2018–19	+477
2019–20	+500
2020–21	+238
2021–22	+175
2022–23 †	+176

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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Iowa

Net change, all states: −1,467
Moved in · moved out: 57,011 · 58,478
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $61.6k · $64.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Iowa 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	1,994	1,436	+558	1,107	777	$61.4k	$45.4k
2014–15 †	1,379	1,026	+353	777	564	$65.5k	$43.6k
2015–16	2,078	1,468	+610	1,173	750	$61.6k	$50.7k
2016–17 †	3,063	2,156	+907	1,715	1,130	$61.7k	$50.0k
2017–18	2,405	1,650	+755	1,358	903	$75.0k	$52.0k
2018–19	2,421	1,599	+822	1,369	892	$107.5k	$62.3k
2019–20	2,684	1,858	+826	1,526	1,026	$72.7k	$62.7k
2020–21	2,541	2,138	+403	1,478	1,240	$73.9k	$59.3k
2021–22	2,325	2,148	+177	1,430	1,255	$92.9k	$65.7k
2022–23 †	2,029	1,895	+134	1,308	1,132	$77.5k	$67.9k

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

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