Arizona vs Michigan: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Michigan. In 2022–23, 51 more people moved from Arizona to Michigan than the other way.

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Michigan → Arizona4,178 people

Arrivals' income: $79.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → Michigan4,229 people

Leavers' income: $69.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,407 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 Michigan every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and Michigan (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+663
2014–15 †	+714
2015–16	+1,060
2016–17 †	+1,004
2017–18	+916
2018–19	+903
2019–20	+922
2020–21	+392
2021–22	+243
2022–23 †	+47

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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Michigan

Net change, all states: −8,442
Moved in · moved out: 119,409 · 127,851
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.1k · $77.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Michigan 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	4,745	3,440	+1,305	2,554	1,891	$55.3k	$48.2k
2014–15 †	3,395	2,173	+1,222	1,945	1,231	$47.5k	$54.6k
2015–16	5,114	3,361	+1,753	2,842	1,782	$52.6k	$53.4k
2016–17 †	6,679	5,093	+1,586	3,700	2,696	$63.2k	$45.2k
2017–18	5,332	3,786	+1,546	2,967	2,051	$64.7k	$63.9k
2018–19	4,871	3,501	+1,370	2,836	1,933	$71.3k	$71.8k
2019–20	5,377	3,837	+1,540	3,005	2,083	$71.6k	$61.7k
2020–21	4,964	4,356	+608	2,880	2,488	$82.4k	$65.6k
2021–22	4,628	4,468	+160	2,799	2,556	$81.4k	$74.0k
2022–23 †	4,178	4,229	−51	2,568	2,521	$79.0k	$69.6k

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

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