Arizona vs New Mexico: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arizona. In 2022–23, 740 more people moved from New Mexico to Arizona than the other way.

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New Mexico → Arizona5,969 people

Arrivals' income: $60.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → New Mexico5,229 people

Leavers' income: $56.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,198 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 New Mexico every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and New Mexico (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+900
2014–15 †	+487
2015–16	+1,192
2016–17 †	+1,469
2017–18	+904
2018–19	+1,036
2019–20	+547
2020–21	+475
2021–22	+232
2022–23 †	+429

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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New Mexico

Net change, all states: −1,924
Moved in · moved out: 51,817 · 53,741
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $66.1k · $68.7k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New Mexico 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	8,923	6,974	+1,949	3,994	3,094	$42.6k	$40.4k
2014–15 †	6,669	5,913	+756	3,096	2,609	$39.6k	$34.2k
2015–16	9,074	6,008	+3,066	4,054	2,862	$47.5k	$42.5k
2016–17 †	10,106	6,868	+3,238	4,758	3,289	$54.0k	$45.6k
2017–18	7,458	5,648	+1,810	3,669	2,765	$50.1k	$46.6k
2018–19	7,286	5,200	+2,086	3,644	2,608	$52.5k	$48.5k
2019–20	6,946	6,013	+933	3,492	2,945	$74.8k	$51.7k
2020–21	6,344	5,493	+851	3,469	2,994	$55.6k	$52.4k
2021–22	5,727	5,385	+342	3,254	3,022	$62.8k	$58.5k
2022–23 †	5,969	5,229	+740	3,435	3,006	$60.4k	$56.6k

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

Cite this comparison

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