Arizona vs Oklahoma: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Oklahoma. In 2022–23, 996 more people moved from Arizona to Oklahoma than the other way.

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Oklahoma → Arizona1,674 people

Arrivals' income: $57.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → Oklahoma2,670 people

Leavers' income: $57.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,344 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2018–19, more have moved to Oklahoma.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and Oklahoma (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+27
2014–15 †	−10
2015–16	+187
2016–17 †	+224
2017–18	+81
2018–19	−53
2019–20	−78
2020–21	−442
2021–22	−570
2022–23 †	−423

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2018–19 turn falls between them.

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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Oklahoma

Net change, all states: +12,589
Moved in · moved out: 85,394 · 72,805
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $59.0k · $60.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Oklahoma 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	1,936	2,008	−72	962	935	$45.7k	$45.8k
2014–15 †	1,291	1,436	−145	704	714	$42.4k	$44.3k
2015–16	2,212	1,720	+492	1,049	862	$55.2k	$48.3k
2016–17 †	2,830	2,490	+340	1,404	1,180	$53.3k	$47.2k
2017–18	2,042	1,906	+136	1,027	946	$55.6k	$52.6k
2018–19	1,838	1,945	−107	925	978	$73.5k	$52.8k
2019–20	2,022	2,367	−345	1,029	1,107	$56.4k	$51.7k
2020–21	1,893	2,883	−990	1,022	1,464	$60.4k	$56.0k
2021–22	1,688	3,047	−1,359	957	1,527	$58.6k	$66.4k
2022–23 †	1,674	2,670	−996	961	1,384	$57.8k	$57.5k

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

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