Arizona vs Oregon: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arizona. In 2022–23, 1,587 more people moved from Oregon to Arizona than the other way.

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Oregon → Arizona6,453 people

Arrivals' income: $97.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → Oregon4,866 people

Leavers' income: $71.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,319 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Oregon came out ahead every year until 2015–16. Since 2016–17, more have moved to Arizona.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and Oregon (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−393
2014–15 †	−212
2015–16	−522
2016–17 †	+116
2017–18	+636
2018–19	+703
2019–20	+1,018
2020–21	+1,148
2021–22	+1,138
2022–23 †	+877

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2016–17 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

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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Oregon

Net change, all states: −4,774
Moved in · moved out: 98,688 · 103,462
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.8k · $82.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Oregon 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	4,258	5,177	−919	2,370	2,763	$58.1k	$49.2k
2014–15 †	3,082	3,591	−509	1,792	2,004	$62.9k	$47.9k
2015–16	4,403	5,285	−882	2,425	2,947	$61.5k	$53.4k
2016–17 †	7,462	6,941	+521	4,025	3,909	$66.7k	$56.7k
2017–18	6,266	4,878	+1,388	3,479	2,843	$80.4k	$58.3k
2018–19	6,084	4,729	+1,355	3,481	2,778	$102.4k	$65.2k
2019–20	7,190	5,051	+2,139	4,035	3,017	$88.8k	$61.7k
2020–21	7,804	5,289	+2,515	4,386	3,238	$84.2k	$60.4k
2021–22	7,549	5,231	+2,318	4,433	3,295	$109.4k	$71.3k
2022–23 †	6,453	4,866	+1,587	4,007	3,130	$97.8k	$71.9k

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

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