Arizona vs South Dakota: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arizona. In 2022–23, 433 more people moved from South Dakota to Arizona than the other way.

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South Dakota → Arizona1,466 people

Arrivals' income: $73.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arizona → South Dakota1,033 people

Leavers' income: $83.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,499 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 South Dakota every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arizona and South Dakota (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+180
2014–15 †	+141
2015–16	+288
2016–17 †	+347
2017–18	+244
2018–19	+295
2019–20	+274
2020–21	+128
2021–22	+147
2022–23 †	+265

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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South Dakota

Net change, all states: +2,412
Moved in · moved out: 26,881 · 24,469
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $73.7k · $63.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between South Dakota 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	1,174	826	+348	629	449	$50.1k	$70.0k
2014–15 †	918	638	+280	512	371	$42.7k	$60.9k
2015–16	1,332	815	+517	724	436	$47.9k	$54.5k
2016–17 †	1,720	1,023	+697	926	579	$55.5k	$51.2k
2017–18	1,311	871	+440	737	493	$58.2k	$63.0k
2018–19	1,509	907	+602	825	530	$77.3k	$71.9k
2019–20	1,558	1,097	+461	877	603	$71.6k	$87.5k
2020–21	1,455	1,343	+112	844	716	$69.0k	$88.5k
2021–22	1,477	1,230	+247	846	699	$78.0k	$95.7k
2022–23 †	1,466	1,033	+433	901	636	$73.1k	$83.5k

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

Cite this comparison

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