Arkansas vs California: which way are people moving?

Name: Arkansas vs California: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Arkansas. In 2022–23, 2,988 more people moved from California to Arkansas than the other way.

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California → Arkansas5,206 people

Arrivals' income: $68.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arkansas → California2,218 people

Leavers' income: $64.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

7,424 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Arkansas than to California every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arkansas and California (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+73
2014–15 †	+155
2015–16	+291
2016–17 †	+747
2017–18	+613
2018–19	+748
2019–20	+1,222
2020–21	+1,902
2021–22	+1,963
2022–23 †	+1,423

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Arkansas

Net change, all states: +11,211
Moved in · moved out: 68,449 · 57,238
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $63.0k · $59.3k

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California

Net change, all states: −200,547
Moved in · moved out: 389,700 · 590,247
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $95.5k · $102.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between California and Arkansas, 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	3,385	3,011	+374	1,635	1,562	$44.8k	$41.3k
2014–15 †	2,480	2,039	+441	1,270	1,115	$39.5k	$39.9k
2015–16	3,619	2,677	+942	1,740	1,449	$50.9k	$59.0k
2016–17 †	5,099	3,123	+1,976	2,427	1,680	$48.5k	$52.6k
2017–18	4,003	2,576	+1,427	2,006	1,393	$53.7k	$54.1k
2018–19	3,870	2,202	+1,668	1,963	1,215	$59.1k	$57.3k
2019–20	5,209	2,246	+2,963	2,455	1,233	$75.0k	$53.4k
2020–21	6,554	2,126	+4,428	3,139	1,237	$72.3k	$52.4k
2021–22	6,728	2,313	+4,415	3,311	1,348	$79.2k	$67.2k
2022–23 †	5,206	2,218	+2,988	2,736	1,313	$68.9k	$64.3k

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

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Moved Where. “Arkansas vs California: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/arkansas-vs-california. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.