Arkansas vs Colorado: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arkansas. In 2022–23, 574 more people moved from Colorado to Arkansas than the other way.

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Colorado → Arkansas1,971 people

Arrivals' income: $75.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arkansas → Colorado1,397 people

Leavers' income: $60.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,368 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Colorado came out ahead every year until 2016–17. Since 2017–18, more have moved to Arkansas.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arkansas and Colorado (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−203
2014–15 †	−211
2015–16	−127
2016–17 †	−26
2017–18	+23
2018–19	+21
2019–20	+273
2020–21	+539
2021–22	+502
2022–23 †	+225

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2017–18 turn falls between them.

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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Colorado

Net change, all states: +7,288
Moved in · moved out: 187,420 · 180,132
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.5k · $84.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Colorado 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	1,159	1,472	−313	555	758	$49.4k	$49.3k
2014–15 †	731	1,069	−338	368	579	$45.1k	$50.9k
2015–16	1,364	1,448	−84	666	793	$52.0k	$56.9k
2016–17 †	1,957	1,867	+90	970	996	$55.5k	$56.9k
2017–18	1,632	1,558	+74	835	812	$55.5k	$55.6k
2018–19	1,623	1,503	+120	849	828	$62.2k	$60.1k
2019–20	1,960	1,446	+514	1,029	756	$60.9k	$66.5k
2020–21	2,481	1,277	+1,204	1,271	732	$69.5k	$55.1k
2021–22	2,574	1,354	+1,220	1,324	822	$79.6k	$57.9k
2022–23 †	1,971	1,397	+574	1,100	875	$75.4k	$60.7k

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

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