Arkansas vs Illinois: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arkansas. In 2022–23, 354 more people moved from Illinois to Arkansas than the other way.

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Illinois → Arkansas1,834 people

Arrivals' income: $76.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arkansas → Illinois1,480 people

Leavers' income: $56.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,314 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 Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arkansas and Illinois (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+258
2014–15 †	+149
2015–16	+221
2016–17 †	+407
2017–18	+239
2018–19	+209
2019–20	+468
2020–21	+447
2021–22	+344
2022–23 †	+177

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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Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Illinois 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	2,170	1,663	+507	1,084	826	$52.3k	$45.8k
2014–15 †	1,442	1,132	+310	756	607	$51.5k	$40.3k
2015–16	2,067	1,514	+553	1,039	818	$58.8k	$46.5k
2016–17 †	2,916	2,144	+772	1,488	1,081	$66.4k	$54.0k
2017–18	2,099	1,563	+536	1,062	823	$57.9k	$52.0k
2018–19	1,799	1,394	+405	963	754	$59.6k	$58.1k
2019–20	2,370	1,402	+968	1,201	733	$69.9k	$56.6k
2020–21	2,203	1,306	+897	1,204	757	$64.1k	$55.4k
2021–22	2,221	1,467	+754	1,197	853	$76.7k	$57.3k
2022–23 †	1,834	1,480	+354	1,059	882	$76.3k	$56.6k

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

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