Arkansas vs Louisiana: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arkansas. In 2022–23, 690 more people moved from Louisiana to Arkansas than the other way.

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Louisiana → Arkansas2,679 people

Arrivals' income: $55.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arkansas → Louisiana1,989 people

Leavers' income: $48.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,668 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 Louisiana every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arkansas and Louisiana (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+4
2014–15 †	+91
2015–16	+240
2016–17 †	+558
2017–18	+254
2018–19	+306
2019–20	+292
2020–21	+488
2021–22	+433
2022–23 †	+360

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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Louisiana

Net change, all states: −17,333
Moved in · moved out: 65,960 · 83,293
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.2k · $62.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Louisiana 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	2,774	2,679	+95	1,288	1,284	$44.6k	$44.4k
2014–15 †	2,036	1,925	+111	1,003	912	$45.2k	$42.5k
2015–16	2,678	2,094	+584	1,273	1,033	$48.6k	$42.6k
2016–17 †	3,782	2,504	+1,278	1,766	1,208	$46.8k	$47.7k
2017–18	2,789	2,238	+551	1,352	1,098	$48.0k	$46.1k
2018–19	2,564	1,924	+640	1,279	973	$49.7k	$46.0k
2019–20	2,763	2,223	+540	1,354	1,062	$50.8k	$53.3k
2020–21	2,990	1,878	+1,112	1,486	998	$51.3k	$42.8k
2021–22	2,872	1,979	+893	1,490	1,057	$59.6k	$55.9k
2022–23 †	2,679	1,989	+690	1,423	1,063	$55.2k	$48.2k

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

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