Arkansas vs Mississippi: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arkansas. In 2022–23, 398 more people moved from Mississippi to Arkansas than the other way.

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Mississippi → Arkansas1,908 people

Arrivals' income: $50.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arkansas → Mississippi1,510 people

Leavers' income: $49.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,418 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 Mississippi every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arkansas and Mississippi (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+81
2014–15 †	+57
2015–16	+118
2016–17 †	+146
2017–18	+130
2018–19	+52
2019–20	+172
2020–21	+233
2021–22	+163
2022–23 †	+240

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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Mississippi

Net change, all states: −3,142
Moved in · moved out: 56,470 · 59,612
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $56.9k · $53.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Mississippi 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	2,110	1,932	+178	975	894	$40.7k	$43.9k
2014–15 †	1,518	1,392	+126	732	675	$38.2k	$37.5k
2015–16	2,011	1,797	+214	959	841	$44.8k	$47.9k
2016–17 †	2,568	2,208	+360	1,196	1,050	$54.9k	$48.1k
2017–18	1,973	1,724	+249	938	808	$48.7k	$57.1k
2018–19	1,849	1,698	+151	888	836	$50.2k	$46.8k
2019–20	2,046	1,680	+366	994	822	$53.4k	$47.8k
2020–21	2,012	1,608	+404	1,056	823	$48.8k	$48.8k
2021–22	1,903	1,640	+263	1,005	842	$49.0k	$53.4k
2022–23 †	1,908	1,510	+398	1,033	793	$50.2k	$49.8k

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

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