California vs Colorado: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 7,406 more people moved from California to Colorado than the other way.

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Colorado → California14,394 people

Arrivals' income: $90.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Colorado21,800 people

Leavers' income: $102.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

36,194 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Colorado (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,618
2014–15 †	−2,020
2015–16	−3,140
2016–17 †	−5,128
2017–18	−4,602
2018–19	−4,762
2019–20	−6,374
2020–21	−6,964
2021–22	−5,690
2022–23 †	−4,345

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

The two states overall

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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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.

Every year, in full

Moves between Colorado and California, 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	15,681	19,280	−3,599	8,761	10,379	$69.5k	$64.4k
2014–15 †	10,684	14,858	−4,174	6,317	8,337	$70.7k	$77.5k
2015–16	15,078	22,037	−6,959	8,864	12,004	$68.8k	$76.5k
2016–17 †	20,898	31,183	−10,285	11,966	17,094	$73.2k	$86.6k
2017–18	15,133	24,425	−9,292	9,084	13,686	$68.8k	$97.6k
2018–19	14,624	23,635	−9,011	9,026	13,788	$97.6k	$107.4k
2019–20	14,782	26,779	−11,997	9,111	15,485	$81.3k	$115.9k
2020–21	14,293	26,911	−12,618	9,189	16,153	$83.7k	$138.5k
2021–22	14,929	24,864	−9,935	9,895	15,585	$105.8k	$129.1k
2022–23 †	14,394	21,800	−7,406	9,699	14,044	$90.4k	$102.7k

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

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