California vs Georgia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 5,424 more people moved from California to Georgia than the other way.

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Georgia → California10,315 people

Arrivals' income: $75.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Georgia15,739 people

Leavers' income: $90.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

26,054 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Georgia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−312
2014–15 †	−34
2015–16	−607
2016–17 †	−1,589
2017–18	−1,032
2018–19	−1,405
2019–20	−2,660
2020–21	−4,017
2021–22	−3,330
2022–23 †	−2,170

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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Georgia

Net change, all states: +35,536
Moved in · moved out: 265,330 · 229,794
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $70.2k · $72.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Georgia 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	11,996	13,149	−1,153	6,272	6,584	$64.6k	$57.0k
2014–15 †	8,877	9,491	−614	4,964	4,998	$59.7k	$61.7k
2015–16	11,327	13,348	−2,021	6,209	6,816	$67.5k	$72.7k
2016–17 †	14,330	18,887	−4,557	7,892	9,481	$71.8k	$74.2k
2017–18	11,537	14,587	−3,050	6,597	7,629	$65.3k	$76.4k
2018–19	10,732	14,657	−3,925	6,366	7,771	$69.1k	$76.1k
2019–20	10,794	17,131	−6,337	6,238	8,898	$69.0k	$88.6k
2020–21	9,841	18,713	−8,872	5,931	9,948	$76.3k	$98.3k
2021–22	10,595	18,479	−7,884	6,632	9,962	$92.7k	$97.9k
2022–23 †	10,315	15,739	−5,424	6,626	8,796	$75.8k	$90.2k

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

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