California vs Hawaii: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Hawaii. In 2022–23, 939 more people moved from California to Hawaii than the other way.

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Hawaii → California8,376 people

Arrivals' income: $80.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Hawaii9,315 people

Leavers' income: $97.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California is Hawaii's biggest moving partner in both directions: 17,691 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2017–18, more have moved to Hawaii.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Hawaii (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−566
2014–15 †	−420
2015–16	−202
2016–17 †	+108
2017–18	−124
2018–19	−138
2019–20	−764
2020–21	−1,236
2021–22	−1,128
2022–23 †	−550

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2017–18 turn falls between them.

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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Hawaii

Net change, all states: −6,825
Moved in · moved out: 45,031 · 51,856
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.1k · $70.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Hawaii 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	9,716	10,436	−720	5,204	5,770	$49.4k	$71.9k
2014–15 †	7,065	7,779	−714	4,088	4,508	$48.3k	$67.0k
2015–16	9,880	9,889	−9	5,330	5,532	$56.8k	$100.0k
2016–17 †	13,710	12,910	+800	7,151	7,043	$63.3k	$72.7k
2017–18	9,982	10,142	−160	5,525	5,649	$58.0k	$77.3k
2018–19	9,451	9,533	−82	5,265	5,403	$62.9k	$81.8k
2019–20	9,189	10,667	−1,478	5,065	5,829	$61.4k	$101.2k
2020–21	8,542	10,743	−2,201	4,885	6,121	$70.5k	$134.4k
2021–22	8,642	10,576	−1,934	4,995	6,123	$92.1k	$136.2k
2022–23 †	8,376	9,315	−939	5,048	5,598	$80.8k	$97.7k

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

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