California vs Illinois: which way are people moving?

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

Toward California. In 2022–23, 1,314 more people moved from Illinois to California than the other way.

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Illinois → California14,931 people

Arrivals' income: $108.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Illinois13,617 people

Leavers' income: $104.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

28,548 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Illinois (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+3,965
2014–15 †	+3,309
2015–16	+4,878
2016–17 †	+5,700
2017–18	+3,709
2018–19	+3,325
2019–20	+2,379
2020–21	+1,650
2021–22	+1,996
2022–23 †	+1,344

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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Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Illinois 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	18,919	12,385	+6,534	11,050	7,085	$96.2k	$68.1k
2014–15 †	14,073	9,125	+4,948	8,714	5,405	$83.8k	$73.8k
2015–16	20,326	12,678	+7,648	12,212	7,334	$93.8k	$78.9k
2016–17 †	26,231	17,371	+8,860	15,665	9,965	$91.7k	$87.9k
2017–18	19,130	13,621	+5,509	11,918	8,209	$90.3k	$88.2k
2018–19	17,580	13,348	+4,232	11,493	8,168	$103.2k	$100.7k
2019–20	17,548	14,265	+3,283	11,131	8,752	$102.0k	$131.5k
2020–21	15,897	13,919	+1,978	10,456	8,806	$138.7k	$116.0k
2021–22	16,642	14,486	+2,156	11,280	9,284	$127.7k	$162.9k
2022–23 †	14,931	13,617	+1,314	10,407	9,063	$108.6k	$104.3k

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

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