California vs Indiana: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Indiana. In 2022–23, 1,697 more people moved from California to Indiana than the other way.

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Indiana → California4,567 people

Arrivals' income: $74.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Indiana6,264 people

Leavers' income: $78.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

10,831 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. California came out ahead every year until 2017–18. Since 2018–19, more have moved to Indiana.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Indiana (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+583
2014–15 †	+447
2015–16	+452
2016–17 †	+389
2017–18	+92
2018–19	−8
2019–20	−594
2020–21	−896
2021–22	−637
2022–23 †	−418

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2018–19 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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Indiana

Net change, all states: +4,837
Moved in · moved out: 121,307 · 116,470
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $64.3k · $67.8k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Indiana 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	5,426	4,694	+732	2,998	2,415	$55.7k	$52.8k
2014–15 †	3,837	3,448	+389	2,277	1,830	$48.6k	$51.4k
2015–16	5,102	4,934	+168	3,038	2,586	$59.7k	$53.0k
2016–17 †	6,842	7,087	−245	4,056	3,667	$63.0k	$59.1k
2017–18	5,131	5,960	−829	3,210	3,118	$62.5k	$66.1k
2018–19	4,973	6,065	−1,092	3,170	3,178	$66.9k	$83.0k
2019–20	4,641	6,626	−1,985	2,893	3,487	$61.0k	$77.2k
2020–21	4,602	7,046	−2,444	2,898	3,794	$66.9k	$81.8k
2021–22	4,647	7,073	−2,426	3,139	3,776	$75.9k	$85.9k
2022–23 †	4,567	6,264	−1,697	3,064	3,482	$74.2k	$78.0k

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

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