California vs Kansas: which way are people moving?

Name: California vs Kansas: which way are people moving?
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Toward Kansas. In 2022–23, 1,351 more people moved from California to Kansas than the other way.

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Kansas → California2,867 people

Arrivals' income: $67.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Kansas4,218 people

Leavers' income: $67.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

7,085 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 Kansas.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Kansas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+159
2014–15 †	−1
2015–16	+144
2016–17 †	+12
2017–18	−192
2018–19	−150
2019–20	−577
2020–21	−759
2021–22	−716
2022–23 †	−540

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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Kansas

Net change, all states: −4,048
Moved in · moved out: 70,469 · 74,517
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $64.7k · $68.2k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Kansas 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	4,130	4,238	−108	2,136	1,977	$48.0k	$56.7k
2014–15 †	2,796	3,004	−208	1,563	1,564	$51.0k	$41.4k
2015–16	4,052	4,005	+47	2,109	1,965	$56.8k	$54.5k
2016–17 †	5,103	5,586	−483	2,684	2,672	$56.9k	$55.1k
2017–18	3,518	4,456	−938	1,952	2,144	$61.1k	$60.2k
2018–19	3,465	4,073	−608	1,916	2,066	$60.4k	$65.9k
2019–20	3,286	4,721	−1,435	1,817	2,394	$60.2k	$69.4k
2020–21	2,876	4,588	−1,712	1,657	2,416	$69.4k	$74.6k
2021–22	2,893	4,626	−1,733	1,759	2,475	$79.4k	$69.8k
2022–23 †	2,867	4,218	−1,351	1,711	2,251	$67.1k	$67.3k

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

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