California vs Maryland: which way are people moving?

Toward Maryland. In 2022–23, 353 more people moved from California to Maryland than the other way.

Maryland → California6,977 people

Arrivals' income: $92.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Maryland7,330 people

Leavers' income: $100.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

14,307 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 2021–22, more have moved to California.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+30122–23†††
Net moves between California and Maryland (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+998
2014–15 †+675
2015–16+1,237
2016–17 †+1,578
2017–18+1,058
2018–19+1,061
2019–20+376
2020–21−177
2021–22+479
2022–23 †+301

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2021–22 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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Maryland

Net change, all states
−20,112
Moved in · moved out
135,223 · 155,335
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$80.8k · $88.3k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Maryland and California, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–147,8686,706+1,1624,5933,595$78.7k$67.2k
2014–15 †5,4014,638+7633,3912,716$65.9k$60.6k
2015–168,3947,136+1,2584,9813,744$79.5k$72.2k
2016–17 †11,5949,757+1,8376,7165,138$83.2k$77.5k
2017–188,6387,290+1,3485,1734,115$76.7k$74.0k
2018–198,1017,071+1,0305,0283,967$85.9k$82.2k
2019–208,0728,045+274,9464,570$83.0k$88.9k
2020–217,0787,988−9104,4184,595$97.3k$106.1k
2021–227,6297,696−674,9294,450$98.3k$110.6k
2022–23 †6,9777,330−3534,7084,407$92.6k$100.2k

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

Cite this comparison

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