California vs Michigan: which way are people moving?

Toward Michigan. In 2022–23, 593 more people moved from California to Michigan than the other way.

Michigan → California7,596 people

Arrivals' income: $95.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Michigan8,189 people

Leavers' income: $96.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

15,785 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+23122–23†††
Net moves between California and Michigan (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,271
2014–15 †+1,035
2015–16+958
2016–17 †+656
2017–18+712
2018–19+764
2019–20−360
2020–21−250
2021–22+491
2022–23 †+231

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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Michigan

Net change, all states
−8,442
Moved in · moved out
119,409 · 127,851
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$74.1k · $77.9k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Michigan 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)
2013–148,5896,917+1,6725,1043,833$60.9k$64.8k
2014–15 †6,0234,906+1,1173,8292,794$58.4k$58.9k
2015–168,3037,538+7655,0184,060$67.3k$68.0k
2016–17 †10,71311,018−3056,5815,925$73.9k$80.3k
2017–188,4038,224+1795,3504,638$75.6k$76.4k
2018–198,1647,950+2145,2804,516$76.7k$81.3k
2019–207,9799,461−1,4825,0035,363$75.3k$86.7k
2020–217,8469,190−1,3445,0715,321$97.4k$114.4k
2021–228,4778,808−3315,6595,168$163.0k$116.3k
2022–23 †7,5968,189−5935,2184,987$95.4k$96.0k

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

Cite this comparison

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