California vs Minnesota: which way are people moving?

Toward Minnesota. In 2022–23, 823 more people moved from California to Minnesota than the other way.

Minnesota → California4,778 people

Arrivals' income: $99.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Minnesota5,601 people

Leavers' income: $87.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

10,379 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 2019–20, more have moved to Minnesota.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−9722–23†††
Net moves between California and Minnesota (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+770
2014–15 †+739
2015–16+441
2016–17 †−25
2017–18+43
2018–19+112
2019–20−237
2020–21−315
2021–22−243
2022–23 †−97

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 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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Minnesota

Net change, all states
−7,561
Moved in · moved out
84,839 · 92,400
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$70.5k · $89.4k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Minnesota 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)
2013–146,4745,519+9553,7522,982$74.8k$71.3k
2014–15 †4,5793,766+8132,8782,139$68.2k$61.9k
2015–166,1425,977+1653,7023,261$82.5k$74.9k
2016–17 †7,7978,817−1,0204,6664,691$77.4k$81.0k
2017–185,9366,688−7523,7453,702$75.1k$77.2k
2018–195,6726,008−3363,6033,491$81.3k$82.1k
2019–205,5556,542−9873,5333,770$103.3k$98.0k
2020–215,2556,239−9843,4303,745$91.1k$93.5k
2021–225,1786,363−1,1853,4543,697$103.4k$102.3k
2022–23 †4,7785,601−8233,2993,396$99.1k$87.6k

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

Cite this comparison

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