California vs Mississippi: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Mississippi. In 2022–23, 425 more people moved from California to Mississippi than the other way.

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Mississippi → California1,672 people

Arrivals' income: $61.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Mississippi2,097 people

Leavers' income: $65.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,769 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. California came out ahead every year until 2016–17. Since 2017–18, more have moved to Mississippi.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Mississippi (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+153
2014–15 †	+27
2015–16	+127
2016–17 †	+33
2017–18	−41
2018–19	−99
2019–20	−157
2020–21	−239
2021–22	−411
2022–23 †	−156

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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Mississippi

Net change, all states: −3,142
Moved in · moved out: 56,470 · 59,612
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $56.9k · $53.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Mississippi 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	2,254	1,988	+266	1,120	967	$48.7k	$43.9k
2014–15 †	1,553	1,588	−35	837	810	$44.9k	$58.4k
2015–16	1,996	1,793	+203	1,033	906	$44.9k	$46.9k
2016–17 †	2,566	2,659	−93	1,330	1,297	$53.6k	$52.6k
2017–18	1,915	2,201	−286	1,063	1,104	$49.1k	$54.4k
2018–19	1,684	1,968	−284	924	1,023	$51.0k	$66.0k
2019–20	1,929	2,315	−386	1,009	1,166	$53.4k	$66.5k
2020–21	1,839	2,423	−584	1,019	1,258	$54.5k	$65.9k
2021–22	1,532	2,380	−848	868	1,279	$62.8k	$71.7k
2022–23 †	1,672	2,097	−425	973	1,129	$61.6k	$65.2k

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

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