California vs Missouri: which way are people moving?

Toward Missouri. In 2022–23, 2,943 more people moved from California to Missouri than the other way.

Missouri → California5,027 people

Arrivals' income: $77.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Missouri7,970 people

Leavers' income: $72.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

12,997 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. California came out ahead every year until 2015–16. Since 2016–17, more have moved to Missouri.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,19722–23†††
Net moves between California and Missouri (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+133
2014–15 †+314
2015–16+141
2016–17 †−257
2017–18−391
2018–19−555
2019–20−1,475
2020–21−2,113
2021–22−1,779
2022–23 †−1,197

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2016–17 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

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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Missouri

Net change, all states
+8,839
Moved in · moved out
124,978 · 116,139
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$65.8k · $71.5k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Missouri 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)
2013–146,2086,664−4563,4983,365$48.6k$52.9k
2014–15 †4,4594,417+422,7352,421$51.7k$51.9k
2015–166,1226,600−4783,5853,444$58.3k$66.8k
2016–17 †8,0779,675−1,5984,6914,948$62.6k$67.4k
2017–185,9817,533−1,5523,6284,019$67.1k$66.5k
2018–195,5777,478−1,9013,4003,955$85.6k$66.6k
2019–205,5609,336−3,7763,2594,734$60.1k$74.6k
2020–215,0089,928−4,9203,1325,245$67.8k$82.5k
2021–225,0849,629−4,5453,2505,029$83.5k$85.4k
2022–23 †5,0277,970−2,9433,2464,443$77.1k$72.9k

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

Cite this comparison

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