California vs Nevada: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Nevada. In 2022–23, 18,777 more people moved from California to Nevada than the other way.

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Nevada → California25,024 people

Arrivals' income: $79.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Nevada43,801 people

Leavers' income: $102.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California is Nevada's biggest moving partner in both directions: 68,825 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Nevada than to California every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Nevada (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−6,978
2014–15 †	−7,146
2015–16	−9,514
2016–17 †	−15,312
2017–18	−14,202
2018–19	−14,183
2019–20	−15,645
2020–21	−16,704
2021–22	−16,053
2022–23 †	−11,435

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

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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Nevada

Net change, all states: +11,558
Moved in · moved out: 111,121 · 99,563
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $87.3k · $74.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Nevada 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	25,733	39,337	−13,604	13,640	20,618	$46.0k	$70.6k
2014–15 †	19,061	33,533	−14,472	10,534	17,680	$47.4k	$91.1k
2015–16	23,552	43,195	−19,643	12,970	22,484	$51.2k	$64.2k
2016–17 †	28,881	59,370	−30,489	15,800	31,112	$56.6k	$68.9k
2017–18	24,105	51,389	−27,284	13,290	27,492	$55.0k	$86.5k
2018–19	23,332	49,745	−26,413	13,068	27,251	$63.1k	$85.7k
2019–20	24,827	54,639	−29,812	14,070	29,715	$56.5k	$101.6k
2020–21	24,354	54,740	−30,386	14,682	31,386	$54.7k	$167.2k
2021–22	23,983	52,332	−28,349	14,518	30,571	$86.0k	$134.8k
2022–23 †	25,024	43,801	−18,777	14,775	26,210	$79.4k	$102.6k

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