California vs New Mexico: which way are people moving?

Toward New Mexico. In 2022–23, 1,474 more people moved from California to New Mexico than the other way.

New Mexico → California3,778 people

Arrivals' income: $67.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → New Mexico5,252 people

Leavers' income: $76.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

9,030 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 2015–16, more have moved to New Mexico.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−89822–23†††
Net moves between California and New Mexico (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−44
2014–15 †+75
2015–16−367
2016–17 †−576
2017–18−784
2018–19−1,143
2019–20−1,528
2020–21−1,517
2021–22−1,253
2022–23 †−898

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2015–16 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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New Mexico

Net change, all states
−1,924
Moved in · moved out
51,817 · 53,741
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$66.1k · $68.7k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New Mexico 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)
2013–144,8075,085−2782,7072,751$48.5k$52.9k
2014–15 †3,6373,689−522,1052,030$47.0k$54.5k
2015–164,4785,285−8072,4852,852$72.8k$61.8k
2016–17 †5,8526,927−1,0753,2663,842$56.8k$68.6k
2017–184,3475,975−1,6282,5383,322$53.6k$66.1k
2018–193,9536,117−2,1642,2973,440$58.8k$76.0k
2019–204,1246,999−2,8752,3113,839$58.2k$87.2k
2020–213,9226,427−2,5052,3333,850$60.6k$82.2k
2021–223,9706,164−2,1942,3903,643$78.5k$97.0k
2022–23 †3,7785,252−1,4742,3643,262$67.6k$76.8k

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

Cite this comparison

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