California vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?

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

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 7,401 more people moved from California to North Carolina than the other way.

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North Carolina → California10,665 people

Arrivals' income: $80.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → North Carolina18,066 people

Leavers' income: $97.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

28,731 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and North Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−630
2014–15 †	−306
2015–16	−908
2016–17 †	−2,091
2017–18	−1,881
2018–19	−1,802
2019–20	−3,704
2020–21	−5,244
2021–22	−4,987
2022–23 †	−3,508

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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North Carolina

Net change, all states: +69,108
Moved in · moved out: 295,243 · 226,135
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.2k · $74.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between North Carolina 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	11,980	13,657	−1,677	5,995	6,625	$57.2k	$64.8k
2014–15 †	8,273	9,435	−1,162	4,548	4,854	$61.6k	$63.3k
2015–16	12,275	14,991	−2,716	6,271	7,179	$66.3k	$73.7k
2016–17 †	16,816	22,646	−5,830	8,663	10,754	$63.1k	$80.1k
2017–18	12,150	16,848	−4,698	6,664	8,545	$70.5k	$81.5k
2018–19	11,361	16,009	−4,648	6,394	8,196	$67.8k	$85.6k
2019–20	11,225	19,908	−8,683	6,202	9,906	$71.9k	$96.3k
2020–21	10,280	21,961	−11,681	5,970	11,214	$71.3k	$103.4k
2021–22	10,734	21,983	−11,249	6,495	11,482	$82.2k	$114.0k
2022–23 †	10,665	18,066	−7,401	6,470	9,978	$80.8k	$97.4k

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

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