California vs Oklahoma: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Oklahoma. In 2022–23, 4,493 more people moved from California to Oklahoma than the other way.

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Oklahoma → California3,643 people

Arrivals' income: $53.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Oklahoma8,136 people

Leavers' income: $62.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,779 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Oklahoma (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−449
2014–15 †	−379
2015–16	−197
2016–17 †	−470
2017–18	−667
2018–19	−870
2019–20	−1,719
2020–21	−2,738
2021–22	−2,998
2022–23 †	−2,029

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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Oklahoma

Net change, all states: +12,589
Moved in · moved out: 85,394 · 72,805
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $59.0k · $60.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Oklahoma 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	4,429	5,890	−1,461	2,355	2,804	$44.6k	$43.6k
2014–15 †	3,248	4,300	−1,052	1,820	2,199	$40.9k	$36.8k
2015–16	4,594	5,570	−976	2,452	2,649	$50.0k	$45.3k
2016–17 †	5,717	7,302	−1,585	3,009	3,479	$47.4k	$47.0k
2017–18	4,325	5,989	−1,664	2,348	3,015	$54.5k	$49.8k
2018–19	3,889	6,076	−2,187	2,145	3,015	$59.9k	$51.8k
2019–20	3,921	7,984	−4,063	2,088	3,807	$51.6k	$39.7k
2020–21	3,678	9,815	−6,137	2,136	4,874	$44.9k	$59.2k
2021–22	3,580	10,301	−6,721	2,071	5,069	$62.8k	$66.1k
2022–23 †	3,643	8,136	−4,493	2,178	4,207	$53.8k	$62.4k

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