California vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?

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

Toward California. In 2022–23, 461 more people moved from Pennsylvania to California than the other way.

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Pennsylvania → California8,987 people

Arrivals' income: $106.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Pennsylvania8,526 people

Leavers' income: $101.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

17,513 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 2021–22, more have moved to California.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Pennsylvania (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+2,049
2014–15 †	+1,591
2015–16	+2,437
2016–17 †	+1,773
2017–18	+1,317
2018–19	+1,375
2019–20	+79
2020–21	−436
2021–22	+766
2022–23 †	+1,070

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2021–22 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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Pennsylvania

Net change, all states: −14,880
Moved in · moved out: 199,298 · 214,178
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $76.4k · $85.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Pennsylvania 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	9,969	7,203	+2,766	6,244	4,195	$75.4k	$73.4k
2014–15 †	7,113	5,230	+1,883	4,789	3,198	$71.1k	$80.1k
2015–16	10,676	7,617	+3,059	6,910	4,473	$78.3k	$79.7k
2016–17 †	13,299	11,310	+1,989	8,487	6,714	$80.5k	$84.2k
2017–18	9,965	8,794	+1,171	6,584	5,267	$78.0k	$83.6k
2018–19	9,669	8,346	+1,323	6,548	5,173	$105.1k	$92.5k
2019–20	9,317	10,070	−753	6,279	6,200	$85.0k	$99.8k
2020–21	8,465	10,072	−1,607	5,884	6,320	$83.5k	$107.6k
2021–22	9,522	9,561	−39	6,787	6,021	$107.7k	$114.0k
2022–23 †	8,987	8,526	+461	6,617	5,547	$106.7k	$101.7k

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

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