California vs South Carolina: which way are people moving?

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

Toward South Carolina. In 2022–23, 3,945 more people moved from California to South Carolina than the other way.

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South Carolina → California3,857 people

Arrivals' income: $70.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → South Carolina7,802 people

Leavers' income: $91.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,659 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and South Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−247
2014–15 †	−97
2015–16	−307
2016–17 †	−771
2017–18	−793
2018–19	−929
2019–20	−1,643
2020–21	−2,079
2021–22	−2,563
2022–23 †	−1,857

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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South Carolina

Net change, all states: +59,102
Moved in · moved out: 178,163 · 119,061
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $88.5k · $66.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between South 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	3,712	4,503	−791	1,992	2,239	$56.3k	$61.6k
2014–15 †	2,675	2,978	−303	1,535	1,632	$45.8k	$67.9k
2015–16	3,796	4,799	−1,003	2,093	2,400	$56.4k	$71.7k
2016–17 †	5,148	7,278	−2,130	2,753	3,524	$57.9k	$74.0k
2017–18	3,875	5,928	−2,053	2,202	2,995	$54.8k	$91.9k
2018–19	3,584	5,776	−2,192	2,081	3,010	$57.5k	$84.0k
2019–20	3,837	7,609	−3,772	2,131	3,774	$67.4k	$87.8k
2020–21	3,804	8,838	−5,034	2,285	4,364	$54.4k	$97.2k
2021–22	3,771	9,949	−6,178	2,288	4,851	$70.6k	$110.1k
2022–23 †	3,857	7,802	−3,945	2,322	4,179	$70.1k	$91.6k

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

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