California vs South Dakota: which way are people moving?

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

Toward South Dakota. In 2022–23, 1,207 more people moved from California to South Dakota than the other way.

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South Dakota → California912 people

Arrivals' income: $63.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → South Dakota2,119 people

Leavers' income: $90.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,031 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and South Dakota (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−172
2014–15 †	−131
2015–16	−174
2016–17 †	−212
2017–18	−251
2018–19	−349
2019–20	−577
2020–21	−811
2021–22	−994
2022–23 †	−660

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 Dakota

Net change, all states: +2,412
Moved in · moved out: 26,881 · 24,469
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $73.7k · $63.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between South Dakota 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	1,063	1,429	−366	578	750	$49.2k	$52.0k
2014–15 †	738	1,057	−319	442	573	$39.9k	$59.0k
2015–16	934	1,364	−430	542	716	$49.0k	$62.6k
2016–17 †	1,295	1,786	−491	706	918	$54.8k	$63.4k
2017–18	946	1,514	−568	543	794	$59.2k	$67.9k
2018–19	863	1,554	−691	524	873	$54.2k	$91.5k
2019–20	892	2,131	−1,239	521	1,098	$50.6k	$84.8k
2020–21	815	2,484	−1,669	483	1,294	$60.9k	$98.9k
2021–22	800	2,788	−1,988	485	1,479	$70.1k	$97.9k
2022–23 †	912	2,119	−1,207	583	1,243	$63.9k	$90.3k

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

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