California vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 3,184 more people moved from California to Virginia than the other way.

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Virginia → California13,940 people

Arrivals' income: $92.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Virginia17,124 people

Leavers' income: $94.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

31,064 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. California came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Virginia.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+1,202
2014–15 †	+734
2015–16	+1,473
2016–17 †	+557
2017–18	+476
2018–19	+334
2019–20	−840
2020–21	−1,741
2021–22	−1,148
2022–23 †	−1,045

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 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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Virginia

Net change, all states: −42
Moved in · moved out: 230,220 · 230,262
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.3k · $89.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Virginia 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	16,055	14,546	+1,509	8,340	7,138	$70.8k	$70.6k
2014–15 †	10,225	9,727	+498	5,918	5,184	$66.1k	$71.9k
2015–16	16,965	15,757	+1,208	9,005	7,532	$78.6k	$71.5k
2016–17 †	22,747	23,672	−925	11,717	11,160	$78.1k	$77.7k
2017–18	16,263	16,616	−353	8,917	8,441	$77.4k	$83.9k
2018–19	15,935	16,166	−231	8,727	8,393	$83.8k	$86.2k
2019–20	16,081	18,758	−2,677	8,582	9,422	$80.7k	$93.4k
2020–21	13,917	18,441	−4,524	7,843	9,584	$87.1k	$102.4k
2021–22	14,156	17,848	−3,692	8,352	9,500	$97.6k	$111.7k
2022–23 †	13,940	17,124	−3,184	8,264	9,309	$92.4k	$94.4k

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

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