California vs Wyoming: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Wyoming. In 2022–23, 927 more people moved from California to Wyoming than the other way.

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Wyoming → California988 people

Arrivals' income: $94.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Wyoming1,915 people

Leavers' income: $143.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,903 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Wyoming (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−262
2014–15 †	−254
2015–16	−214
2016–17 †	−196
2017–18	−257
2018–19	−382
2019–20	−625
2020–21	−801
2021–22	−781
2022–23 †	−483

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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Wyoming

Net change, all states: +375
Moved in · moved out: 22,038 · 21,663
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.9k · $69.2k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Wyoming 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	1,329	1,968	−639	721	983	$40.4k	$74.1k
2014–15 †	940	1,483	−543	544	798	$57.0k	$95.2k
2015–16	1,191	1,592	−401	650	864	$78.5k	$105.7k
2016–17 †	1,493	1,926	−433	808	1,004	$51.2k	$169.1k
2017–18	1,072	1,667	−595	617	874	$54.0k	$80.4k
2018–19	995	1,776	−781	567	949	$65.0k	$195.8k
2019–20	1,018	2,409	−1,391	574	1,199	$60.6k	$288.2k
2020–21	938	2,607	−1,669	568	1,369	$53.6k	$165.5k
2021–22	972	2,498	−1,526	587	1,368	$133.5k	$284.1k
2022–23 †	988	1,915	−927	609	1,092	$94.9k	$143.8k

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

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