Colorado vs Georgia: which way are people moving?

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 246 more people moved from Georgia to Colorado than the other way.

Georgia → Colorado4,919 people

Arrivals' income: $78.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Georgia4,673 people

Leavers' income: $75.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

9,592 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 Colorado.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+48622–23†††
Net moves between Colorado and Georgia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+355
2014–15 †+521
2015–16+639
2016–17 †+610
2017–18+466
2018–19+410
2019–20+176
2020–21−47
2021–22+195
2022–23 †+486

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2021–22 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Colorado

Net change, all states
+7,288
Moved in · moved out
187,420 · 180,132
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$82.5k · $84.5k
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Georgia

Net change, all states
+35,536
Moved in · moved out
265,330 · 229,794
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$70.2k · $72.3k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Georgia and Colorado, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–144,2873,762+5252,1441,789$53.3k$58.2k
2014–15 †3,2752,553+7221,7811,260$49.5k$56.8k
2015–164,8744,115+7592,5791,940$63.7k$63.7k
2016–17 †6,8726,273+5993,4902,880$66.6k$60.7k
2017–185,1264,531+5952,7112,245$64.9k$64.8k
2018–194,8834,523+3602,7042,294$73.4k$64.7k
2019–205,3315,483−1522,7952,619$73.3k$66.3k
2020–214,7925,409−6172,7622,809$73.8k$68.3k
2021–225,1955,423−2283,0872,892$83.0k$81.6k
2022–23 †4,9194,673+2463,0572,571$78.6k$75.8k

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

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “Colorado vs Georgia: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/colorado-vs-georgia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.