Colorado vs Illinois: which way are people moving?

Name: Colorado vs Illinois: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 1,960 more people moved from Illinois to Colorado than the other way.

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Illinois → Colorado6,569 people

Arrivals' income: $102.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Illinois4,609 people

Leavers' income: $90.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,178 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Colorado than to Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Illinois (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+2,069
2014–15 †	+1,653
2015–16	+2,974
2016–17 †	+4,013
2017–18	+2,885
2018–19	+2,605
2019–20	+2,491
2020–21	+2,563
2021–22	+2,396
2022–23 †	+1,488

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

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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Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Illinois and Colorado, 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	6,547	3,175	+3,372	3,934	1,865	$60.5k	$54.4k
2014–15 †	4,693	2,370	+2,323	3,104	1,451	$73.5k	$59.3k
2015–16	8,237	3,586	+4,651	5,082	2,108	$80.7k	$68.6k
2016–17 †	11,468	5,042	+6,426	6,955	2,942	$79.7k	$62.4k
2017–18	8,221	3,758	+4,463	5,219	2,334	$99.1k	$63.2k
2018–19	7,627	3,670	+3,957	4,968	2,363	$104.2k	$64.0k
2019–20	8,231	4,413	+3,818	5,207	2,716	$113.3k	$69.3k
2020–21	8,175	4,407	+3,768	5,399	2,836	$133.4k	$67.2k
2021–22	8,015	4,601	+3,414	5,473	3,077	$157.0k	$79.4k
2022–23 †	6,569	4,609	+1,960	4,686	3,198	$102.1k	$90.9k

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