Colorado vs Louisiana: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 561 more people moved from Louisiana to Colorado than the other way.

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Louisiana → Colorado2,124 people

Arrivals' income: $61.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Louisiana1,563 people

Leavers' income: $62.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,687 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 Louisiana every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Louisiana (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+143
2014–15 †	+263
2015–16	+305
2016–17 †	+631
2017–18	+534
2018–19	+534
2019–20	+511
2020–21	+444
2021–22	+503
2022–23 †	+429

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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Louisiana

Net change, all states: −17,333
Moved in · moved out: 65,960 · 83,293
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.2k · $62.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Louisiana 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	1,638	1,412	+226	888	745	$46.9k	$49.9k
2014–15 †	1,321	860	+461	754	491	$48.0k	$44.8k
2015–16	1,875	1,422	+453	1,035	730	$53.3k	$48.7k
2016–17 †	2,839	1,764	+1,075	1,549	918	$49.4k	$55.0k
2017–18	2,165	1,262	+903	1,213	679	$57.3k	$52.5k
2018–19	2,143	1,380	+763	1,253	719	$61.4k	$54.9k
2019–20	2,412	1,564	+848	1,340	829	$52.5k	$58.4k
2020–21	2,322	1,679	+643	1,370	926	$57.5k	$57.7k
2021–22	2,312	1,595	+717	1,441	938	$80.9k	$79.5k
2022–23 †	2,124	1,563	+561	1,336	907	$61.3k	$62.0k

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

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