Colorado vs Missouri: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Missouri. In 2022–23, 740 more people moved from Colorado to Missouri than the other way.

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Missouri → Colorado3,832 people

Arrivals' income: $80.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Missouri4,572 people

Leavers' income: $72.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,404 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Missouri (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+651
2014–15 †	+543
2015–16	+751
2016–17 †	+812
2017–18	+451
2018–19	+323
2019–20	−184
2020–21	−299
2021–22	−277
2022–23 †	−154

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

Net change, all states: +8,839
Moved in · moved out: 124,978 · 116,139
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $65.8k · $71.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Missouri 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	3,891	2,918	+973	2,171	1,520	$52.8k	$47.4k
2014–15 †	2,782	2,071	+711	1,646	1,103	$44.7k	$47.6k
2015–16	4,458	3,425	+1,033	2,514	1,763	$57.8k	$51.9k
2016–17 †	6,310	5,389	+921	3,558	2,746	$62.5k	$58.9k
2017–18	4,415	4,161	+254	2,641	2,190	$71.5k	$55.5k
2018–19	4,199	4,214	−15	2,556	2,233	$80.3k	$59.0k
2019–20	4,242	4,998	−756	2,481	2,665	$65.8k	$57.0k
2020–21	4,148	5,291	−1,143	2,552	2,851	$75.4k	$65.3k
2021–22	4,148	5,278	−1,130	2,658	2,935	$81.0k	$74.6k
2022–23 †	3,832	4,572	−740	2,523	2,677	$80.3k	$72.7k

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

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