Colorado vs New York: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 1,045 more people moved from New York to Colorado than the other way.

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New York → Colorado5,394 people

Arrivals' income: $96.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → New York4,349 people

Leavers' income: $85.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

9,743 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 New York every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and New York (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+1,282
2014–15 †	+1,217
2015–16	+1,899
2016–17 †	+2,473
2017–18	+1,714
2018–19	+1,513
2019–20	+2,365
2020–21	+1,986
2021–22	+1,235
2022–23 †	+777

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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New York

Net change, all states: −157,970
Moved in · moved out: 268,427 · 426,397
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $94.2k · $106.0k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between New York 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	4,936	2,945	+1,991	3,124	1,842	$75.7k	$52.8k
2014–15 †	3,877	2,057	+1,820	2,619	1,402	$86.0k	$60.0k
2015–16	5,770	2,967	+2,803	3,809	1,910	$68.0k	$59.9k
2016–17 †	8,131	4,443	+3,688	5,304	2,831	$79.4k	$56.7k
2017–18	6,055	3,568	+2,487	4,084	2,370	$89.3k	$59.4k
2018–19	5,567	3,490	+2,077	3,880	2,367	$85.7k	$71.0k
2019–20	7,033	3,500	+3,533	4,688	2,323	$135.9k	$71.1k
2020–21	6,352	3,699	+2,653	4,515	2,529	$133.7k	$71.1k
2021–22	6,093	4,511	+1,582	4,420	3,185	$151.1k	$94.7k
2022–23 †	5,394	4,349	+1,045	3,987	3,210	$96.6k	$85.2k

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

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