Colorado vs North Dakota: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 129 more people moved from North Dakota to Colorado than the other way.

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North Dakota → Colorado896 people

Arrivals' income: $65.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → North Dakota767 people

Leavers' income: $63.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,663 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 North Dakota every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and North Dakota (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+126
2014–15 †	+98
2015–16	+480
2016–17 †	+397
2017–18	+211
2018–19	+243
2019–20	+108
2020–21	+56
2021–22	+24
2022–23 †	+87

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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North Dakota

Net change, all states: −757
Moved in · moved out: 23,095 · 23,852
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $54.6k · $64.8k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between North Dakota 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	1,442	1,222	+220	748	622	$68.3k	$55.0k
2014–15 †	1,115	972	+143	611	513	$66.3k	$58.8k
2015–16	1,728	954	+774	986	506	$54.8k	$60.7k
2016–17 †	1,936	1,282	+654	1,060	663	$55.7k	$53.2k
2017–18	1,329	944	+385	732	521	$61.5k	$58.1k
2018–19	1,191	847	+344	702	459	$63.8k	$60.3k
2019–20	1,097	1,049	+48	628	520	$63.6k	$61.3k
2020–21	981	908	+73	579	523	$54.2k	$55.5k
2021–22	905	959	−54	550	526	$59.9k	$60.3k
2022–23 †	896	767	+129	538	451	$65.4k	$63.3k

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

Cite this comparison

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