Colorado vs Oklahoma: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Oklahoma. In 2022–23, 966 more people moved from Colorado to Oklahoma than the other way.

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Oklahoma → Colorado3,262 people

Arrivals' income: $67.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Oklahoma4,228 people

Leavers' income: $68.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

7,490 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Colorado came out ahead every year until 2017–18. Since 2018–19, more have moved to Oklahoma.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Oklahoma (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+297
2014–15 †	+442
2015–16	+430
2016–17 †	+645
2017–18	+277
2018–19	−92
2019–20	−571
2020–21	−1,107
2021–22	−1,031
2022–23 †	−439

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2018–19 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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Oklahoma

Net change, all states: +12,589
Moved in · moved out: 85,394 · 72,805
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $59.0k · $60.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Oklahoma 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	3,496	2,974	+522	1,780	1,483	$56.7k	$49.1k
2014–15 †	2,746	2,027	+719	1,453	1,011	$58.5k	$49.6k
2015–16	3,924	3,150	+774	1,991	1,561	$60.1k	$56.1k
2016–17 †	5,610	4,333	+1,277	2,773	2,128	$67.9k	$58.0k
2017–18	3,993	3,725	+268	2,078	1,801	$56.5k	$56.3k
2018–19	3,553	3,895	−342	1,864	1,956	$68.3k	$57.0k
2019–20	3,488	4,882	−1,394	1,774	2,345	$79.6k	$62.2k
2020–21	2,902	5,288	−2,386	1,637	2,744	$67.7k	$58.2k
2021–22	2,939	5,164	−2,225	1,671	2,702	$72.1k	$69.4k
2022–23 †	3,262	4,228	−966	1,839	2,278	$67.0k	$68.6k

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

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