Colorado vs Utah: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Utah. In 2022–23, 348 more people moved from Colorado to Utah than the other way.

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Utah → Colorado3,732 people

Arrivals' income: $70.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Utah4,080 people

Leavers' income: $82.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

7,812 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Colorado came out ahead every year until 2015–16. Since 2016–17, more have moved to Utah.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Utah (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+205
2014–15 †	+179
2015–16	+50
2016–17 †	−313
2017–18	−109
2018–19	−206
2019–20	−415
2020–21	−290
2021–22	−109
2022–23 †	−249

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2016–17 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

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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Utah

Net change, all states: +1,197
Moved in · moved out: 80,211 · 79,014
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.1k · $74.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Utah 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	4,142	3,756	+386	1,913	1,708	$52.0k	$57.4k
2014–15 †	2,987	2,525	+462	1,436	1,257	$50.0k	$47.4k
2015–16	4,035	4,221	−186	1,977	1,927	$55.4k	$60.7k
2016–17 †	4,962	6,018	−1,056	2,484	2,797	$58.4k	$64.5k
2017–18	3,991	4,435	−444	2,018	2,127	$56.4k	$66.5k
2018–19	3,872	4,252	−380	2,015	2,221	$64.4k	$75.6k
2019–20	3,780	5,086	−1,306	2,032	2,447	$60.8k	$75.8k
2020–21	3,666	4,292	−626	2,094	2,384	$63.3k	$73.7k
2021–22	4,038	4,321	−283	2,337	2,446	$71.9k	$84.1k
2022–23 †	3,732	4,080	−348	2,240	2,489	$70.0k	$82.5k

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

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