Colorado vs Wyoming: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Wyoming. In 2022–23, 928 more people moved from Colorado to Wyoming than the other way.

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Wyoming → Colorado2,897 people

Arrivals' income: $69.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Wyoming3,825 people

Leavers' income: $78.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado is Wyoming's biggest moving partner in both directions: 6,722 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 Wyoming.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Wyoming (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+426
2014–15 †	+167
2015–16	+397
2016–17 †	+455
2017–18	+36
2018–19	−381
2019–20	−478
2020–21	−844
2021–22	−621
2022–23 †	−406

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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Wyoming

Net change, all states: +375
Moved in · moved out: 22,038 · 21,663
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.9k · $69.2k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Wyoming 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	4,178	3,452	+726	2,257	1,831	$53.2k	$60.9k
2014–15 †	2,881	2,732	+149	1,641	1,474	$56.0k	$57.2k
2015–16	4,054	3,326	+728	2,199	1,802	$54.5k	$73.6k
2016–17 †	4,982	4,351	+631	2,774	2,319	$55.9k	$54.1k
2017–18	3,503	3,502	+1	2,025	1,989	$55.5k	$57.1k
2018–19	2,990	3,906	−916	1,753	2,134	$61.0k	$70.9k
2019–20	3,223	4,456	−1,233	1,907	2,385	$59.1k	$70.4k
2020–21	2,757	4,521	−1,764	1,698	2,542	$60.4k	$71.8k
2021–22	2,866	4,260	−1,394	1,822	2,443	$69.7k	$105.3k
2022–23 †	2,897	3,825	−928	1,874	2,280	$69.3k	$78.6k

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

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