Georgia vs Illinois: which way are people moving?

Name: Georgia vs Illinois: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 2,281 more people moved from Illinois to Georgia than the other way.

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Illinois → Georgia7,240 people

Arrivals' income: $83.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → Illinois4,959 people

Leavers' income: $64.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

12,199 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Georgia than to Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and Illinois (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+1,480
2014–15 †	+870
2015–16	+1,737
2016–17 †	+2,545
2017–18	+1,518
2018–19	+1,518
2019–20	+1,582
2020–21	+1,940
2021–22	+1,875
2022–23 †	+1,008

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Georgia

Net change, all states: +35,536
Moved in · moved out: 265,330 · 229,794
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $70.2k · $72.3k

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Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Illinois and Georgia, 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	8,228	4,798	+3,430	3,977	2,497	$66.1k	$55.5k
2014–15 †	5,534	3,584	+1,950	2,816	1,946	$58.7k	$54.1k
2015–16	8,747	4,550	+4,197	4,185	2,448	$74.8k	$65.9k
2016–17 †	11,721	6,249	+5,472	5,782	3,237	$85.5k	$65.9k
2017–18	8,204	4,834	+3,370	4,172	2,654	$72.0k	$59.6k
2018–19	7,756	4,675	+3,081	4,033	2,515	$77.4k	$64.3k
2019–20	8,140	4,615	+3,525	4,163	2,581	$85.7k	$66.9k
2020–21	8,434	4,335	+4,099	4,475	2,535	$88.5k	$62.7k
2021–22	8,433	4,566	+3,867	4,597	2,722	$92.8k	$77.0k
2022–23 †	7,240	4,959	+2,281	4,120	3,112	$83.6k	$64.5k

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Moved Where. “Georgia vs Illinois: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/georgia-vs-illinois. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.