Georgia vs Kentucky: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 99 more people moved from Kentucky to Georgia than the other way.

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Kentucky → Georgia3,044 people

Arrivals' income: $60.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → Kentucky2,945 people

Leavers' income: $58.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

5,989 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 Kentucky every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and Kentucky (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+343
2014–15 †	+242
2015–16	+250
2016–17 †	+162
2017–18	+88
2018–19	+284
2019–20	+20
2020–21	+108
2021–22	+109
2022–23 †	+51

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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Kentucky

Net change, all states: +5,861
Moved in · moved out: 86,522 · 80,661
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $60.5k · $65.7k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Kentucky 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	4,182	3,246	+936	1,856	1,513	$51.5k	$41.9k
2014–15 †	2,645	2,216	+429	1,284	1,042	$42.1k	$43.3k
2015–16	3,472	3,031	+441	1,652	1,402	$49.4k	$44.4k
2016–17 †	4,418	4,393	+25	2,111	1,949	$58.3k	$55.2k
2017–18	3,387	3,108	+279	1,592	1,504	$58.6k	$54.7k
2018–19	3,194	2,941	+253	1,628	1,344	$57.0k	$55.3k
2019–20	3,165	3,203	−38	1,534	1,514	$58.6k	$54.5k
2020–21	3,239	3,101	+138	1,679	1,571	$69.1k	$61.9k
2021–22	3,218	3,113	+105	1,708	1,599	$62.9k	$60.7k
2022–23 †	3,044	2,945	+99	1,625	1,574	$60.6k	$58.5k

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

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