Georgia vs Louisiana: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 782 more people moved from Louisiana to Georgia than the other way.

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Louisiana → Georgia3,938 people

Arrivals' income: $52.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → Louisiana3,156 people

Leavers' income: $50.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

7,094 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 Louisiana every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and Louisiana (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+134
2014–15 †	+64
2015–16	+368
2016–17 †	+921
2017–18	+603
2018–19	+408
2019–20	+456
2020–21	+676
2021–22	+773
2022–23 †	+447

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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Louisiana

Net change, all states: −17,333
Moved in · moved out: 65,960 · 83,293
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.2k · $62.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Louisiana 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	4,508	4,089	+419	2,129	1,995	$40.2k	$40.7k
2014–15 †	3,248	3,072	+176	1,598	1,534	$39.2k	$35.9k
2015–16	4,482	3,748	+734	2,152	1,784	$42.0k	$46.2k
2016–17 †	5,861	3,999	+1,862	2,836	1,915	$47.7k	$51.3k
2017–18	4,222	2,986	+1,236	2,115	1,512	$44.1k	$43.4k
2018–19	3,913	3,029	+884	1,966	1,558	$50.4k	$47.7k
2019–20	4,170	3,213	+957	2,077	1,621	$49.6k	$49.1k
2020–21	4,532	2,857	+1,675	2,254	1,578	$49.3k	$48.3k
2021–22	4,322	2,866	+1,456	2,324	1,551	$55.5k	$72.1k
2022–23 †	3,938	3,156	+782	2,194	1,747	$52.6k	$50.7k

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Cite this comparison

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