Georgia vs Michigan: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 1,249 more people moved from Michigan to Georgia than the other way.

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Michigan → Georgia5,101 people

Arrivals' income: $69.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → Michigan3,852 people

Leavers' income: $53.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,953 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 Michigan every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and Michigan (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+979
2014–15 †	+633
2015–16	+749
2016–17 †	+984
2017–18	+532
2018–19	+716
2019–20	+707
2020–21	+700
2021–22	+899
2022–23 †	+538

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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Michigan

Net change, all states: −8,442
Moved in · moved out: 119,409 · 127,851
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.1k · $77.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Michigan 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	5,901	3,817	+2,084	2,908	1,929	$49.6k	$39.3k
2014–15 †	3,873	2,791	+1,082	2,053	1,420	$46.0k	$36.2k
2015–16	5,097	3,680	+1,417	2,559	1,810	$55.2k	$46.6k
2016–17 †	6,971	5,216	+1,755	3,515	2,531	$68.7k	$56.5k
2017–18	4,872	3,871	+1,001	2,502	1,970	$54.7k	$57.4k
2018–19	4,924	3,708	+1,216	2,590	1,874	$59.3k	$54.0k
2019–20	5,214	4,011	+1,203	2,699	1,992	$60.0k	$51.9k
2020–21	5,131	3,727	+1,404	2,745	2,045	$61.9k	$57.1k
2021–22	5,341	3,679	+1,662	2,943	2,044	$69.1k	$64.5k
2022–23 †	5,101	3,852	+1,249	2,816	2,278	$69.8k	$53.3k

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

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