Georgia vs Mississippi: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 436 more people moved from Mississippi to Georgia than the other way.

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Mississippi → Georgia3,301 people

Arrivals' income: $48.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → Mississippi2,865 people

Leavers' income: $51.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

6,166 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 Mississippi every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and Mississippi (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+455
2014–15 †	+298
2015–16	+566
2016–17 †	+753
2017–18	+537
2018–19	+611
2019–20	+447
2020–21	+422
2021–22	+466
2022–23 †	+326

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

Georgia page →

Mississippi

Net change, all states: −3,142
Moved in · moved out: 56,470 · 59,612
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $56.9k · $53.6k

Mississippi page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Mississippi 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	3,931	3,056	+875	1,894	1,439	$40.0k	$38.6k
2014–15 †	2,980	2,422	+558	1,459	1,161	$39.0k	$35.2k
2015–16	3,737	2,599	+1,138	1,825	1,259	$41.4k	$45.5k
2016–17 †	4,921	3,472	+1,449	2,394	1,641	$45.1k	$53.9k
2017–18	3,804	2,732	+1,072	1,889	1,352	$42.6k	$46.9k
2018–19	3,717	2,512	+1,205	1,862	1,251	$45.8k	$48.4k
2019–20	3,708	2,803	+905	1,843	1,396	$53.5k	$49.6k
2020–21	3,596	2,738	+858	1,895	1,473	$48.5k	$48.1k
2021–22	3,513	2,755	+758	1,950	1,484	$49.5k	$57.5k
2022–23 †	3,301	2,865	+436	1,877	1,551	$48.4k	$51.5k

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

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