Georgia vs New Jersey: which way are people moving?

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 3,753 more people moved from New Jersey to Georgia than the other way.

New Jersey → Georgia6,884 people

Arrivals' income: $81.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → New Jersey3,131 people

Leavers' income: $69.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

10,015 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 New Jersey every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,83222–23†††
Net moves between Georgia and New Jersey (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,422
2014–15 †+1,041
2015–16+1,774
2016–17 †+2,305
2017–18+1,630
2018–19+1,554
2019–20+1,842
2020–21+2,126
2021–22+2,489
2022–23 †+1,832

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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New Jersey

Net change, all states
−29,871
Moved in · moved out
173,739 · 203,610
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$102.2k · $106.7k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New Jersey and Georgia, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–146,2803,115+3,1653,0661,644$64.2k$53.1k
2014–15 †4,4332,253+2,1802,2671,226$58.6k$59.7k
2015–166,9582,975+3,9833,2861,512$90.3k$58.8k
2016–17 †8,9954,021+4,9744,3302,025$76.5k$66.9k
2017–186,5653,092+3,4733,2791,649$70.4k$62.6k
2018–196,2403,054+3,1863,2451,691$78.8k$56.4k
2019–206,8542,898+3,9563,4481,606$85.3k$65.5k
2020–217,4092,887+4,5223,8171,691$81.3k$62.9k
2021–228,0012,865+5,1364,2201,731$91.7k$74.9k
2022–23 †6,8843,131+3,7533,7251,893$81.2k$69.5k

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

Cite this comparison

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