Illinois vs Kentucky: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Kentucky. In 2022–23, 443 more people moved from Illinois to Kentucky than the other way.

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Kentucky → Illinois2,883 people

Arrivals' income: $62.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois → Kentucky3,326 people

Leavers' income: $63.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

6,209 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Kentucky than to Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Illinois and Kentucky (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−432
2014–15 †	−283
2015–16	−473
2016–17 †	−970
2017–18	−499
2018–19	−612
2019–20	−767
2020–21	−714
2021–22	−600
2022–23 †	−269

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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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 Illinois, 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	2,900	3,888	−988	1,520	1,952	$42.0k	$47.5k
2014–15 †	1,912	2,591	−679	1,098	1,381	$44.4k	$45.7k
2015–16	2,702	3,802	−1,100	1,415	1,888	$54.6k	$57.6k
2016–17 †	3,567	5,639	−2,072	1,869	2,839	$50.7k	$61.3k
2017–18	2,748	3,955	−1,207	1,505	2,004	$50.0k	$55.1k
2018–19	2,602	3,864	−1,262	1,427	2,039	$52.3k	$60.4k
2019–20	2,670	4,375	−1,705	1,489	2,256	$49.2k	$66.2k
2020–21	2,659	4,123	−1,464	1,550	2,264	$47.9k	$71.8k
2021–22	2,737	3,850	−1,113	1,617	2,217	$55.3k	$66.6k
2022–23 †	2,883	3,326	−443	1,741	2,010	$62.1k	$63.9k

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