Illinois vs Mississippi: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Mississippi. In 2022–23, 90 more people moved from Illinois to Mississippi than the other way.

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Mississippi → Illinois1,297 people

Arrivals' income: $44.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois → Mississippi1,387 people

Leavers' income: $54.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,684 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Illinois and Mississippi (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−214
2014–15 †	−64
2015–16	−192
2016–17 †	−223
2017–18	−122
2018–19	−129
2019–20	−98
2020–21	−151
2021–22	−152
2022–23 †	−55

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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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

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Mississippi 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	1,377	1,839	−462	685	899	$38.8k	$39.1k
2014–15 †	1,107	1,241	−134	556	620	$31.1k	$31.2k
2015–16	1,254	1,678	−424	625	817	$40.0k	$44.5k
2016–17 †	1,706	2,090	−384	834	1,057	$37.3k	$48.8k
2017–18	1,326	1,544	−218	658	780	$38.8k	$51.4k
2018–19	1,244	1,430	−186	627	756	$42.3k	$47.8k
2019–20	1,285	1,562	−277	682	780	$37.0k	$53.9k
2020–21	1,159	1,456	−297	654	805	$40.5k	$49.9k
2021–22	1,159	1,494	−335	648	800	$48.3k	$61.6k
2022–23 †	1,297	1,387	−90	721	776	$44.0k	$54.5k

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

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