Illinois vs Missouri: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Missouri. In 2022–23, 1,684 more people moved from Illinois to Missouri than the other way.

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Missouri → Illinois11,785 people

Arrivals' income: $62.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois → Missouri13,469 people

Leavers' income: $63.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

25,254 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Illinois and Missouri (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,830
2014–15 †	−1,207
2015–16	−1,292
2016–17 †	−2,140
2017–18	−1,533
2018–19	−1,906
2019–20	−2,134
2020–21	−1,818
2021–22	−1,105
2022–23 †	−1,046

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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Missouri

Net change, all states: +8,839
Moved in · moved out: 124,978 · 116,139
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $65.8k · $71.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Missouri 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	11,195	14,231	−3,036	6,226	8,056	$45.6k	$48.0k
2014–15 †	8,414	10,279	−1,865	4,889	6,096	$43.9k	$49.6k
2015–16	11,426	13,434	−2,008	6,521	7,813	$56.3k	$51.0k
2016–17 †	15,352	19,185	−3,833	8,662	10,802	$53.0k	$56.7k
2017–18	11,899	14,591	−2,692	6,936	8,469	$50.6k	$61.2k
2018–19	10,891	14,310	−3,419	6,572	8,478	$50.0k	$57.5k
2019–20	12,211	16,042	−3,831	7,048	9,182	$54.3k	$63.6k
2020–21	11,649	14,895	−3,246	7,148	8,966	$55.4k	$61.7k
2021–22	12,354	14,196	−1,842	7,648	8,753	$58.8k	$72.9k
2022–23 †	11,785	13,469	−1,684	7,622	8,668	$62.4k	$63.7k

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

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