Illinois vs Ohio: which way are people moving?

Toward Illinois. In 2022–23, 178 more people moved from Ohio to Illinois than the other way.

Ohio → Illinois5,670 people

Arrivals' income: $73.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois → Ohio5,492 people

Leavers' income: $83.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,162 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2021–22, more have moved to Illinois.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+60422–23†††
Net moves between Illinois and Ohio (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−175
2014–15 †+226
2015–16+19
2016–17 †−591
2017–18−380
2018–19+10
2019–20−686
2020–21−576
2021–22+34
2022–23 †+604

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2021–22 turn falls between them.

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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Ohio

Net change, all states
−6,312
Moved in · moved out
155,049 · 161,361
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$67.2k · $78.1k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Ohio and Illinois, 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)
2013–145,3056,364−1,0593,2643,439$62.0k$70.4k
2014–15 †3,9584,199−2412,5502,324$66.1k$65.4k
2015–165,7356,380−6453,4573,438$74.7k$74.8k
2016–17 †7,2389,301−2,0634,3244,915$78.3k$80.0k
2017–185,3066,763−1,4573,3413,721$77.1k$76.3k
2018–195,2285,935−7073,3573,347$72.3k$78.8k
2019–204,9327,003−2,0713,1573,843$69.8k$97.4k
2020–214,8626,351−1,4893,2183,794$76.0k$88.9k
2021–225,3726,121−7493,7273,693$78.9k$203.5k
2022–23 †5,6705,492+1784,1053,501$73.4k$83.6k

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

Cite this comparison

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