Kansas vs Oklahoma: which way are people moving?

Name: Kansas vs Oklahoma: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Oklahoma. In 2022–23, 681 more people moved from Kansas to Oklahoma than the other way.

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Oklahoma → Kansas4,199 people

Arrivals' income: $53.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Kansas → Oklahoma4,880 people

Leavers' income: $56.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

9,079 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Oklahoma than to Kansas every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Kansas and Oklahoma (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−671
2014–15 †	−274
2015–16	−340
2016–17 †	−379
2017–18	−325
2018–19	−429
2019–20	−660
2020–21	−555
2021–22	−433
2022–23 †	−371

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

The two states overall

Kansas

Net change, all states: −4,048
Moved in · moved out: 70,469 · 74,517
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $64.7k · $68.2k

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Oklahoma

Net change, all states: +12,589
Moved in · moved out: 85,394 · 72,805
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $59.0k · $60.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Oklahoma and Kansas, 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	4,502	6,093	−1,591	2,163	2,834	$42.3k	$55.6k
2014–15 †	3,677	4,212	−535	1,736	2,010	$41.6k	$44.8k
2015–16	4,724	5,465	−741	2,255	2,595	$44.4k	$47.4k
2016–17 †	6,005	6,938	−933	2,833	3,212	$49.4k	$53.5k
2017–18	4,528	5,077	−549	2,161	2,486	$48.5k	$47.2k
2018–19	3,990	4,951	−961	1,999	2,428	$47.2k	$53.5k
2019–20	4,275	5,609	−1,334	2,059	2,719	$51.1k	$51.2k
2020–21	4,211	5,348	−1,137	2,176	2,731	$47.3k	$46.1k
2021–22	4,050	4,843	−793	2,148	2,581	$51.8k	$57.9k
2022–23 †	4,199	4,880	−681	2,280	2,651	$53.4k	$56.2k

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

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Moved Where. “Kansas vs Oklahoma: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/kansas-vs-oklahoma. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.