Oklahoma vs Washington: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Oklahoma. In 2022–23, 382 more people moved from Washington to Oklahoma than the other way.

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Washington → Oklahoma2,155 people

Arrivals' income: $65.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Oklahoma → Washington1,773 people

Leavers' income: $65.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,928 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Washington came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Oklahoma.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Oklahoma and Washington (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−159
2014–15 †	−154
2015–16	−259
2016–17 †	−301
2017–18	−94
2018–19	−12
2019–20	+75
2020–21	+342
2021–22	+370
2022–23 †	+61

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

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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Washington

Net change, all states: −29
Moved in · moved out: 192,628 · 192,657
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $89.9k · $100.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Washington and Oklahoma, 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	1,546	1,775	−229	705	864	$46.8k	$44.2k
2014–15 †	1,084	1,306	−222	513	667	$43.5k	$45.1k
2015–16	1,641	2,048	−407	738	997	$57.3k	$53.3k
2016–17 †	2,244	2,626	−382	980	1,281	$57.8k	$50.6k
2017–18	1,890	1,886	+4	841	935	$54.0k	$52.1k
2018–19	1,818	1,593	+225	845	857	$57.6k	$53.4k
2019–20	2,161	1,748	+413	974	899	$60.5k	$87.1k
2020–21	2,540	1,644	+896	1,197	855	$87.2k	$64.7k
2021–22	2,846	1,676	+1,170	1,284	914	$67.3k	$124.5k
2022–23 †	2,155	1,773	+382	1,050	989	$65.1k	$65.0k

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

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