South Dakota vs Wyoming: which way are people moving?

Name: South Dakota vs Wyoming: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward South Dakota. In 2022–23, 173 more people moved from Wyoming to South Dakota than the other way.

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Year

Wyoming → South Dakota796 people

Arrivals' income: $56.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

South Dakota → Wyoming623 people

Leavers' income: $59.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,419 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to South Dakota than to Wyoming every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between South Dakota and Wyoming (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+19
2014–15 †	+5
2015–16	+138
2016–17 †	+256
2017–18	+1
2018–19	+5
2019–20	+40
2020–21	+135
2021–22	+84
2022–23 †	+89

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

The two states overall

South Dakota

Net change, all states: +2,412
Moved in · moved out: 26,881 · 24,469
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $73.7k · $63.9k

South Dakota page →

Wyoming

Net change, all states: +375
Moved in · moved out: 22,038 · 21,663
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.9k · $69.2k

Wyoming page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Wyoming and South Dakota, 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	864	843	+21	450	431	$54.1k	$42.9k
2014–15 †	547	581	−34	304	299	$45.1k	$47.6k
2015–16	961	688	+273	501	363	$56.8k	$55.8k
2016–17 †	1,376	823	+553	704	448	$53.1k	$51.1k
2017–18	782	720	+62	398	397	$60.9k	$42.9k
2018–19	671	681	−10	358	353	$64.3k	$49.3k
2019–20	856	755	+101	447	407	$67.6k	$55.7k
2020–21	932	683	+249	507	372	$60.2k	$50.6k
2021–22	828	659	+169	465	381	$59.8k	$66.7k
2022–23 †	796	623	+173	453	364	$56.5k	$59.3k

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

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “South Dakota vs Wyoming: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/south-dakota-vs-wyoming. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.