Who's moving to and from Clark County, Washington?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 24,601 people in, 22,639 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,962 people
+1,653 households
Arrivals' income
$91.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$81.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Clark County's newcomers came from in Washington

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Washington counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Multnomah County, OR, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Multnomah County, OR4,587
  2. Washington County, OR1,915
  3. Clackamas County, OR1,433
  4. Cowlitz County1,320
  5. King County786
  6. Los Angeles County, CA532
  7. Maricopa County, AZ512
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,988

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Multnomah County, OR2,838
  2. Cowlitz County1,891
  3. Washington County, OR1,079
  4. Clackamas County, OR1,045
  5. King County761
  6. Maricopa County, AZ709
  7. Pierce County347
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,263

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
147 people
Left for abroad
263 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Clark usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,65322–23††‡†
Net migration of Clark County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+2,392
2014–15 †+1,914
2015–16+3,273
2016–17 †+4,418
2017–18+2,780
2018–19 ‡+2,788
2019–20+3,288
2020–21+2,843
2021–22+2,492
2022–23 †+1,653

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Clark County, Washington?” movedwhere.com/county/clark-county-wa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.