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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 5,261 people in, 4,568 out. Most were moving between Washington counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+693 people
+241 households
Arrivals' income
$67.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$59.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Cowlitz 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 6 in 10 already lived in Washington. People, 2022–23.

  1. Clark County1,891
  2. Lewis County254
  3. Multnomah County, OR250
  4. Columbia County, OR220
  5. Washington County, OR142
  6. Pierce County135
  7. King County131
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,545

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Washington. People, 2022–23.

  1. Clark County1,320
  2. Lewis County310
  3. Multnomah County, OR181
  4. Columbia County, OR141
  5. Thurston County110
  6. King County108
  7. Maricopa County, AZ103
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,764

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Net moves with Spokane County
withheld
Net moves with Grays Harbor County
withheld
Net moves with Yakima County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cowlitz 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+24122–23††‡†
Net migration of Cowlitz County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+206
2014–15 †+243
2015–16+560
2016–17 †+1,103
2017–18+715
2018–19 ‡+533
2019–20+497
2020–21+479
2021–22+538
2022–23 †+241

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.

Cite this page

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