Who's moving to and from Denver County, Colorado?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 62,726 people in, 66,009 out. Most were moving between Colorado counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−3,283 people
+2,141 households
Arrivals' income
$84.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$94.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Denver County went in Colorado

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Colorado counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cook County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Colorado. People, 2022–23.

  1. Arapahoe County11,897
  2. Jefferson County6,863
  3. Adams County5,734
  4. Douglas County2,061
  5. Boulder County1,480
  6. El Paso County1,085
  7. Cook County, IL990
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,550

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Colorado. People, 2022–23.

  1. Arapahoe County13,955
  2. Jefferson County10,103
  3. Adams County8,468
  4. Douglas County3,524
  5. Boulder County1,376
  6. El Paso County1,040
  7. Weld County877
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)7,133

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
310 people
Left for abroad
529 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Denver usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+2,14122–23††‡†
Net migration of Denver County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+5,173
2014–15 †+5,207
2015–16+4,032
2016–17 †+808
2017–18+3,895
2018–19 ‡+3,354
2019–20−1,200
2020–21−2,882
2021–22−480
2022–23 †+2,141

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 Denver County, Colorado?” movedwhere.com/county/denver-county-co. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.