Who's moving to and from Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 6,435 people in, 7,885 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,450 people
−526 households
Arrivals' income
$54.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$65.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Fairbanks North Star Borough went in Alaska

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Alaska counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like El Paso County, CO, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 9 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Anchorage Municipality273
  2. El Paso County, CO129
  3. Bell County, TX129
  4. Matanuska-Susitna Borough123
  5. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area100
  6. Maricopa County, AZ95
  7. Montgomery County, TN91
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,279

Where did people go?

About 9 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Anchorage Municipality462
  2. Matanuska-Susitna Borough232
  3. El Paso County, CO206
  4. El Paso County, TX152
  5. Maricopa County, AZ136
  6. Clark County, NV119
  7. Pierce County, WA115
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,930

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
256 people
Left for abroad
244 people
Net moves with Juneau City and Borough
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Fairbanks North Star usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−52622–23††‡†
Net migration of Fairbanks North Star Borough (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,211
2014–15 †−201
2015–16−491
2016–17 †−1,813
2017–18−1,049
2018–19 ‡−994
2019–20−817
2020–21−311
2021–22−549
2022–23 †−526

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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska?” movedwhere.com/county/fairbanks-north-star-borough-ak. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.