Who's moving to and from Honolulu County, Hawaii?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 36,388 people in, 42,655 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−6,267 people
−2,232 households
Arrivals' income
$73.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$70.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Honolulu County went in Hawaii

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Hawaii counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Clark County, NV, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. San Diego County, CA1,529
  2. Los Angeles County, CA1,007
  3. Clark County, NV914
  4. Hawaii County881
  5. Pierce County, WA665
  6. Bexar County, TX597
  7. Orange County, CA527
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)10,218

Where did people go?

Almost all who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Clark County, NV2,381
  2. San Diego County, CA1,719
  3. Hawaii County1,125
  4. Los Angeles County, CA939
  5. King County, WA902
  6. Bexar County, TX767
  7. El Paso County, CO764
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)11,066

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
2,866 people
Left for abroad
2,429 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Honolulu usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,23222–23††‡†
Net migration of Honolulu County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,882
2014–15 †+37
2015–16−3,543
2016–17 †−7,919
2017–18−4,100
2018–19 ‡−3,591
2019–20−4,182
2020–21−4,942
2021–22−3,807
2022–23 †−2,232

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 Honolulu County, Hawaii?” movedwhere.com/county/honolulu-county-hi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.