Who's moving to and from Imperial County, California?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 4,545 people in, 5,533 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−988 people
−696 households
Arrivals' income
$44.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$47.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Imperial County went in California

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other California counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Yuma County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Riverside County971
  2. San Diego County867
  3. Yuma County, AZ466
  4. Los Angeles County298
  5. Maricopa County, AZ225
  6. San Bernardino County191
  7. Orange County102
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,175

Where did people go?

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

  1. San Diego County1,037
  2. Riverside County817
  3. Yuma County, AZ620
  4. Maricopa County, AZ419
  5. Los Angeles County318
  6. San Bernardino County152
  7. Orange County150
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,632

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
59 people
Left for abroad
55 people
Net moves with Santa Clara County
withheld
Net moves with Ventura County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Imperial usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−69622–23††‡†
Net migration of Imperial County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−246
2014–15 †−647
2015–16−402
2016–17 †−264
2017–18−435
2018–19 ‡−592
2019–20−187
2020–21−40
2021–22−643
2022–23 †−696

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 Imperial County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/imperial-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.