Who's moving to and from Los Angeles County, California?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 174,784 people in, 259,326 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−84,542 people
−39,112 households
Arrivals' income
$89.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$93.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Los Angeles 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 Clark County, NV, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Orange County23,952
  2. San Bernardino County18,695
  3. Riverside County10,934
  4. San Diego County6,906
  5. Ventura County6,332
  6. Clark County, NV5,432
  7. Kern County3,684
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)9,050

Where did people go?

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

  1. San Bernardino County34,872
  2. Orange County31,420
  3. Riverside County20,742
  4. Ventura County10,470
  5. Clark County, NV10,100
  6. San Diego County9,296
  7. Kern County7,772
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)11,850

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
2,782 people
Left for abroad
4,763 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Los Angeles usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−39,11222–23††‡†
Net migration of Los Angeles County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−17,999
2014–15 †−12,173
2015–16−22,114
2016–17 †−42,688
2017–18−34,106
2018–19 ‡−34,520
2019–20−56,143
2020–21−70,511
2021–22−52,921
2022–23 †−39,112

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 Los Angeles County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/los-angeles-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.