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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 89,824 people in, 111,565 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−21,741 people
−11,618 households
Arrivals' income
$104.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$96.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Orange 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 Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Los Angeles County31,420
  2. Riverside County8,941
  3. San Bernardino County5,104
  4. San Diego County4,787
  5. Santa Clara County1,786
  6. Maricopa County, AZ1,482
  7. Clark County, NV1,384
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,914

Where did people go?

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

  1. Los Angeles County23,952
  2. Riverside County16,097
  3. San Bernardino County6,498
  4. San Diego County5,810
  5. Maricopa County, AZ2,978
  6. Clark County, NV2,966
  7. Santa Clara County1,340
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)9,104

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,140 people
Left for abroad
1,819 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Orange usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−11,61822–23††‡†
Net migration of Orange County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−3,128
2014–15 †−3,208
2015–16−4,015
2016–17 †−9,671
2017–18−7,767
2018–19 ‡−6,664
2019–20−8,138
2020–21−11,603
2021–22−14,997
2022–23 †−11,618

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