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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 50,975 people in, 56,521 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−5,546 people
−2,328 households
Arrivals' income
$71.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$73.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Sacramento 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 7 in 10 already lived in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Placer County5,088
  2. Yolo County3,384
  3. San Joaquin County2,835
  4. Alameda County2,736
  5. Santa Clara County2,723
  6. El Dorado County2,088
  7. Contra Costa County1,960
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,284

Where did people go?

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

  1. Placer County8,918
  2. Yolo County2,795
  3. El Dorado County2,695
  4. San Joaquin County2,158
  5. Yuba County1,669
  6. Los Angeles County1,567
  7. Alameda County1,527
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)8,201

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
346 people
Left for abroad
578 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Sacramento usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,32822–23††‡†
Net migration of Sacramento County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,966
2014–15 †+2,263
2015–16+2,579
2016–17 †+3,139
2017–18+1,659
2018–19 ‡+1,566
2019–20+638
2020–21−2,793
2021–22−5,106
2022–23 †−2,328

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