Who's moving to and from San Diego County, California?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 105,675 people in, 124,400 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−18,725 people
−5,524 households
Arrivals' income
$90.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$86.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving San Diego 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 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Los Angeles County9,296
  2. Riverside County8,425
  3. Orange County5,810
  4. San Bernardino County2,928
  5. Maricopa County, AZ2,636
  6. Santa Clara County2,368
  7. Clark County, NV1,829
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)10,047

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Riverside County12,708
  2. Los Angeles County6,906
  3. Orange County4,787
  4. Maricopa County, AZ3,877
  5. Clark County, NV3,142
  6. San Bernardino County2,303
  7. Santa Clara County1,655
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)13,465

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
4,459 people
Left for abroad
3,946 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is San Diego usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−5,52422–23††‡†
Net migration of San Diego County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−830
2014–15 †+1,672
2015–16−1,344
2016–17 †−7,418
2017–18−4,036
2018–19 ‡−5,418
2019–20−5,770
2020–21−8,327
2021–22−9,832
2022–23 †−5,524

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 San Diego County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/san-diego-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.