Who's moving to and from Thurston County, Washington?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 19,030 people in, 17,446 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,584 people
+1,147 households
Arrivals' income
$68.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$68.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Thurston County's newcomers came from in Washington

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Pierce County3,656
  2. King County1,680
  3. Lewis County813
  4. Mason County609
  5. Grays Harbor County521
  6. Snohomish County470
  7. Honolulu County, HI270
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,600

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Pierce County2,740
  2. King County1,185
  3. Lewis County990
  4. Mason County626
  5. Grays Harbor County571
  6. Maricopa County, AZ356
  7. Snohomish County298
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,121

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
534 people
Left for abroad
518 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Thurston usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,14722–23††‡†
Net migration of Thurston County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+696
2014–15 †+790
2015–16+1,918
2016–17 †+2,739
2017–18+1,897
2018–19 ‡+1,316
2019–20+1,220
2020–21+748
2021–22+518
2022–23 †+1,147

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Thurston County, Washington?” movedwhere.com/county/thurston-county-wa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.