IRS tax-return data · 2022–2023

Arizona Migration: Who Moved In, Who Moved Out

Where people who left Arizona went, where its new arrivals came from, and the income that moved with them. Counted from the addresses on tax returns.

Source data last read October 10, 2026. The IRS publishes one edition a year.

Moved in

202,429

People, from other states, 2022–2023

Moved out

175,302

People, to other states, 2022–2023

Net

+27,127

People: moved in minus moved out

Net income

$2.76 billion

Arrivals’ income minus leavers’, earned in 2022

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing seasons, 202,429 people appear on tax returns that moved into Arizona from another state, and 175,302 on returns that moved out. On balance Arizona gained 27,127 people to the rest of the country. The households that arrived reported $10.6 billion in income and the ones that left reported $7.89 billion.

Its largest net gain came from California (+21,803), and its largest net loss was to Texas (−3,074).

What this counts, and what it does not

These are tax returns, not a head count. The IRS compares the address on a return filed in 2022 with the address on the same taxpayer’s return filed in 2023. “People” is the number of individuals listed on those returns.

Anyone who did not file in both years is missing: many students, retirees and low earners with no filing requirement, and anyone whose two returns could not be matched. The real number of people who moved is higher.

The address is a mailing address, which is not always where someone lives, and a move is dated by when the return was filed, not when the truck was loaded.

Income is the adjusted gross income on the second return (earned in 2022), attributed to the state the household moved to. It measures the income of the people who moved, not money a state “lost” or “gained”: much of it is wages from a job that may itself have changed.

Moves to and from other countries, military post offices and the US territories are not included in the totals here, and the IRS withholds any state-to-state flow of fewer than ten returns.

Where people who left Arizona went

1California26,082
2Texas17,750
3Washington9,327
4Colorado8,903
5Florida8,474
6Utah6,014
7Nevada5,694
8Illinois5,634
9New Mexico5,229
10North Carolina5,167

Top 10 destinations for people leaving Arizona, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Where new arrivals came from

1California47,885
2Texas14,676
3Washington13,636
4Colorado9,585
5Illinois8,751
6Florida7,446
7Nevada6,991
8Oregon6,453
9Utah6,079
10New Mexico5,969

Top 10 origins of people moving to Arizona, 2022–2023. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division.

Arizona and every other state

People moving in each direction, and the difference. A positive net means Arizona gained from that state.

State	Moved in from	Moved out to	Net
Alabama	1,067	1,416	−349
Alaska	1,630	1,032	+598
Arkansas	1,014	1,652	−638
California	47,885	26,082	+21,803
Colorado	9,585	8,903	+682
Connecticut	1,014	755	+259
Delaware	267	290	−23
District of Columbia	209	316	−107
Florida	7,446	8,474	−1,028
Georgia	3,177	3,813	−636
Hawaii	1,564	1,426	+138
Idaho	3,043	3,143	−100
Illinois	8,751	5,634	+3,117
Indiana	2,862	2,684	+178
Iowa	2,029	1,895	+134
Kansas	1,721	1,815	−94
Kentucky	1,061	1,466	−405
Louisiana	1,025	950	+75
Maine	474	528	−54
Maryland	1,608	1,461	+147
Massachusetts	1,614	1,426	+188
Michigan	4,178	4,229	−51
Minnesota	4,889	3,508	+1,381
Mississippi	610	708	−98
Missouri	2,798	3,266	−468
Montana	1,856	1,661	+195
Nebraska	1,644	1,326	+318
Nevada	6,991	5,694	+1,297
New Hampshire	551	390	+161
New Jersey	2,040	1,324	+716
New Mexico	5,969	5,229	+740
New York	4,349	3,582	+767
North Carolina	3,062	5,167	−2,105
North Dakota	1,132	893	+239
Ohio	3,749	3,873	−124
Oklahoma	1,674	2,670	−996
Oregon	6,453	4,866	+1,587
Pennsylvania	3,037	2,831	+206
Rhode Island	243	223	+20
South Carolina	1,426	2,396	−970
South Dakota	1,466	1,033	+433
Tennessee	2,373	3,988	−1,615
Texas	14,676	17,750	−3,074
Utah	6,079	6,014	+65
Vermont	256	281	−25
Virginia	3,039	3,540	−501
Washington	13,636	9,327	+4,309
West Virginia	287	336	−49
Wisconsin	3,871	3,150	+721
Wyoming	1,049	886	+163

Migration between Arizona and each other state, people on matched tax returns, 2022–2023.

Sources and methods

Every figure on this page comes from one of the datasets below and nowhere else. Nothing is estimated, interpolated or carried over from a previous edition. Where two sources measure something similar, they are reported separately rather than combined, because they are not measuring the same thing.

SOI Tax Stats: Migration Data 2022–2023, state-to-state outflow
Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
Covers
Returns filed in 2022 and 2023, 50 states and DC
Last read
October 10, 2026
The IRS matches each individual income tax return filed in 2022 to the same taxpayer’s return filed in 2023 and compares the addresses. People and income are taken from the second return, so the income is what those households earned in 2022. Amounts are published in thousands of dollars.
Exact file we read Publisher’s page
SOI Tax Stats: Migration Data 2022–2023, state-to-state inflow
Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
Covers
Returns filed in 2022 and 2023, 50 states and DC
Last read
October 10, 2026
The same flows listed by destination instead of origin. We read both files and publish a flow only when the two agree on it, which they do for every pair. The publisher’s page linked here is the IRS users guide, which defines every term used on this page.
Exact file we read Publisher’s page

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