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Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 8,195 returns moved into Anchorage Municipality and 8,959 moved out, a net loss of 764 returns, or 6.2 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

AnchorageMatanuska-SusitnaKenai Peninsula

Farther away

AnchorageMaricopa, AZKing, WAClark, NV

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

No other Alaska county lost as many returns through moves. The median move into Anchorage covered 1,408 miles, the 2nd-longest among the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. On balance, Anchorage loses the most returns to Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The largest single source, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, supplied 9% of arriving returns.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Matanuska-Susitna Borough1,023697−326
  2. Kenai Peninsula Borough239272+33
  3. Fairbanks North Star Borough169298+129
  4. Maricopa, AZ251130−121
  5. King, WA200119−81
  6. Clark, NV15092−58
  7. Pierce, WA11988−31
  8. Los Angeles, CA93112+19
  9. Honolulu, HI11293−19
  10. Bethel Census Area67137+70
  11. Bexar, TX10377−26
  12. El Paso, CO10959−50

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 63 counties sent 20 or more returns each (51% of arrivals from within the US) and 70 received 20 or more (53% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 25% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Hillsborough, FL, 3,784 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Juneau City and Borough102151558
Kodiak Island Borough76125290
Kusilvak Census Area73153461
Harris, TX631153,244
Cumberland, NC611393,494
San Diego, CA571022,424
North Slope Borough56127584
Nome Census Area5399528
Spokane, WA53781,562
Salt Lake, UT52882,108
Clark, WA44621,512
Northwest Arctic Borough4382516
Pima, AZ43682,614
Okaloosa, FL43783,487
Multnomah, OR43571,526
Tarrant, TX43703,014
Snohomish, WA43681,408
Riverside, CA41602,401
Dillingham Census Area4081327
Chugach Census Area3865114
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Harris, TX861803,244
Pima, AZ691042,614
San Diego, CA64952,424
Cumberland, NC611303,494
Juneau City and Borough6096558
Ada, ID561041,822
Salt Lake, UT551012,108
Spokane, WA55901,562
Multnomah, OR53791,526
Okaloosa, FL501013,487
Sacramento, CA481021,973
Snohomish, WA47791,408
Cook, IL45572,828
Riverside, CA41702,401
Clark, WA41761,512
Denver, CO40482,377
San Bernardino, CA39642,327
Dallas, TX37643,031
Bell, TX36723,109
Tarrant, TX36643,014

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. Washington399
  2. California371
  3. Texas294
  4. Arizona173
  5. Florida130
  6. Hawaii119

Departures to

  1. Washington520
  2. Texas377
  3. Arizona346
  4. California312
  5. Colorado213
  6. Nevada179

Four filing years

7,8489,8292019–208,0689,7832020–218,1559,3852021–228,1958,9592022–23

InOut

Anchorage shows a net loss in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2022–23 and departures in 2019–20. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −16.6 in 2019–20, −14.4 in 2020–21, −10.2 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $64,202 Arriving
  • $74,958 Leaving
  • $106,573 Staying

Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, arriving returns the least.

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