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Maricopa County, Arizona

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 91,952 returns moved into Maricopa County and 86,691 moved out, a net gain of 5,261 returns, or 2.9 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

MaricopaPinalPimaYavapaiYumaGila

Farther away

MaricopaCook, ILCoconino

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Movers from other states made up 80% of arrivals, the 8th-highest share among the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. The median move into Maricopa covered 639 miles, the 6th-longest among these 285 counties. On balance, Maricopa gains the most returns from Los Angeles County, CA and loses the most to Pinal County. The largest single source, Pinal County, supplied 7% of arriving returns.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Pinal10,8056,549−4,256
  2. Pima2,7203,262+542
  3. Los Angeles, CA2,1813,562+1,381
  4. San Diego, CA1,7062,410+704
  5. Yavapai2,2971,817−480
  6. Cook, IL1,1601,698+538
  7. Coconino1,2971,541+244
  8. Clark, NV1,3381,488+150
  9. King, WA1,3221,502+180
  10. Orange, CA9441,858+914
  11. Riverside, CA8101,550+740
  12. Navajo1,017870−147

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 549 counties sent 20 or more returns each (91% of arrivals from within the US) and 552 received 20 or more (89% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 16% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Kauai, HI, 2,966 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
San Bernardino, CA1,0491,865235
Yuma9361,60691
Pierce, WA7231,2761,073
Santa Clara, CA6681,128583
Salt Lake, UT6651,187507
Harris, TX6591,1471,034
Bernalillo, NM6511,014353
Snohomish, WA6241,0661,124
Hennepin, MN6049601,293
El Paso, CO538915584
El Paso, TX518905380
Mohave506786179
Dallas, TX490733910
Denver, CO488680612
Utah, UT488975470
Washington, OR4818141,014
Gila476830102
Ventura, CA469773387
Tarrant, TX454785881
Alameda, CA448693607
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Dallas, TX6891,041910
Harris, TX6851,1821,034
Gila6271,086102
Utah, UT5951,155470
Denver, CO571737612
Salt Lake, UT567948507
Yuma5661,06491
San Bernardino, CA566992235
Santa Clara, CA545776583
Travis, TX543729895
El Paso, CO541924584
Tarrant, TX511895881
Bexar, TX458861866
Bernalillo, NM450670353
Cochise437835190
Hennepin, MN4226151,293
Collin, TX422781919
Mohave421693179
El Paso, TX412732380
Pierce, WA4096951,073

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. California16,081
  2. Washington4,883
  3. Texas4,807
  4. Illinois3,773
  5. Colorado3,319
  6. Florida2,827

Departures to

  1. California9,753
  2. Texas5,900
  3. Washington3,530
  4. Colorado3,280
  5. Florida3,253
  6. Illinois2,351

Four filing years

97,13875,2042019–2099,24285,5272020–2196,22989,2472021–2291,95286,6912022–23

InOut

Maricopa shows a net gain in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2020–21 and departures in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +13.4 in 2019–20, +8.1 in 2020–21, +4.0 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $78,071 Leaving
  • $88,504 Arriving
  • $103,154 Staying

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

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