How America Moves

Santa Clara County, CA

Migration of people and income, 2022–2023 filing years

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing years, Santa Clara County, CA saw a net loss of 9,835 tax-filing households and a net loss of 22,360 individuals. On net, the area lost $3.1B in associated adjusted gross income (AGI, nominal dollars). The largest inflow came from Alameda County; the largest outflow went to Alameda County. These figures cover federal income tax filers only and do not indicate why people moved.

Net income (AGI)
-$3.1B
nominal dollars
Net households
-9,835
tax returns
Net people
-22,360
exemptions

-11.9 net people per 1,000 residents (population 1,877,592)

Income (AGI) in and out

Moved in$6.3B
Moved out$9.4B
Net -$3.1B (nominal)

Where movers came from

  1. 1Alameda County, CA4,634$742.5M
  2. 2San Mateo County, CA3,874$1.0B
  3. 3Los Angeles County, CA2,354$297.3M
  4. 4San Francisco County, CA2,061$513.1M
  5. 5King County, WA1,214$271.7M
  6. 6San Diego County, CA1,191$160.3M
  7. 7Contra Costa County, CA1,002$136.8M
  8. 8Orange County, CA919$105.1M
  9. 9Santa Cruz County, CA869$94.0M
  10. 10San Joaquin County, CA861$75.4M

Where movers went

  1. 1Alameda County, CA6,578$1.3B
  2. 2San Mateo County, CA3,879$975.6M
  3. 3San Francisco County, CA3,335$607.6M
  4. 4Los Angeles County, CA2,171$295.2M
  5. 5San Joaquin County, CA2,060$272.2M
  6. 6Contra Costa County, CA1,655$346.3M
  7. 7San Diego County, CA1,584$264.2M
  8. 8Sacramento County, CA1,515$167.3M
  9. 9King County, WA1,462$342.0M
  10. 10Orange County, CA1,101$208.9M

Net migration by year

Net 2012–2023: -$35.4B (-290,161 people)
20122023
Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012-$323.0M-5,159
2013-$754.2M-8,622
2014-$3.3B-11,581
2015-$52.4M-10,720
2016-$3.1B-23,524
2017-$2.0B-37,382
2018-$2.6B-26,688
2019-$3.1B-23,411
2020-$5.0B-40,821
2021-$6.1B-46,775
2022-$5.8B-33,118
2023-$3.1B-22,360

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