How America Moves

Cook County, IL

Migration of people and income, 2022–2023 filing years

Between the 2022 and 2023 filing years, Cook County, IL saw a net loss of 14,346 tax-filing households and a net loss of 42,264 individuals. On net, the area lost $4.5B in associated adjusted gross income (AGI, nominal dollars). The largest inflow came from DuPage County; the largest outflow went to DuPage County. These figures cover federal income tax filers only and do not indicate why people moved.

Net income (AGI)
-$4.5B
nominal dollars
Net households
-14,346
tax returns
Net people
-42,264
exemptions

Income (AGI) in and out

Moved in$7.4B
Moved out$11.8B
Net -$4.5B (nominal)

Where movers came from

  1. 1DuPage County, IL8,374$716.7M
  2. 2Lake County, IL4,959$620.8M
  3. 3Will County, IL4,824$311.1M
  4. 4Kane County, IL2,754$178.7M
  5. 5Lake County, IN2,665$117.2M
  6. 6Los Angeles County, CA1,570$150.4M
  7. 7McHenry County, IL1,307$89.1M
  8. 8Maricopa County, AZ1,160$88.3M
  9. 9New York County, NY878$279.9M
  10. 10Oakland County, MI876$69.7M

Where movers went

  1. 1DuPage County, IL11,143$1.2B
  2. 2Will County, IL6,972$633.1M
  3. 3Lake County, IL6,447$1.2B
  4. 4Lake County, IN4,226$239.8M
  5. 5Kane County, IL3,820$299.0M
  6. 6McHenry County, IL2,305$184.0M
  7. 7Los Angeles County, CA1,982$226.6M
  8. 8New York County, NY1,755$299.4M
  9. 9Maricopa County, AZ1,698$223.8M
  10. 10Harris County, TX991$79.4M

Net migration by year

Net 2012–2023: -$43.5B (-675,042 people)
20122023
Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012-$968.3M-29,291
2013-$2.0B-43,051
2014-$2.1B-48,423
2015-$1.9B-32,805
2016-$3.0B-58,402
2017-$3.3B-88,517
2018-$2.9B-55,767
2019-$2.9B-47,656
2020-$5.1B-73,828
2021-$7.6B-85,736
2022-$7.2B-69,302
2023-$4.5B-42,264

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Source: IRS Statistics of Income migration data (public domain). Covers federal income tax filers only; AGI is nominal (not inflation adjusted). These numbers describe movement of filers and their reported income, not why people moved or economic loss. Methodology and caveats.