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Santa Barbara County, CA

County-to-county migration · IRS SOI · filing years 2022-2023

Net migration: -2,163 tax returns · -3,510 people · +$59,575,000 AGI

Inflow
7,807 returns · 12,033 people · $899,661,000 AGI
Outflow
9,970 returns · 15,543 people · $840,086,000 AGI

Top origins (where new residents came from)

CountyReturnsAGI
Los Angeles County, CA1,018$178,528,000
San Luis Obispo County, CA722$52,092,000
Ventura County, CA611$49,282,000
San Diego County, CA286$25,618,000
Orange County, CA262$23,797,000
Santa Clara County, CA161$29,435,000
Kern County, CA161$13,954,000
Riverside County, CA158$11,041,000
Alameda County, CA142$14,741,000
Maricopa County, AZ125$7,801,000

Top destinations (where leavers went)

CountyReturnsAGI
Los Angeles County, CA990$85,555,000
Ventura County, CA875$70,711,000
San Luis Obispo County, CA840$76,713,000
San Diego County, CA478$36,389,000
Orange County, CA284$35,431,000
Santa Clara County, CA201$19,979,000
Maricopa County, AZ192$17,622,000
Kern County, CA180$9,395,000
San Francisco County, CA172$14,827,000
Riverside County, CA170$10,863,000

IRS migration data tracks where tax filers lived in consecutive years. A "return" is roughly a household; "AGI" is the adjusted gross income that moved with them. Net migration = inflow − outflow. Small county-pair flows are suppressed by the IRS for privacy and shown blank.

Source: IRS SOI Migration Data. License: CC0 1.0.