Cities in Arizona by residents who moved from another state in the past year

Sierra Vista, AZ had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 44 cities in 2022, at 8.9%. Nogales, AZ had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 4.2% and the figure for Arizona was 3.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest8.9Sierra Vista, AZ

Lowest0.3Nogales, AZ

Median4.244 cities

Arizona3.7History

All cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Sierra Vista, AZ	8.9	-0.9 pts
2	Flagstaff, AZ	7.4	-0.9 pts
3	Lake Havasu City, AZ	7.2	+0.2 pts
4	Prescott, AZ	7.1	+0.6 pts
5	Coolidge, AZ	6.3	+2.8 pts
6	Bullhead City, AZ	6.2	+0.7 pts
7	Fountain Hills, AZ	6.1	+0.5 pts
8	Oro Valley, AZ	6	-0 pts
9	Yuma, AZ	5.9	+0.2 pts
10	Kingman, AZ	5.7	-2.6 pts
11	Scottsdale, AZ	5.4	-0.1 pts
12	Tempe, AZ	5.4	-0.4 pts
13	Buckeye, AZ	5.1	-0.1 pts
14	Sahuarita, AZ	5	-0.3 pts
15	Eloy, AZ	4.9	+0.4 pts
16	Apache Junction, AZ	4.9	-0.9 pts
17	Queen Creek, AZ	4.8	-1 pts
18	Marana, AZ	4.6	-0.4 pts
19	Maricopa, AZ	4.6	+0.5 pts
20	Prescott Valley, AZ	4.5	+0.3 pts
21	Payson, AZ	4.3	+0.2 pts
22	Surprise, AZ	4.3	+0.5 pts
23	Cottonwood, AZ	4.1	-1.1 pts
24	Florence, AZ	4	0 pts
25	Chino Valley, AZ	3.9	+0.7 pts
26	Goodyear, AZ	3.9	-0.1 pts
27	Gilbert, AZ	3.8	-0.5 pts
28	Chandler, AZ	3.7	-0.1 pts
29	Mesa, AZ	3.6	-0.1 pts
30	Tucson, AZ	3.6	+0.2 pts
31	Casa Grande, AZ	3.5	+0.4 pts
32	Avondale, AZ	3.5	-0.4 pts
33	Peoria, AZ	3	-0 pts
34	Glendale, AZ	2.9	-0 pts
35	Phoenix, AZ	2.8	+0.1 pts
36	Camp Verde, AZ	2.5	-1.8 pts
37	Paradise Valley, AZ	2.4	+0.3 pts
38	Show Low, AZ	2.4	-0.7 pts
39	Somerton, AZ	1.9	+0.5 pts
40	El Mirage, AZ	1.8	-0.5 pts
41	Safford, AZ	1.7	+0.3 pts
42	Douglas, AZ	0.8	-0.6 pts
43	San Luis, AZ	0.4	-0.3 pts
44	Nogales, AZ	0.3	-0.3 pts

Other periods

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About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Arizona by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arizona by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Arizona by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arizona by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Arizona by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which city has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

Sierra Vista, AZ, with 8.9% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Nogales, AZ, with 0.3% in 2022.

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