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 2023, at 8.4%. San Luis, AZ had the lowest, at 0.2%. The median was 4.2% and the figure for Arizona was 3.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest8.4Sierra Vista, AZ

Lowest0.2San Luis, AZ

Median4.244 cities

Arizona3.6History

All cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Sierra Vista, AZ	8.4	-0.5 pts
2	Flagstaff, AZ	6.8	-0.6 pts
3	Prescott, AZ	6.5	-0.5 pts
4	Lake Havasu City, AZ	6.5	-0.7 pts
5	Fountain Hills, AZ	6.1	0 pts
6	Yuma, AZ	6	+0.2 pts
7	Bullhead City, AZ	5.9	-0.3 pts
8	Oro Valley, AZ	5.9	-0.1 pts
9	Tempe, AZ	5.8	+0.4 pts
10	Eloy, AZ	5.3	+0.4 pts
11	Kingman, AZ	5.2	-0.6 pts
12	Scottsdale, AZ	5.1	-0.3 pts
13	Maricopa, AZ	4.8	+0.2 pts
14	Apache Junction, AZ	4.7	-0.2 pts
15	Buckeye, AZ	4.7	-0.4 pts
16	Florence, AZ	4.7	+0.7 pts
17	Prescott Valley, AZ	4.6	+0.1 pts
18	Surprise, AZ	4.5	+0.2 pts
19	Cottonwood, AZ	4.5	+0.4 pts
20	Sahuarita, AZ	4.5	-0.4 pts
21	Queen Creek, AZ	4.4	-0.4 pts
22	Payson, AZ	4.2	-0.1 pts
23	Marana, AZ	4.1	-0.5 pts
24	Goodyear, AZ	4.1	+0.2 pts
25	Coolidge, AZ	4.1	-2.2 pts
26	Gilbert, AZ	3.8	0 pts
27	Tucson, AZ	3.8	+0.2 pts
28	Chandler, AZ	3.7	0 pts
29	Chino Valley, AZ	3.6	-0.3 pts
30	Casa Grande, AZ	3.4	-0.1 pts
31	Mesa, AZ	3.3	-0.3 pts
32	Phoenix, AZ	2.9	+0.1 pts
33	Peoria, AZ	2.9	-0.1 pts
34	Glendale, AZ	2.8	-0.1 pts
35	Avondale, AZ	2.7	-0.8 pts
36	Paradise Valley, AZ	2.7	+0.3 pts
37	Somerton, AZ	2.2	+0.3 pts
38	Camp Verde, AZ	1.9	-0.7 pts
39	El Mirage, AZ	1.6	-0.2 pts
39	Safford, AZ	1.6	-0.1 pts
41	Show Low, AZ	1.3	-1.2 pts
42	Douglas, AZ	0.9	+0.1 pts
43	Nogales, AZ	0.6	+0.4 pts
44	San Luis, AZ	0.2	-0.3 pts

Other periods

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2022
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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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2023.

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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/arizona-cities?period=2023. 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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 8.4% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

San Luis, AZ, with 0.2% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.