Texas
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 307,240 returns moved to Texas from other states and 250,767 moved the other way, a net gain of 56,473 returns, or 4.9 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Texas and other states.Texas ranks 12th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Texas gains the most returns from California and loses the most to Colorado. Another 569,431 returns moved between counties inside Texas, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +62,667 returns.
The exchange with every state
Sorted from the largest net gain to the largest net loss. States with a flow under 10 returns in either direction are left out.
| State | From there | To there | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 44,417 | 24,970 | +19,447 |
| Louisiana | 15,068 | 10,522 | +4,546 |
| Florida | 24,196 | 20,050 | +4,146 |
| Illinois | 12,078 | 8,236 | +3,842 |
| New York | 12,961 | 9,433 | +3,528 |
| New Jersey | 6,059 | 3,152 | +2,907 |
| Georgia | 10,897 | 9,120 | +1,777 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,349 | 4,630 | +1,719 |
| Maryland | 5,180 | 3,560 | +1,620 |
| Mississippi | 4,839 | 3,314 | +1,525 |
| Arizona | 9,966 | 8,463 | +1,503 |
| Virginia | 9,124 | 7,641 | +1,483 |
| Ohio | 6,519 | 5,212 | +1,307 |
| Michigan | 6,285 | 5,039 | +1,246 |
| Nevada | 4,905 | 3,689 | +1,216 |
| Minnesota | 4,294 | 3,208 | +1,086 |
| Indiana | 4,631 | 3,701 | +930 |
| Missouri | 6,709 | 5,785 | +924 |
| Massachusetts | 4,218 | 3,394 | +824 |
| Kansas | 4,667 | 3,876 | +791 |
| Connecticut | 2,170 | 1,442 | +728 |
| Wisconsin | 3,710 | 2,985 | +725 |
| Oregon | 4,018 | 3,335 | +683 |
| Alabama | 4,359 | 3,748 | +611 |
| Washington | 9,863 | 9,307 | +556 |
| Hawaii | 2,381 | 1,891 | +490 |
| Iowa | 2,432 | 2,099 | +333 |
| Utah | 3,597 | 3,308 | +289 |
| New Mexico | 7,469 | 7,197 | +272 |
| Nebraska | 2,087 | 1,860 | +227 |
| Idaho | 1,732 | 1,517 | +215 |
| Kentucky | 2,642 | 2,430 | +212 |
| Delaware | 686 | 511 | +175 |
| New Hampshire | 760 | 589 | +171 |
| West Virginia | 711 | 600 | +111 |
| South Dakota | 926 | 817 | +109 |
| Alaska | 1,349 | 1,256 | +93 |
| Rhode Island | 560 | 469 | +91 |
| Wyoming | 827 | 757 | +70 |
| North Dakota | 920 | 874 | +46 |
| Vermont | 312 | 327 | −15 |
| Montana | 1,047 | 1,064 | −17 |
| South Carolina | 3,703 | 3,840 | −137 |
| Tennessee | 6,776 | 6,952 | −176 |
| Maine | 583 | 767 | −184 |
| District of Columbia | 941 | 1,180 | −239 |
| North Carolina | 8,387 | 8,694 | −307 |
| Arkansas | 6,498 | 7,451 | −953 |
| Oklahoma | 10,157 | 11,582 | −1,425 |
| Colorado | 12,275 | 14,923 | −2,648 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +6.0 in 2019–20, +7.7 in 2020–21, +7.9 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 166 Texas counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Kaufman County+50.3
- Liberty County+49.0
- Blanco County+42.5
- Caldwell County+39.5
- Wise County+38.8
- Grimes County+38.5
- Comal County+37.7
- Ellis County+34.5
- Hays County+32.7
- Montgomery County+32.5
- Rockwall County+31.7
- Parker County+31.5
- Parmer County−14.8
- Deaf Smith County−15.1
- Hale County−15.5
- Lamb County−15.5
- Kleberg County−15.8
- Ochiltree County−17.6
- Castro County−21.9
- Yoakum County−26.1
- Dallam County−32.6
- Hartley County−33.8
- Bailey County−35.6
- Presidio County−35.7
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.