Alaska vs Texas: which way are people moving?

Name: Alaska vs Texas: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 305 more people moved from Alaska to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Alaska2,433 people

Arrivals' income: $69.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alaska → Texas2,738 people

Leavers' income: $77.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas is Alaska's biggest moving partner in both directions: 5,171 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Texas than to Alaska every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alaska and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−481
2014–15 †	−162
2015–16	−158
2016–17 †	−276
2017–18	−254
2018–19	−307
2019–20	−298
2020–21	−163
2021–22	−312
2022–23 †	−93

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Alaska

Net change, all states: −4,149
Moved in · moved out: 25,599 · 29,748
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $63.3k · $70.9k

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Texas

Net change, all states: +112,481
Moved in · moved out: 553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $83.6k · $80.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Texas and Alaska, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	2,632	3,746	−1,114	1,188	1,669	$73.8k	$61.3k
2014–15 †	1,911	2,232	−321	941	1,103	$71.4k	$68.2k
2015–16	2,656	3,090	−434	1,212	1,370	$74.6k	$78.1k
2016–17 †	3,556	4,407	−851	1,549	1,825	$66.5k	$81.4k
2017–18	2,222	2,989	−767	1,048	1,302	$66.5k	$68.9k
2018–19	2,405	3,157	−752	1,104	1,411	$72.4k	$77.1k
2019–20	2,458	3,230	−772	1,135	1,433	$81.7k	$81.4k
2020–21	2,642	3,045	−403	1,264	1,427	$73.7k	$79.5k
2021–22	2,379	3,086	−707	1,157	1,469	$71.3k	$82.2k
2022–23 †	2,433	2,738	−305	1,256	1,349	$69.2k	$77.7k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

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Moved Where. “Alaska vs Texas: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/alaska-vs-texas. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.