Arkansas vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Arkansas. In 2022–23, 1,954 more people moved from Texas to Arkansas than the other way.

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Texas → Arkansas13,787 people

Arrivals' income: $67.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Arkansas → Texas11,833 people

Leavers' income: $62.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas is Arkansas's biggest moving partner in both directions: 25,620 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Arkansas.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Arkansas and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,545
2014–15 †	−660
2015–16	−236
2016–17 †	+316
2017–18	−224
2018–19	−537
2019–20	+349
2020–21	+702
2021–22	+677
2022–23 †	+953

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Arkansas

Net change, all states: +11,211
Moved in · moved out: 68,449 · 57,238
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $63.0k · $59.3k

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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 Arkansas, 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	11,031	14,132	−3,101	5,299	6,844	$47.3k	$42.8k
2014–15 †	9,001	10,247	−1,246	4,517	5,177	$42.6k	$47.5k
2015–16	12,348	12,550	−202	5,906	6,142	$49.4k	$49.7k
2016–17 †	15,875	15,200	+675	7,701	7,385	$53.3k	$52.3k
2017–18	12,083	12,397	−314	5,926	6,150	$55.1k	$55.7k
2018–19	11,293	11,865	−572	5,524	6,061	$56.9k	$66.3k
2019–20	13,120	12,148	+972	6,502	6,153	$61.2k	$59.7k
2020–21	13,527	11,637	+1,890	6,920	6,218	$63.3k	$54.5k
2021–22	13,568	11,904	+1,664	7,182	6,505	$68.6k	$65.0k
2022–23 †	13,787	11,833	+1,954	7,451	6,498	$67.0k	$62.6k

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

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