California vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 41,249 more people moved from California to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → California41,232 people

Arrivals' income: $95.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Texas82,481 people

Leavers' income: $107.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas is California's biggest moving partner in both directions: 123,713 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 California every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−12,235
2014–15 †	−4,765
2015–16	−5,795
2016–17 †	−12,337
2017–18	−11,110
2018–19	−14,242
2019–20	−21,321
2020–21	−31,713
2021–22	−30,820
2022–23 †	−19,447

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

The two states overall

California

Net change, all states: −200,547
Moved in · moved out: 389,700 · 590,247
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $95.5k · $102.1k

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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 California, 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	41,344	71,321	−29,977	21,391	33,626	$73.1k	$65.1k
2014–15 †	38,725	50,924	−12,199	20,523	25,288	$60.7k	$71.4k
2015–16	45,596	62,767	−17,171	24,257	30,052	$75.9k	$78.3k
2016–17 †	54,956	88,964	−34,008	29,370	41,707	$73.3k	$85.1k
2017–18	42,879	70,130	−27,251	23,416	34,526	$68.9k	$91.1k
2018–19	39,032	72,306	−33,274	21,861	36,103	$85.4k	$95.5k
2019–20	38,445	87,707	−49,262	21,571	42,892	$79.5k	$106.5k
2020–21	36,092	105,434	−69,342	21,103	52,816	$75.4k	$136.7k
2021–22	39,032	106,882	−67,850	23,316	54,136	$106.2k	$146.0k
2022–23 †	41,232	82,481	−41,249	24,970	44,417	$95.5k	$107.3k

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