Delaware vs Texas: which way are people moving?

Name: Delaware vs Texas: which way are people moving?
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Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 339 more people moved from Delaware to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Delaware857 people

Arrivals' income: $84.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Delaware → Texas1,196 people

Leavers' income: $78.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,053 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 Delaware every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Delaware and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−282
2014–15 †	−138
2015–16	−67
2016–17 †	−153
2017–18	−89
2018–19	−179
2019–20	−150
2020–21	−215
2021–22	−176
2022–23 †	−175

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

The two states overall

Delaware

Net change, all states: +7,803
Moved in · moved out: 35,759 · 27,956
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $88.4k · $76.5k

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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.

Every year, in full

Moves between Texas and Delaware, 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	790	1,463	−673	408	690	$57.0k	$54.1k
2014–15 †	703	958	−255	369	507	$53.3k	$56.3k
2015–16	872	1,076	−204	458	525	$61.1k	$69.8k
2016–17 †	1,126	1,506	−380	564	717	$70.1k	$69.4k
2017–18	866	1,049	−183	451	540	$66.0k	$68.9k
2018–19	742	1,107	−365	383	562	$66.6k	$68.4k
2019–20	917	1,163	−246	453	603	$87.3k	$73.0k
2020–21	784	1,241	−457	428	643	$69.4k	$72.8k
2021–22	892	1,326	−434	491	667	$85.0k	$86.9k
2022–23 †	857	1,196	−339	511	686	$84.3k	$78.5k

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

Cite this comparison

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