Hawaii vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 1,343 more people moved from Hawaii to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Hawaii3,726 people

Arrivals' income: $67.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Hawaii → Texas5,069 people

Leavers' income: $67.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,795 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 Hawaii every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Hawaii and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−499
2014–15 †	−112
2015–16	−367
2016–17 †	−891
2017–18	−511
2018–19	−707
2019–20	−520
2020–21	−789
2021–22	−665
2022–23 †	−490

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

The two states overall

Hawaii

Net change, all states: −6,825
Moved in · moved out: 45,031 · 51,856
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.1k · $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 Hawaii, 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	3,852	5,311	−1,459	1,756	2,255	$48.8k	$50.6k
2014–15 †	3,170	3,667	−497	1,533	1,645	$47.5k	$46.7k
2015–16	4,104	5,294	−1,190	1,850	2,217	$53.3k	$50.3k
2016–17 †	5,134	8,058	−2,924	2,336	3,227	$58.9k	$60.0k
2017–18	4,071	5,542	−1,471	1,893	2,404	$64.6k	$59.4k
2018–19	3,687	5,560	−1,873	1,747	2,454	$53.4k	$61.5k
2019–20	4,205	5,551	−1,346	1,872	2,392	$67.1k	$78.7k
2020–21	3,852	5,736	−1,884	1,742	2,531	$64.1k	$76.4k
2021–22	3,797	5,476	−1,679	1,865	2,530	$79.0k	$73.8k
2022–23 †	3,726	5,069	−1,343	1,891	2,381	$67.5k	$67.3k

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

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