Illinois vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 7,795 more people moved from Illinois to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Illinois13,611 people

Arrivals' income: $92.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois → Texas21,406 people

Leavers' income: $103.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

35,017 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 Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Illinois and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−6,541
2014–15 †	−3,135
2015–16	−3,984
2016–17 †	−5,665
2017–18	−3,684
2018–19	−4,315
2019–20	−5,021
2020–21	−6,579
2021–22	−6,009
2022–23 †	−3,842

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

The two states overall

Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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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 Illinois, 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	11,270	25,998	−14,728	5,887	12,428	$61.9k	$64.3k
2014–15 †	11,054	17,732	−6,678	5,747	8,882	$63.2k	$87.6k
2015–16	13,131	22,552	−9,421	6,941	10,925	$72.5k	$78.9k
2016–17 †	16,028	28,791	−12,763	8,321	13,986	$72.1k	$82.7k
2017–18	12,562	20,599	−8,037	6,753	10,437	$64.1k	$82.5k
2018–19	11,451	20,633	−9,182	6,263	10,578	$71.5k	$93.5k
2019–20	11,899	22,793	−10,894	6,456	11,477	$71.4k	$106.2k
2020–21	11,337	25,266	−13,929	6,562	13,141	$68.6k	$111.5k
2021–22	12,786	25,045	−12,259	7,486	13,495	$81.2k	$119.6k
2022–23 †	13,611	21,406	−7,795	8,236	12,078	$92.2k	$103.3k

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