Kansas vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 1,260 more people moved from Kansas to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Kansas7,338 people

Arrivals' income: $65.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Kansas → Texas8,598 people

Leavers' income: $68.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

15,936 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 Kansas every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Kansas and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,726
2014–15 †	−951
2015–16	−1,213
2016–17 †	−1,004
2017–18	−1,098
2018–19	−1,355
2019–20	−1,061
2020–21	−1,138
2021–22	−967
2022–23 †	−791

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

The two states overall

Kansas

Net change, all states: −4,048
Moved in · moved out: 70,469 · 74,517
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $64.7k · $68.2k

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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 Kansas, 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	7,236	11,160	−3,924	3,329	5,055	$55.3k	$53.8k
2014–15 †	5,417	7,465	−2,048	2,659	3,610	$49.8k	$120.4k
2015–16	7,780	10,462	−2,682	3,555	4,768	$57.2k	$57.6k
2016–17 †	10,467	12,435	−1,968	4,727	5,731	$59.6k	$60.0k
2017–18	7,288	9,877	−2,589	3,481	4,579	$54.4k	$65.2k
2018–19	6,620	9,535	−2,915	3,240	4,595	$63.7k	$62.8k
2019–20	7,654	9,641	−1,987	3,545	4,606	$61.1k	$66.1k
2020–21	7,188	9,270	−2,082	3,590	4,728	$61.9k	$66.9k
2021–22	7,580	9,128	−1,548	3,837	4,804	$73.4k	$76.6k
2022–23 †	7,338	8,598	−1,260	3,876	4,667	$65.5k	$68.8k

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