Louisiana vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 7,807 more people moved from Louisiana to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Louisiana19,642 people

Arrivals' income: $53.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Louisiana → Texas27,449 people

Leavers' income: $57.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas is Louisiana's biggest moving partner in both directions: 47,091 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 Louisiana every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Louisiana and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−4,606
2014–15 †	−2,553
2015–16	−3,135
2016–17 †	−5,324
2017–18	−4,545
2018–19	−5,281
2019–20	−5,397
2020–21	−6,844
2021–22	−6,677
2022–23 †	−4,546

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

The two states overall

Louisiana

Net change, all states: −17,333
Moved in · moved out: 65,960 · 83,293
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.2k · $62.6k

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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 Louisiana, 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	20,498	29,948	−9,450	9,908	14,514	$51.3k	$50.4k
2014–15 †	17,678	22,498	−4,820	8,707	11,260	$56.4k	$54.7k
2015–16	20,169	26,469	−6,300	9,841	12,976	$59.4k	$53.3k
2016–17 †	23,272	34,564	−11,292	11,212	16,536	$58.4k	$54.5k
2017–18	19,101	28,403	−9,302	9,336	13,881	$55.9k	$52.0k
2018–19	17,388	28,219	−10,831	8,700	13,981	$56.1k	$57.4k
2019–20	19,009	30,433	−11,424	9,514	14,911	$55.3k	$55.5k
2020–21	17,743	31,207	−13,464	9,279	16,123	$54.9k	$50.8k
2021–22	18,095	30,399	−12,304	9,633	16,310	$57.9k	$53.0k
2022–23 †	19,642	27,449	−7,807	10,522	15,068	$53.9k	$57.0k

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