Michigan vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 2,197 more people moved from Michigan to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Michigan8,838 people

Arrivals' income: $65.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Michigan → Texas11,035 people

Leavers' income: $76.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

19,873 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 Michigan every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Michigan and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−4,303
2014–15 †	−658
2015–16	−472
2016–17 †	−623
2017–18	−470
2018–19	−1,421
2019–20	−988
2020–21	−1,406
2021–22	−2,081
2022–23 †	−1,246

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

The two states overall

Michigan

Net change, all states: −8,442
Moved in · moved out: 119,409 · 127,851
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.1k · $77.9k

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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 Michigan, 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	7,762	15,872	−8,110	3,808	8,111	$51.1k	$43.6k
2014–15 †	8,777	9,934	−1,157	4,521	5,179	$40.5k	$33.6k
2015–16	9,501	10,381	−880	4,739	5,211	$57.5k	$62.9k
2016–17 †	11,830	13,021	−1,191	5,868	6,491	$62.5k	$64.5k
2017–18	8,540	9,417	−877	4,431	4,901	$57.3k	$64.9k
2018–19	7,359	9,699	−2,340	3,738	5,159	$74.1k	$64.8k
2019–20	8,657	10,405	−1,748	4,327	5,315	$64.4k	$65.3k
2020–21	7,855	10,474	−2,619	4,254	5,660	$70.6k	$81.0k
2021–22	8,207	11,803	−3,596	4,366	6,447	$78.4k	$74.5k
2022–23 †	8,838	11,035	−2,197	5,039	6,285	$65.8k	$76.6k

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

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