Mississippi vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 2,292 more people moved from Mississippi to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Mississippi6,408 people

Arrivals' income: $53.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Mississippi → Texas8,700 people

Leavers' income: $49.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

15,108 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 Mississippi every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Mississippi and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−2,619
2014–15 †	−832
2015–16	−966
2016–17 †	−1,523
2017–18	−1,470
2018–19	−1,807
2019–20	−1,761
2020–21	−1,581
2021–22	−1,688
2022–23 †	−1,525

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

The two states overall

Mississippi

Net change, all states: −3,142
Moved in · moved out: 56,470 · 59,612
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $56.9k · $53.6k

Mississippi page →

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

Texas page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Texas and Mississippi, 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	5,375	10,630	−5,255	2,511	5,130	$46.1k	$37.9k
2014–15 †	6,287	8,020	−1,733	3,050	3,882	$39.6k	$43.6k
2015–16	6,670	8,481	−1,811	3,161	4,127	$44.1k	$43.8k
2016–17 †	7,340	10,736	−3,396	3,457	4,980	$55.0k	$46.7k
2017–18	5,720	8,724	−3,004	2,741	4,211	$52.1k	$43.6k
2018–19	5,160	8,899	−3,739	2,523	4,330	$54.2k	$45.7k
2019–20	6,013	9,399	−3,386	2,868	4,629	$53.0k	$44.6k
2020–21	6,097	8,999	−2,902	3,135	4,716	$56.0k	$43.5k
2021–22	6,112	9,002	−2,890	3,211	4,899	$63.9k	$49.2k
2022–23 †	6,408	8,700	−2,292	3,314	4,839	$53.0k	$49.3k

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

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