Missouri vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 1,350 more people moved from Missouri to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Missouri10,462 people

Arrivals' income: $67.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Missouri → Texas11,812 people

Leavers' income: $71.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

22,274 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 Missouri every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Missouri and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−2,348
2014–15 †	−1,366
2015–16	−703
2016–17 †	−1,099
2017–18	−1,002
2018–19	−1,174
2019–20	−1,008
2020–21	−883
2021–22	−1,324
2022–23 †	−924

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

The two states overall

Missouri

Net change, all states: +8,839
Moved in · moved out: 124,978 · 116,139
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $65.8k · $71.5k

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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 Missouri, 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	8,671	13,217	−4,546	4,234	6,582	$54.6k	$52.8k
2014–15 †	7,246	9,739	−2,493	3,722	5,088	$48.1k	$53.5k
2015–16	10,382	11,676	−1,294	5,112	5,815	$53.9k	$60.4k
2016–17 †	13,468	15,280	−1,812	6,504	7,603	$60.3k	$65.1k
2017–18	9,770	11,437	−1,667	4,888	5,890	$58.4k	$62.3k
2018–19	9,414	11,369	−1,955	4,751	5,925	$64.7k	$61.1k
2019–20	10,420	12,196	−1,776	5,237	6,245	$62.9k	$68.3k
2020–21	10,676	12,183	−1,507	5,558	6,441	$64.7k	$79.5k
2021–22	10,627	12,519	−1,892	5,603	6,927	$70.3k	$81.5k
2022–23 †	10,462	11,812	−1,350	5,785	6,709	$67.0k	$71.3k

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

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