Montana vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Montana. In 2022–23, 96 more people moved from Texas to Montana than the other way.

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Texas → Montana1,955 people

Arrivals' income: $82.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Montana → Texas1,859 people

Leavers' income: $76.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,814 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Montana.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Montana and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−61
2014–15 †	+9
2015–16	+143
2016–17 †	+79
2017–18	−25
2018–19	−14
2019–20	+128
2020–21	+144
2021–22	+63
2022–23 †	+17

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Montana

Net change, all states: +5,332
Moved in · moved out: 35,226 · 29,894
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.1k · $65.2k

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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.

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Moves between Texas and Montana, 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	1,569	1,544	+25	763	824	$62.0k	$49.4k
2014–15 †	1,083	1,085	−2	582	573	$61.4k	$60.3k
2015–16	1,752	1,319	+433	835	692	$75.2k	$54.5k
2016–17 †	2,222	1,977	+245	1,067	988	$71.4k	$55.3k
2017–18	1,619	1,673	−54	823	848	$80.4k	$59.8k
2018–19	1,537	1,542	−5	813	827	$88.0k	$60.8k
2019–20	2,118	1,709	+409	1,001	873	$82.8k	$61.5k
2020–21	2,062	1,751	+311	1,064	920	$91.9k	$66.4k
2021–22	1,969	1,904	+65	1,049	986	$96.6k	$92.7k
2022–23 †	1,955	1,859	+96	1,064	1,047	$82.7k	$76.3k

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

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