New Mexico vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 516 more people moved from New Mexico to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → New Mexico13,318 people

Arrivals' income: $62.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

New Mexico → Texas13,834 people

Leavers' income: $68.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas is New Mexico's biggest moving partner in both directions: 27,152 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 New Mexico every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between New Mexico and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,402
2014–15 †	−1,117
2015–16	−718
2016–17 †	−502
2017–18	−440
2018–19	−588
2019–20	−505
2020–21	−1,386
2021–22	−1,070
2022–23 †	−272

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

The two states overall

New Mexico

Net change, all states: −1,924
Moved in · moved out: 51,817 · 53,741
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $66.1k · $68.7k

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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 New Mexico, 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	12,896	16,129	−3,233	6,046	7,448	$48.4k	$52.2k
2014–15 †	10,420	12,879	−2,459	5,010	6,127	$44.8k	$54.3k
2015–16	13,193	14,779	−1,586	6,288	7,006	$50.7k	$49.2k
2016–17 †	16,207	17,643	−1,436	7,725	8,227	$55.3k	$55.8k
2017–18	13,508	14,444	−936	6,544	6,984	$54.0k	$56.7k
2018–19	12,664	14,259	−1,595	6,319	6,907	$60.5k	$69.2k
2019–20	13,554	14,745	−1,191	6,611	7,116	$60.7k	$60.0k
2020–21	12,264	15,667	−3,403	6,473	7,859	$61.7k	$61.1k
2021–22	12,314	14,456	−2,142	6,601	7,671	$74.5k	$92.6k
2022–23 †	13,318	13,834	−516	7,197	7,469	$62.7k	$68.4k

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

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