New York vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 7,932 more people moved from New York to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → New York13,765 people

Arrivals' income: $98.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

New York → Texas21,697 people

Leavers' income: $90.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

35,462 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 York every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between New York and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−5,423
2014–15 †	−2,873
2015–16	−3,318
2016–17 †	−4,564
2017–18	−2,979
2018–19	−3,303
2019–20	−6,184
2020–21	−7,165
2021–22	−5,853
2022–23 †	−3,528

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

The two states overall

New York

Net change, all states: −157,970
Moved in · moved out: 268,427 · 426,397
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $94.2k · $106.0k

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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 York, 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	11,624	23,060	−11,436	6,623	12,046	$54.1k	$66.1k
2014–15 †	11,801	17,717	−5,916	6,782	9,655	$47.7k	$71.9k
2015–16	13,251	20,909	−7,658	7,683	11,001	$88.1k	$73.8k
2016–17 †	14,925	24,801	−9,876	8,569	13,133	$72.2k	$79.1k
2017–18	11,935	18,602	−6,667	7,175	10,154	$81.6k	$95.1k
2018–19	10,873	17,764	−6,891	6,719	10,022	$76.7k	$87.3k
2019–20	10,408	22,447	−12,039	6,304	12,488	$82.2k	$98.6k
2020–21	10,500	23,386	−12,886	6,588	13,753	$74.6k	$118.7k
2021–22	12,180	24,451	−12,271	8,094	13,947	$121.1k	$109.5k
2022–23 †	13,765	21,697	−7,932	9,433	12,961	$98.6k	$90.0k

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