North Carolina vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 714 more people moved from Texas to North Carolina than the other way.

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Texas → North Carolina15,847 people

Arrivals' income: $87.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

North Carolina → Texas15,133 people

Leavers' income: $71.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

30,980 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. In 2022–23, more moved to North Carolina.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between North Carolina and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−3,356
2014–15 †	−683
2015–16	−54
2016–17 †	+228
2017–18	+131
2018–19	−162
2019–20	−183
2020–21	+173
2021–22	−145
2022–23 †	+307

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2022–23 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

The two states overall

North Carolina

Net change, all states: +69,108
Moved in · moved out: 295,243 · 226,135
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.2k · $74.3k

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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 North Carolina, 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	12,869	21,420	−8,551	6,008	9,364	$62.1k	$47.8k
2014–15 †	11,554	12,931	−1,377	5,583	6,266	$51.6k	$54.5k
2015–16	14,913	15,803	−890	7,163	7,217	$64.8k	$63.0k
2016–17 †	20,013	19,763	+250	9,289	9,061	$76.1k	$63.7k
2017–18	14,590	14,477	+113	7,167	7,036	$76.9k	$62.2k
2018–19	13,812	14,428	−616	6,943	7,105	$78.3k	$67.8k
2019–20	15,031	15,766	−735	7,360	7,543	$79.9k	$90.0k
2020–21	15,025	14,854	+171	7,855	7,682	$81.8k	$70.2k
2021–22	15,812	16,026	−214	8,396	8,541	$88.4k	$80.3k
2022–23 †	15,847	15,133	+714	8,694	8,387	$87.5k	$71.2k

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

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