Ohio vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 1,711 more people moved from Ohio to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Ohio9,346 people

Arrivals' income: $69.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Ohio → Texas11,057 people

Leavers' income: $77.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

20,403 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 Ohio every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Ohio and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−2,790
2014–15 †	−852
2015–16	−615
2016–17 †	−1,114
2017–18	−463
2018–19	−1,049
2019–20	−1,160
2020–21	−1,099
2021–22	−1,720
2022–23 †	−1,307

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

The two states overall

Ohio

Net change, all states: −6,312
Moved in · moved out: 155,049 · 161,361
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $67.2k · $78.1k

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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 Ohio, 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	8,283	13,757	−5,474	4,129	6,919	$49.7k	$54.1k
2014–15 †	7,936	9,196	−1,260	4,005	4,857	$46.4k	$71.7k
2015–16	10,237	11,275	−1,038	5,065	5,680	$56.2k	$77.2k
2016–17 †	12,833	14,519	−1,686	6,232	7,346	$64.2k	$69.6k
2017–18	9,775	9,914	−139	4,847	5,310	$63.0k	$69.0k
2018–19	8,856	10,405	−1,549	4,509	5,558	$71.3k	$72.9k
2019–20	9,201	10,964	−1,763	4,623	5,783	$69.7k	$71.8k
2020–21	9,271	11,197	−1,926	4,964	6,063	$67.5k	$76.8k
2021–22	9,101	12,008	−2,907	5,008	6,728	$77.1k	$79.7k
2022–23 †	9,346	11,057	−1,711	5,212	6,519	$69.8k	$77.8k

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