Oklahoma vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Oklahoma. In 2022–23, 3,372 more people moved from Texas to Oklahoma than the other way.

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Texas → Oklahoma21,762 people

Arrivals' income: $63.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Oklahoma → Texas18,390 people

Leavers' income: $65.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas is Oklahoma's biggest moving partner in both directions: 40,152 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Texas came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Oklahoma.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Oklahoma and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,174
2014–15 †	−529
2015–16	−471
2016–17 †	−935
2017–18	−430
2018–19	−213
2019–20	+798
2020–21	+1,575
2021–22	+1,369
2022–23 †	+1,425

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

The two states overall

Oklahoma

Net change, all states: +12,589
Moved in · moved out: 85,394 · 72,805
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $59.0k · $60.4k

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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 Oklahoma, 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	21,378	23,332	−1,954	10,126	11,300	$53.2k	$55.3k
2014–15 †	16,446	16,998	−552	8,082	8,611	$53.9k	$61.0k
2015–16	20,914	21,401	−487	10,044	10,515	$59.0k	$61.5k
2016–17 †	25,714	27,528	−1,814	12,182	13,117	$59.1k	$62.7k
2017–18	20,862	20,855	+7	9,977	10,407	$57.2k	$61.2k
2018–19	19,754	20,102	−348	9,777	9,990	$60.2k	$61.8k
2019–20	22,782	20,515	+2,267	10,984	10,186	$60.3k	$65.4k
2020–21	22,258	18,582	+3,676	11,483	9,908	$60.7k	$60.5k
2021–22	22,323	18,770	+3,553	11,557	10,188	$68.5k	$67.0k
2022–23 †	21,762	18,390	+3,372	11,582	10,157	$63.3k	$65.7k

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

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