Texas vs Washington: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 3,424 more people moved from Washington to Texas than the other way.

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Washington → Texas19,119 people

Arrivals' income: $119.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas → Washington15,695 people

Leavers' income: $92.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

34,814 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. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Texas.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Texas and Washington (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+496
2014–15 †	−676
2015–16	−1,622
2016–17 †	−1,990
2017–18	−468
2018–19	−190
2019–20	+827
2020–21	+2,913
2021–22	+2,974
2022–23 †	+556

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

The two states overall

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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Washington

Net change, all states: −29
Moved in · moved out: 192,628 · 192,657
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $89.9k · $100.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Washington and Texas, 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	13,562	11,752	+1,810	6,319	5,823	$56.9k	$58.4k
2014–15 †	8,484	9,354	−870	4,236	4,912	$60.3k	$58.6k
2015–16	11,621	13,995	−2,374	5,449	7,071	$67.2k	$72.2k
2016–17 †	17,640	20,101	−2,461	7,969	9,959	$71.9k	$74.7k
2017–18	15,107	14,812	+295	7,160	7,628	$72.6k	$75.1k
2018–19	14,756	13,806	+950	7,128	7,318	$81.5k	$80.4k
2019–20	17,930	14,463	+3,467	8,387	7,560	$86.9k	$83.9k
2020–21	22,960	14,131	+8,829	10,829	7,916	$108.0k	$78.5k
2021–22	24,308	15,167	+9,141	11,775	8,801	$122.0k	$99.1k
2022–23 †	19,119	15,695	+3,424	9,863	9,307	$119.4k	$92.4k

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

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