Who's moving to and from Cameron County, Texas?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 9,190 people in, 10,719 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,529 people
−1,150 households
Arrivals' income
$62.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$53.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Cameron County went in Texas

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Texas counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Los Angeles County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Hidalgo County1,785
  2. Harris County706
  3. Bexar County592
  4. Willacy County246
  5. Travis County242
  6. Nueces County222
  7. Dallas County169
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,950

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Hidalgo County2,025
  2. Bexar County1,120
  3. Harris County805
  4. Travis County327
  5. Nueces County260
  6. Dallas County192
  7. Willacy County188
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,031

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
153 people
Left for abroad
199 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cameron usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,15022–23††‡†
Net migration of Cameron County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,148
2014–15 †−1,181
2015–16−983
2016–17 †−760
2017–18−863
2018–19 ‡−679
2019–20−257
2020–21+94
2021–22−325
2022–23 †−1,150

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Cameron County, Texas?” movedwhere.com/county/cameron-county-tx. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.