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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,274 people in, 1,400 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−126 people
−83 households
Arrivals' income
$54.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Howard 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Midland County128
  2. Dawson County48
  3. Lubbock County44
  4. Tarrant County44
  5. Mitchell County41
  6. Ector County33
  7. Tom Green County29
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)907

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Midland County172
  2. Lubbock County88
  3. Tom Green County66
  4. Bexar County45
  5. Tarrant County37
  6. Ector County36
  7. Taylor County36
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)920

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Dawson County
withheld
Net moves with Bexar County
withheld
Net moves with Mitchell County
withheld
Net moves with Taylor County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Howard usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−8322–23††‡†
Net migration of Howard County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+69
2014–15 †+140
2015–16−263
2016–17 †−278
2017–18+53
2018–19 ‡+25
2019–20−164
2020–21−316
2021–22−228
2022–23 †−83

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.

Cite this page

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