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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 13,201 people in, 14,348 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,147 people
−672 households
Arrivals' income
$64.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$65.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Nueces 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 San Diego County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. San Patricio County1,293
  2. Bexar County1,014
  3. Harris County630
  4. Kleberg County466
  5. Jim Wells County430
  6. Hidalgo County366
  7. Travis County325
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,586

Where did people go?

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

  1. Bexar County1,475
  2. San Patricio County1,215
  3. Harris County848
  4. Jim Wells County468
  5. Kleberg County424
  6. Travis County422
  7. Hidalgo County306
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,976

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
158 people
Left for abroad
115 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Nueces usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−67222–23††‡†
Net migration of Nueces County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+16
2014–15 †+202
2015–16−987
2016–17 †−1,816
2017–18−681
2018–19 ‡−653
2019–20−461
2020–21−747
2021–22−859
2022–23 †−672

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 Nueces County, Texas?” movedwhere.com/county/nueces-county-tx. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.