553,369 People Moved to Texas From Other States

The numbers

In 2022-23, 553,369 people moved to Texas from other states. In the same year, 440,888 people moved from Texas to other states, which works out to a net gain of 112,481 people from other states. The top five origin states were California (82,481), Florida (41,655), Louisiana (27,449), Colorado (21,783), and New York (21,697).

The Census Bureau estimates run through July 2025 and cover the state of Texas. They show a net gain of 67,299 from other states in the year to July 2025, compared with a net gain of 120,571 from other states in the year to July 2011, and 167,475 arrivals from other countries in the year to July 2025, compared with 69,106 in 2011.

The map-and-bars video behind this story shows the same IRS figures for each year from 2011-12 to 2022-23, using a two-year average for the bars.

What’s next

The IRS has not published 2023-24 migration files; the agency’s file for that year returned a not-found error when we checked on Nov. 12, 2026, so 2022-23 is the latest year. We will update the figures when the IRS releases the next file. The Census Bureau’s next population estimates are the next check on the trend.

Method note: the IRS counts tax filers and their claimed dependents only, and it suppresses small flows, so the state totals listed above are lower bounds. The region here is the state of Texas. More local coverage is on the Dallas market page. Both datasets are public: the IRS Statistics of Income migration data and the Census Bureau population estimates.