More Californians are choosing to make Texas home each year, census data show
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For the second consecutive year, Texas was ranked the No. 1 Growth State by the U-Haul Growth Index of 2022, meaning the state had the most U-Haul customers in the country during the last two years.
Most out-of-state newcomers came from California and Florida, followed by Louisiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Georgia and Arizona, according to the 2021 Texas Relocation Report from Texas Realtors.
In 2019, Texas welcomed between 537,000 to 582,000 out-of-state residents.
Of those, 82,235 moved from California to Texas, per the latest state-to-state migration data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s up from 63,174 people who did so just two years prior. There were also 41,238 new Texans from Florida, compared to 33,740 in 2017.
Another 24,513 came from Louisiana, down from 28,700 two years before. And 23,747 moved to Texas from Illinois, down from 26,214.
From Oklahoma to Texas, there were 23,535 movers, up from 20,573 in 2017. New Mexico movers surged, from 16,395 in 2017 to 23,425 in 2019.
So did those from Georgia, from 16,182 to 24,209. Texans coming from Arizona totaled 21,205 in 2019, an increase from the 14,875 in 2017.
This story was originally published March 16, 2023 at 8:53 AM.
