Census Data Show Migration Patterns in Texas
The U.S. Census Bureau this week released new data detailing how many people moved into and out of Texas between 2009 and 2010. In all, about 510,000 people moved to Texas, while about 380,000 moved away — a net gain of 130,000 residents, according to bureau estimates.
The map at left shows net migration to and from Texas by state, with darker shades of green representing higher numbers of residents who left their respective states for Texas. Darker reds represent states that received more Texans than they exported.
Of all the states, neighboring Oklahoma received more Texans ...
Comments (14)
Teresa Saldivar via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I would say those figures from California are much higher had the Census data gone back to 2004. The influx from California will start to change the critical thinking about issues affecting Texas from animals to politics. That's a good thing.
Ben Heimsath via Texas Tribune on Facebook
OKLAHOMA!! Wow, those folks really needed to get away.
Michael Tobis
Very interesting.
I was scratching my head about Kentucky for a while, though, until I realized that the legend on the net migration map is wrong for the dark red.
Matt Stiles
Good catch, Michael. The label is wrong, but the map doesn't change. I'm correcting it now. Thanks!
Chris Lippincott
What does "between 2009 and 2010" mean? Is that Jan. 1, 2009 thru Dec. 31, 2011?
Chris Lippincott
Correction to my prior post: What does "between 2009 and 2010" mean? Is that Jan. 1, 2009 thru Dec. 31, 2010? (Thanks)
Matt Stiles
Hey, Chris. Good question. The stats are from the 2010 Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement, which is conducted in February, March and April at about 100,000 addresses nationwide. The bureau asks respondents in that survey if they lived in another state during 2009 and, if so, why they moved. About 40 percent said they moved for better housing.
T. Randall Smith via Texas Tribune on Facebook
So all our Hispanic growth is coming from California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida? What a surprise for the Gov. :)
Gritsforbreakfast
To get a more complete picture it'd be nice to see sources of foreign immigration (and presumably, emigration) included - at least the top five or ten countries.
Tim T
Why Oklahoma?
Michael Tobis
Moves into neighboring states could be just local moves, in this case across the Red River as the built-up area around DFW expands northward. It's Kentucky that puzzles me.
M G
I'd like to see per capita numbers. Given the size of the populations of OH, CA, IL, FL, we're not getting a large % move from those states here, especially when you factor in the out-migration to those states. Basically we're trading people with those big states.
It looks like we're getting the highest net per capita migration from New Mexico.
Matt Stiles
Thanks, M G. I struggled with this idea. Would you create the per capita rate by using each state's population?
bob bob
EVERYTHING IS BIG IN TEXAS EVAN THE COW MANURE