{"id":20438,"date":"2023-03-01T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/?p=20438"},"modified":"2024-10-24T19:24:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:24:43","slug":"county-migration-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/2023\/03\/01\/county-migration-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"County Migration in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In our previous blog\u00a0post<\/a>, we looked at state-to-state migration trends, digging into the\u00a0American Community Survey (ACS)\u00a0migration flows data<\/a> to look at in-migration, out-migration, and net migration trends across American states. We found that Texas had the second-highest net increase in the 2020 data with almost 98,000 new residents, only trailing the state of Florida’s 170K net increase.\u00a0Narrowing our focus to the 254 counties in Texas, this blog post seeks to identify trends in the movement of people in and out of Texas counties. NOTE: Hovering over a county on the map changes the bar chart to show county-level data as well.<\/i><\/div>
Net Migration in Texas Counties<\/u><\/b><\/div>
  • Out of the almost 29-million Texans in 2020, more than 1.55 million (5.3%) residents moved from the county they resided in during the previous year. Although a relatively small percentage, this number of “on-the-move” Texans is greater than the total population of 11 states plus the District of Columbia.\u00a0<\/b>More than 70% (1.1 million) of these residents moved to another county in Texas, while 30% (453K) moved out-of-state.<\/li>
  • As you can see from the color legend below the map, net migration for Texas counties ranged from approximately -30,000 to 26,000. The largest net gains were in Denton (25,587), Williamson (18,637), and Tarrant (12,877) counties, while the largest net losses were in El Paso (-7,881), Harris (-18,545), and Dallas (-29,659) counties.<\/b><\/li>
  • For the Texans who moved to another county in Texas, more than 45% of those individuals moved to a county that was within 50 miles.<\/b> This pattern is exemplified in the mobility of people within the DFW Metroplex.
    • For example, out of the estimated 81K Texans who relocated to Denton County in 2020, an estimated 41K residents moved from adjacent counties: Dallas (19K), Collin (13K), and Tarrant (8K) counties.<\/li>
    • Out of the 147K residents who left Dallas County in 2020, more than 59K relocated to adjacent counties: Tarrant (21K), Denton (19.4K), and Collin (18.9K).<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
    • Three counties that saw relatively large net losses in migration were in deep south Texas, as Webb, Hidalgo, and Cameron counties combined for a net loss of more than 15K residents who moved within the United States. This highlights one of the challenges when working with ACS data.<\/b> The data shown on the map do not include international migration data that are included in the ACS migration flows data. This is due, in part, to the ACS data only showing “in-migration” estimates aggregated at the continent level for non-residents of the United States. Because these data do not show bi-directional flow (out-migration to other countries), migration into certain Texas counties (e.g., on the Mexico border) can artificially inflate net migration rates, as the ACS data do not account for how many individuals are estimated to have moved from a Texas county to another country.<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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