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Old 03-18-2023, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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This seems like a topic where a lot of rhetoric is tossed around, but the data says a lot. Figured it would be good to put numbers to it. Below is who is moving to Texas from other parts of the US and the World. Number are growth between 2011-2021 by metro area.

Moved From Outside the US
Houston: 374,016
Dallas/Fort Worth: 309,690
Austin: 96,234
San Antonio: 53,281
Midland: 11,863
Odessa: 9,406
Amarillo: 7,110
Beaumont: 5,661
Corpus Christi: 5,063
Bryan/College Station: 4,265
Lubbock: 5,132
Killeen/Temple: 4,110
Waco: 3,938
Longview: 3,113
Tyler: 2,583
Abilene: 2,410
McAllen: 1,911
San Angelo: -939
Wichita Falls: -1,001
El Paso: -4,310
Brownsville: -4,469
Laredo: -5,631

Moved from Northeastern States
Dallas/Fort Worth: 51,384
Austin: 33,382
Houston: 24,080
San Antonio: 10,144
El Paso: 1,215
Longview: 1,857
Waco: 1,479
Laredo: 1,080
Odessa: 986
Abilene: 901
Tyler: 829
College Station/Bryan: 797
Amarillo: 598
Killeen/Temple: 470
Lubbock: 380
San Angelo: 203
Wichita Falls: 101
Brownsville: 16
Beaumont: -240
Midland: -343
Corpus Christi: -1,105
McAllen: -1,948

Moved from Midwestern States
Dallas/Fort Worth: 66,708
Austin: 41,629
Houston: 33,729
San Antonio: 17,169
Killeen/Temple: 3,874
Waco: 3,621
Longview: 3,491
College Station/Bryan: 2,575
Midland: 1,807
Abilene: 699
San Angelo: 456
Wichita Falls: 431
Laredo: 386
Tyler: 384
Lubbock: 379
Beaumont: -191
Odessa: -289
Amarillo: -1,236
Brownsville: -1,590
El Paso: -1,914
McAllen: -4,038
Corpus Christi: -5,924

Moved From Other Southern States
Dallas/Fort Worth: 80,733
Austin: 44,703
Houston: 40,022
San Antonio: 30,315
Killeen/Temple: 10,256
Longview: 9,752
El Paso: 4,608
College Station/Bryan: 3,939
Brownsville: 2,890
Tyler: 1,977
Waco: 1,720
Wichita Falls: 1,689
San Angelo: 1,269
Abilene: 1,200
Midland: 155
Lubbock: 111
Odessa: -112
McAllen: -144
Laredo: -713
Amarillo: -2,414
Corpus Christi: -5,477
Beaumont: -6,082

Moved From Western States
Dallas/Fort Worth: 114,515
Austin: 64,264
Houston: 57,222
San Antonio: 48,771
Killeen/Temple: 13,380
Lubbock: 6,062
College Station/Bryan: 5,930
Waco: 5,601
Odessa: 5,341
El Paso: 5,287
Longview: 5,262
Amarillo: 3,812
Midland: 2,687
Lubbock: 2,600
Tyler: 21,555
San Angelo: 1,909
Corpus Christi: 631
Abilene: 490
Brownsville: 345
Beaumont: 228
Wichita Falls: -119
Laredo: -152

Here is are the same metro areas by race (yes I know Hispanic isn't a race but the Census treats it similarly). Data is from the same time period (2011-2022):

Hispanic Growth
Houston: 669,460
Dallas/Fort Worth: 504,053
San Antonio: 282,459
Austin: 208,632
McAllen: 115,959
El Paso: 70,982
Killeen/Temple: 34,578
Odessa: 30,798
Midland: 29,563
Lubbock: 28,305
Brownsville: 27,394
Corpus Christi: 24,753
Waco: 20,363
Laredo: 20,164
Amarillo: 20,009
Beaumont: 19,036
Longview: 17,458
College Station/Bryan: 14,104
Tyler: 11,931
San Angelo: 10,886
Abilene: 8,416
Wichita Falls: 5,963

White Growth
Austin: 208,790
Dallas/Fort Worth: 173,876
Houston: 89,531
San Antonio: 56,937
Longview: 36,275
College Station/Tyler: 11,926
Waco: 10,671
Tyler: 6,785
Killeen/Temple: 5,240
Lubbock: 4,553
Midland: 2,447
Laredo: 66
Abilene: -1,151
San Angelo: -1,126
Amarillo: -4,962
El Paso: -6,444
Odessa: -8,230
Brownsville: -8,274
Wichita Falls: -8,701
McAllen: -10,823
Beaumont: -13,770
Corpus Christi: -30,623

Black Growth
Dallas/Fort Worth: 266,247
Houston: 204,649
San Antonio: 33,173
Austin: 32,441
Killeen/Temple: 16,176
Longview: 12,492
Waco: 9,091
College Station/Bryan: 4,627
El Paso: 3,773
Lubbock: 2,146
Odessa: 1,910
Tyler: 1,665
Amarillo: 1,631
Midland: 1,511
Beaumont: 1,285
McAllen: 1,115
Abilene: 1,013
Brownsville: 289
Laredo: 232
San Angelo: 172
Corpus Christi: -278
Wichita Falls: -781

Asian Growth
Dallas/Fort Worth: 220,207
Houston: 197,210
Austin: 57,025
San Antonio: 22,977
Amarillo: 3,971
College Station/Bryan: 3,438
Killeen/Temple: 2,663
Lubbock: 2,131
Corpus Christi: 1,963
Midland: 1,552
Tyler: 1,477
El Paso: 1,319
Abilene: 1,247
Beaumont: 1,113
Waco: 1,101
McAllen: 885
Odessa: 686
San Angelo: 490
Longview: 413
Brownsville: 222
Laredo: -142
Wichita Falls: -159

Below is data from a Linkedin report which focuses solely on professional adults and where they moved. There are not numbers associated with it, but anyway here is the list of top 10 in-migration markets for DFW, Houston, and Austin. Time frame is 2012-2022:

Dallas/Fort Worth
1) Chicago
2) Washington DC
3) Oklahoma City
4) College Station/Bryan
5) Lubbock
6) Minneapolis/St. Paul
7) Kansas City
8) Philadelphia
9) Waco
10) Houston

Austin
1) San Francisco Bay Area
2) Los Angeles
3) New York City
4) Washington DC
5) Dallas/Fort Worth
6) Portland, OR
7) Houston
8) College Station/Bryan
9) Chicago
10) Boston

Houston
1) Washington DC
2) New Orleans
3) Chicago
4) Miami/Fort Lauderdale
5) New York City
6) Lafayette
7) Baton Rouge
8) Atlanta
9) Philadelphia
10) Oklahoma City
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Old 03-18-2023, 07:11 PM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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I’m guessing for Asian, Houston leads in East/Southeast Asian while DFW leads in South Asian
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Old 03-18-2023, 09:01 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I’m guessing for Asian, Houston leads in East/Southeast Asian while DFW leads in South Asian
East Asian is similar for both. DFW is way up on South Asian and Houston is way up for Southeast Asian.
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Old 03-18-2023, 10:09 PM
 
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To add a little side angle here. The DMN ran a piece with data from The US Census and BLS. Last year among the big US metros adding %-new jobs DFW #1. Houston #2. NYC #3 but NYC is coming off losing massive numbers of jobs in previous years while DFW is on a years long win streak, Houston only a tad behind*.


Half joking/half seriously..............when will some of you all take a metaphorical knee and admit that three decades of decades of conservative statewide rule has worked and continues to work to the fiscal benefit of Texas?


Like I said last year. DFW and Houston have firmly cemented positions as the #1 and #1a big city economies in the south and given the current banking bust both may be trending up.
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Old 03-18-2023, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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Great data but you need to list your source, OP.
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Old 03-18-2023, 10:49 PM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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To add a little side angle here. The DMN ran a piece with data from The US Census and BLS. Last year among the big US metros adding %-new jobs DFW #1. Houston #2. NYC #3 but NYC is coming off losing massive numbers of jobs in previous years while DFW is on a years long win streak, Houston only a tad behind*.
I suppose you meant #2 DFW
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Old 03-18-2023, 11:25 PM
 
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I suppose you meant #2 DFW
No. Over a long string of quarters it's been DFW by a good bit. If you recall I told you guys it would be this way maybe 18mos. ago and of course I was castigated by most of the Houston crew. I'll dig up the thread if you'd like to review.


From October 2019 through October 2022 greater DFW added 341,000 new jobs...greater Metro Houston 147,000. In fact DFW added 60,000 more new jobs than Houston and Atlanta combined over the period. Nth degree diversification seems to work.

Source Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce per BLS and Census Bureau data.

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Also per the post you are quizzing above for last year it was DFW #1 by a lot.

ETA - What the below says per 2023.........DFW #1 @ +5.7% non-farm job growth, Houston #2 @ +4.9%, NYC #3 @ +4.1%.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...keeps-surging/

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Old 03-19-2023, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Great data but you need to list your source, OP.
Of course. Data.census.gov.
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Old 03-20-2023, 08:23 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I started this thread because migration into Texas seems to be a hot topic among native Texans. Migration into Texas is overwhelmingly centered in the 4 major metros and immigration into Texas from other countries is overwhelmingly just Houston and DFW and to a much lesser degree Austin.

What I find is that the voices screaming the loudest about it are from places that don't seem much in-migration from other states or other countries. There is irony in that, though I do assume part of that is from suspected voting patterns of outsiders.
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Old 03-20-2023, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Certainly supports the idea that Austin is disproportionately affected by Anglo migration from the West Coast (though maybe lower in absolute totals than DFW, just a higher share) while Houston remains tied to Louisiana, international migration, and lots of non-Anglo folks from all over. DFW is just everything everyone all at once.
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