Texas leads all states in the number of people moving to it from other states.
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The Benny ShowOct 28, 2026
The claim's support depends on the year and measure. In 2024, Texas had the highest net domestic migration gain (USAFacts) and about 556,000 people moved in from other states, but the sources don't explicitly rank Texas first on gross in-movers.
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… I mean, I mean, I like, I'm walking through the hallways, I'm like, whoa, everyone here is from California. That's going to change your mind and help educate all these folks, so, yeah, there are a lot of people who move from California. Texas leads with more people moving to our state from other states than any other state, and more people come from California than any other state. However, what people don't know, there are people who move away from Texas every year. The number one state they move to is California, and they're not, I know for a fact, businesses are not moving from Texas to California. …
The Benny Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. For 2025, the Texas Tribune reports Texas had 67,299 newcomers from other states, behind North Carolina's 84,064, so North Carolina led in domestic in-migration that year.[2]
Supports. USAFacts reports that in 2024 Texas ranked highest among states in total domestic net migration, with a gain of about 72,700 residents, and that about 556,200 people moved in from elsewhere in the US.[3][4]
Context. Texas led all states in total population growth in 2025 (391,243 residents), but that figure includes international immigration and natural increase, so it does not measure interstate in-movers.[1][5]
Context. The Texas Relocation Report says Texas had the second-highest share of state-to-state movers (7.8%) behind Florida (8%), which is a percentage measure rather than a count.[4]
Sources
5 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Condition of the Texas State Banking Systemfc.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Census: Texas led U.S. states in population growth in 2025texastribune.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3What states are people in Texas moving to and from? | USAFactsusafacts.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4TEXAS RELOCATION REPORTtexasrealestate.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Census: Texas led U.S. in population growth in 2025, but ...houstonpublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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