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Where El Pasoans are moving to, and from [1]
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Date: 2023-08-15
As COVID-19 took hold in 2020, El Pasoans looking to move went to neighboring Doña Ana County and the San Antonio and Phoenix areas as their most likely destinations, according to new data from the Internal Revenue Service.
And the people most likely to move to El Paso between 2020 and 2021 were from those same three areas, according to the data drawn from tax returns.
Overall, tax returns filed for 2021 showed that 1,600 more people moved out of El Paso County than moved in over the previous year. That is the most recent year for migration data from the IRS, which tracks both individual returns and number of declared dependents on those returns to generate its numbers.
The top counties for migration to and from El Paso have remained fairly consistent over the years, with much of the movement involving our most immediate urban neighbor in Doña Ana County, major Southwest cities, and counties with large military installations.
Doña Ana County in southern New Mexico has long been the top destination for people moving from El Paso, in line with national trends that show that more than half of all moves are less than 50 miles. The San Antonio area (Bexar County) and the Phoenix area (Maricopa County) also have long drawn large numbers of El Pasoans.
Given the frequent movement in and out of Fort Bliss, several top destination counties are home to major Army bases – Fort Carson in the other El Paso County in Colorado Springs; Fort Hood in Bell County, Texas; Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state; and international locations with APO or FPO ZIP codes.
You can search the table below to see how many people moved from El Paso to a particular county. For privacy reasons, the IRS only lists counties that were destinations for 20 or more tax filers.
County going to Number of tax returns Number of people Adjusted gross income (in thousands) Dona Ana County, NM 1,069 2,209 43,029 Bexar County, TX 727 1,493 41,871 Foreign – APO/FPO ZIPs, FR 384 953 22,518 Maricopa County, AZ 483 925 21,463 El Paso County, CO 276 700 13,818 Harris County, TX 337 632 17,227 Tarrant County, TX 310 578 15,270 Bell County, TX 231 570 12,676 Ector County, TX 231 552 9,604 Pierce County, WA 208 534 11,516 Honolulu County, HI 197 532 10,243 Dallas County, TX 319 516 14,718 Midland County, TX 229 510 11,090 Travis County, TX 335 503 16,761 Otero County, NM 209 495 6,839 Cumberland County, NC 165 429 8,467 Los Angeles County, CA 244 416 8,943 San Diego County, CA 181 334 9,404 Montgomery County, TN 124 325 7,212 Williamson County, TX 158 309 10,852 Bernalillo County, NM 186 303 7,743 Comanche County, OK 114 296 6,229 Clark County, NV 157 288 8,402 Liberty County, GA 101 269 3,838 San Bernardino County, CA 109 256 4,536 Collin County, TX 116 227 7,904 Denton County, TX 105 215 7,486 Muscogee County, GA 85 215 4,743 Pima County, AZ 108 212 7,008 Riverside County, CA 91 195 3,500 Richland County, SC 81 182 4,460 Adams County, CO 81 149 2,725 Denver County, CO 77 128 3,176 Thurston County, WA 69 188 4,207 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 66 163 3,158 Lubbock County, TX 66 122 3,365 Hillsborough County, FL 65 152 3,701 Fairfax County, VA 65 169 10,005 Orange County, FL 64 129 3,302 King County, WA 64 105 3,117 Pulaski County, MO 63 182 3,568 Cook County, IL 61 100 2,578 Cochise County, AZ 60 157 3,278 Oklahoma County, OK 60 104 2,025 Montgomery County, TX 59 115 3,357 Geary County, KS 58 194 2,948 Jefferson County, NY 58 155 3,231 Hidalgo County, TX 58 115 3,859 Miami-Dade County, FL 55 114 3,296 Hays County, TX 55 86 3,044 Orange County, CA 54 86 2,557 Eddy County, NM 53 118 2,632 Pinal County, AZ 51 117 2,442 Arapahoe County, CO 48 102 1,877 Guadalupe County, TX 48 114 3,194 Christian County, KY 47 142 2,002 Lea County, NM 46 83 1,644 Fort Bend County, TX 46 97 1,996 Richmond County, GA 45 117 2,279 Comal County, TX 44 91 4,511 Duval County, FL 43 91 1,513 Coryell County, TX 43 129 1,959 Sacramento County, CA 42 78 2,141 Chatham County, GA 41 100 1,720 Nueces County, TX 41 86 2,471 Broward County, FL 39 82 2,392 Montgomery County, MD 39 77 2,376 Anchorage Municipality, AK 37 79 2,004 Harnett County, NC 36 109 2,050 Taylor County, TX 36 66 993 Tom Green County, TX 36 68 1,225 Foreign – Puerto Rico, FR 36 71 1,415 Madison County, AL 35 80 2,180 Lincoln County, NM 35 70 1,625 Prince George County, VA 35 108 1,901 Weld County, CO 34 83 1,172 Vernon Parish, LA 34 100 2,059 Dale County, AL 33 87 2,229 Santa Clara County, CA 33 65 2,799 New York County, NY 33 44 1,853 Cameron County, TX 33 64 1,917 Salt Lake County, UT 33 58 866 Okaloosa County, FL 32 71 1,564 Columbia County, GA 32 83 1,804 Hardin County, KY 32 81 2,285 Chaves County, NM 32 63 1,414 Jefferson County, CO 31 63 1,516 Brazoria County, TX 31 64 1,784 Reeves County, TX 31 61 1,181 Pinellas County, FL 30 46 1,359 Hudspeth County, TX 30 66 936 Anne Arundel County, MD 29 72 2,415 Santa Fe County, NM 29 45 3,642 Kern County, CA 28 61 1,045 Riley County, KS 28 73 1,971 Mecklenburg County, NC 28 72 1,679 District of Columbia, DC 27 48 1,567 Brevard County, FL 27 64 1,255 Hoke County, NC 27 88 1,476 Utah County, UT 27 75 2,210 Jackson County, MO 26 52 873 Kings County, NY 26 37 1,544 Yuma County, AZ 25 64 1,600 Alameda County, CA 25 31 1,304 Polk County, FL 24 42 856 Fulton County, GA 24 30 1,041 Gwinnett County, GA 24 45 994 Tulsa County, OK 24 47 865 Brazos County, TX 24 54 1,155 Newport News city, VA 24 62 988 Middlesex County, MA 23 37 1,337 Orange County, NY 23 43 1,566 Pecos County, TX 23 42 693 Russell County, AL 22 55 1,193 Osceola County, FL 22 45 824 Bryan County, GA 22 67 1,681 Luna County, NM 22 42 925 Sandoval County, NM 22 48 1,201 Wake County, NC 22 49 787 Potter County, TX 22 32 471 Webb County, TX 22 50 1,115 Chesterfield County, VA 22 53 1,164 Prince William County, VA 22 43 1,330 Coffee County, AL 21 53 1,912 Contra Costa County, CA 21 41 863 San Joaquin County, CA 21 48 1,030 Ventura County, CA 21 40 843 Boulder County, CO 21 43 1,143 DeKalb County, GA 21 32 457 Polk County, IA 21 36 784 Prince George’s County, MD 21 39 1,315 Parker County, TX 21 37 1,892 Ward County, TX 21 39 785 Arlington County, VA 21 33 2,401 Clark County, WA 21 37 844 Kitsap County, WA 21 37 832 Pueblo County, CO 20 49 792 Queens County, NY 20 35 854 Davidson County, TN 20 40 1,958 Ellis County, TX 20 39 1,423
Where people are moving from
A number of the top destinations for El Pasoans also appear on the list of the counties with the largest number of people moving to El Paso.
The IRS data indicates that at least 0.8% of Doña Ana County’s population in 2020 had moved to El Paso the following year. By contrast, at least 0.3% of El Paso County’s population in 2020 had moved to Doña Ana County.
You can search the table below to see how many people moved to El Paso from a particular county. For privacy reasons, the IRS only lists counties that were origin points for 20 or more tax filers.
County coming from Number of tax returns Number of people Adjusted gross income (in thousands) Dona Ana County, NM 939 1,857 42,463 Foreign – APO/FPO ZIPs, FR 593 1,413 31,963 Bexar County, TX 513 983 25,359 Maricopa County, AZ 419 825 19,992 Los Angeles County, CA 396 721 19,710 Honolulu County, HI 228 627 12,088 San Diego County, CA 261 543 12,474 Ector County, TX 253 515 9,110 El Paso County, CO 203 501 10,860 Dallas County, TX 296 500 14,264 Harris County, TX 266 490 12,845 Midland County, TX 237 479 10,293 Tarrant County, TX 242 454 11,007 Bell County, TX 174 415 8,240 Pierce County, WA 151 396 8,733 Travis County, TX 270 364 14,228 Clark County, NV 186 348 7,780 San Bernardino County, CA 154 338 7,090 Bernalillo County, NM 187 322 7,731 Cumberland County, NC 117 300 6,453 Otero County, NM 138 298 4,795 Muscogee County, GA 113 286 6,360 Comanche County, OK 107 272 6,140 Riverside County, CA 131 257 6,546 Cook County, IL 118 255 6,112 Adams County, CO 123 244 4,526 Pima County, AZ 109 227 6,748 Orange County, CA 113 224 6,397 Denver County, CO 98 199 4,126 Arapahoe County, CO 96 185 3,663 Montgomery County, TN 94 240 4,532 Collin County, TX 92 164 5,207 Jefferson County, NY 89 265 4,489 Williamson County, TX 86 160 5,903 Denton County, TX 77 112 4,280 Lubbock County, TX 77 135 2,647 Lea County, NM 68 163 3,232 Miami-Dade County, FL 66 130 2,534 Eddy County, NM 66 144 3,019 Liberty County, GA 62 169 2,971 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 61 153 2,861 Orange County, FL 60 116 2,531 Hillsborough County, FL 57 109 2,710 Weld County, CO 55 129 2,371 Geary County, KS 55 156 2,977 Coryell County, TX 55 164 2,756 Hidalgo County, TX 55 115 4,691 King County, WA 55 109 7,165 Cochise County, AZ 54 128 3,212 Pulaski County, MO 53 168 4,216 Richland County, SC 53 138 3,211 Kings County, NY 52 73 2,543 Sandoval County, NM 49 113 3,649 Thurston County, WA 49 147 3,025 Oklahoma County, OK 48 95 1,710 Christian County, KY 44 120 1,953 Fairfax County, VA 44 122 4,133 Sacramento County, CA 43 85 1,771 Richmond County, GA 43 82 1,937 Broward County, FL 42 86 2,110 Leavenworth County, KS 42 137 3,989 Salt Lake County, UT 41 85 1,878 Cameron County, TX 40 93 3,090 Harnett County, NC 39 129 1,769 Dale County, AL 38 100 2,295 Hardin County, KY 38 108 2,549 Hudspeth County, TX 38 76 1,888 Reeves County, TX 38 71 1,347 Hays County, TX 37 56 1,342 Vernon Parish, LA 36 106 1,909 Montgomery County, TX 35 73 1,904 Nueces County, TX 35 67 1,856 Prince George County, VA 35 113 2,131 Coffee County, AL 34 71 1,894 Kern County, CA 34 60 1,548 Anne Arundel County, MD 34 91 2,093 Anchorage Municipality, AK 33 68 1,798 Yuma County, AZ 33 67 1,965 Santa Clara County, CA 33 67 3,406 Chattahoochee County, GA 33 97 1,854 Oakland County, MI 33 78 2,501 New York County, NY 33 42 4,115 Foreign – Puerto Rico, FR 33 83 1,530 Pinal County, AZ 32 69 1,545 Montgomery County, MD 32 70 2,729 Taylor County, TX 32 57 1,039 Fresno County, CA 31 58 1,344 Jefferson County, CO 31 81 1,177 Chaves County, NM 31 55 1,549 Newport News city, VA 31 90 1,960 Duval County, FL 30 55 1,267 Luna County, NM 29 61 794 Brewster County, TX 29 48 1,503 Fort Bend County, TX 29 65 1,512 Alameda County, CA 28 53 1,853 Chatham County, GA 28 73 1,608 Brazoria County, TX 28 56 2,649 San Joaquin County, CA 27 68 1,150 Hennepin County, MN 27 45 1,716 Galveston County, TX 27 51 1,735 Webb County, TX 27 58 1,457 Ventura County, CA 26 60 1,188 Columbia County, GA 26 70 1,687 Marion County, IN 26 42 1,120 Lincoln County, NM 26 44 1,313 Queens County, NY 26 42 1,175 Potter County, TX 26 60 896 Jackson County, MO 25 46 827 Bronx County, NY 25 48 908 Tulsa County, OK 25 45 1,110 McLennan County, TX 25 35 948 Prince George’s County, MD 24 40 1,434 Douglas County, NE 24 58 1,329 Washoe County, NV 24 36 1,625 Onslow County, NC 24 57 882 Franklin County, OH 24 48 1,115 Pecos County, TX 24 49 866 Tom Green County, TX 24 56 747 Gwinnett County, GA 23 50 957 Randall County, TX 23 53 1,260 Virginia Beach city, VA 23 50 1,190 Shelby County, TN 22 39 1,805 Prince William County, VA 22 51 1,616 Contra Costa County, CA 21 31 1,902 Okaloosa County, FL 21 57 1,057 Fulton County, GA 21 39 1,237 Santa Fe County, NM 21 41 651 Milwaukee County, WI 21 44 1,274 Boulder County, CO 20 34 966 Palm Beach County, FL 20 39 1,193 Pasco County, FL 20 52 1,270 Kane County, IL 20 35 833 Riley County, KS 20 35 926 Suffolk County, NY 20 22 1,021 Multnomah County, OR 20 32 1,033 Brazos County, TX 20 34 1,149 Ward County, TX 20 36 535
The net effect
According to the Census Bureau, El Paso has had more people moving away to other U.S. communities than moving in for several decades. Tax data shows a similar impact, though on a smaller scale. Many people are not required to file income tax returns because of low incomes.
For each of the past 10 years, IRS data show that more people left El Paso than moved in. But the gap has narrowed in recent years.
One reason for the narrowing gap is that fewer El Pasoans are being drawn to oil jobs in the Permian Basin.
The two big oil patch counties in Texas’ Permian Basin – Ector and Midland – have been major draws for El Pasoans during energy boom years. But oil prices have been on a decline since 2014, and collapsed at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, greatly reducing the number of jobs in the Permian Basin.
As a result, just over 1,000 people moved from El Paso to those two Permian Basin counties between 2020 and 2021, the lowest total in eight years. Almost as many people moved from those two counties to El Paso.
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