Real IRS tax-return address changes, not a Census population estimate -- people who
actually filed from a different county the following year. Positive means more people
left than arrived; negative means the reverse. See the
reporting-vs-reality read of this same data
for how this compares against the Census's own population-change numbers.
2019→2020: 179,254 out, 145,618 in, net +33,636
2020→2021: 178,666 out, 147,877 in, net +30,789
2021→2022: 169,518 out, 153,744 in, net +15,774
2022→2023: 169,932 out, 150,814 in, net +19,118
Where Harris County, TX's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Harris County, TX to that one
county, in this one year -- not that county's own total gain from every source. Select it
in the picker above to see its own totals.
Fort Bend County (TX)29,268
Montgomery County (TX)25,206
Brazoria County (TX)9,828
Galveston County (TX)8,050
Liberty County (TX)6,072
Travis County (TX)4,282
Dallas County (TX)3,309
Bexar County (TX)3,032
Chambers County (TX)2,379
Tarrant County (TX)2,284
Where Harris County, TX's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Harris County, TX,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.