For decades, Texas has been a net-migration state, attracting more residents than we lose. Our booming economy, low cost of living, and warm climate have been drawing transplants since the early nineteenth century, when debtors began leaving the note “GTT” (for “Gone to Texas”) on their abandoned houses. The Census Bureau found that in 2023, more people moved to Texas than to any other state, with the highest numbers coming from California, Florida, and New York (in that order).Could that be starting to change? The census recently estimated that domestic migration to Texas dropped by nearly half between 2023 and 2024, from 190,994 to 85,267. “It’s a pretty significant drop,” said Lloyd Potter, the Texas state demographer and a professor at the University of Texas…
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