Austin Business Journal November 5-11, 2021 pp8 |ECONOMIC|INSIGHT|”WHERE DID ALL OF THESE NEW AUSTINITES COME FROM?”
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Where did all these new Texans come from?
“The No. 1 source of new Texans in 2020 was from Los Angeles County, California, which accounted for more than 3% of total migration.” In total newcomers from California accounted for only 16% of Texas’ population growth in 2020”. By state relocating to Texas were 16% from California, 7.2% from Florida, 4% from Colorado, 4% from Illinois and 4% from Louisiana.
Here’s the breakdown of departing locales or counties headed to Texas’ 3.05% Los Angeles County CA, 1.81% Maricopa AZ, 1.79% San Diego CA, 1.6% Cook IL, 1.52% Orange County CA, 1.33% Riverside County CA, 1.18% Clark County NV, 0.93% El Paso CO, 0.87% San Bernardino County CA, 0.73% Oklahoma OK, 0.62% Fairfax County VA, 0.08% King County WA, 0.06% Broward CO FL and 0.06% Calcasieu LA.
Most newcomers originating in California came from Southern California not Silicon Valley-Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Jose, Cupertino.

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Where did all these new Austinites come from?
“The vast majority of people who moved to Central Texas last year were already Texans.”
“Nearly 45% of the movement recorded in Williamson County last year was from people who were already residents of that county, and about 20% moved from Travis County.” For Wilco though 21.5% came from states other than California (5%) and Florida (1%).
Travis County data were somewhat similar with the exceptions that California and New York accounted for 10% and 6% respectively.
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