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Migration to and from Tarrant County, Texas

Where Tarrant County residents came from and where they went over the 5-year window 2016-2020. Census ACS County-to-County Migration Flows, 2020 5-yr (frozen vintage).

Total inflow
127,821
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
100,712
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+27,109
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Dallas CountyTexas20,890
Denton CountyTexas5,076
Asia4,054
Johnson CountyTexas3,920
Harris CountyTexas3,480
Central America3,361
Los Angeles CountyCalifornia2,984
Parker CountyTexas2,839
Collin CountyTexas2,757
Bexar CountyTexas2,198

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Dallas CountyTexas15,770
Denton CountyTexas8,269
Parker CountyTexas4,115
Harris CountyTexas3,076
Johnson CountyTexas2,998
Travis CountyTexas2,840
Collin CountyTexas2,329
Williamson CountyTexas1,838
Wise CountyTexas1,702
Ellis CountyTexas1,692

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Methodology

  • Counts represent the number of people aged 1+ who reported a different residence at the survey reference date than they did one year earlier, aggregated across the 5-year sample window 2016-2020.
  • Outbound (OUT) flows are reported less frequently than inbound (IN) because the survey captures the destination side of each move. Many county pairs have null OUT counts, which is normal.
  • "Total inflow" sums the published MOVEDIN counts across all origin counties, including foreign-region inflows (Africa, Asia, Central America, etc.). It is not the same as net population change.
  • Frozen vintage. The Census Bureau has not released a newer county-to-county migration flows file. The 2020 5-yr vintage (covering 2016-2020) is the latest available as of build date.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, County-to-County Migration Flows: 2016-2020. Vintage: 2020 5-yr. Generated: 2026-05-28. FIPS: 48439.