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Denton County, TX vs Collin County, TX

Net migration of people and income, 20222023 filing years

How they compareDenton County, TXCollin County, TX
Population
Census estimate
1,013,9651,207,386
Net migration rate
net people per 1,000 residents
+13.6+15.2
Per-capita income
BEA, nominal
$77,601$86,864
Cost of living
100 = U.S. average prices
102.5102.5
Unemployment rate
BLS annual average
3.6%3.7%

Bold marks the higher number, which is not always the better one (cost of living, unemployment, and disasters are here too). Sources: Census, BEA, BLS, FEMA. A different universe from the IRS filer figures below.

Denton County, TX
Net income (AGI)
+$1.2B
nominal dollars
Net households
+6,517
tax returns
Net people
+13,794
exemptions

Income (AGI) in and out

Moved in$4.6B
Moved out$3.3B
Net +$1.2B (nominal)
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Net migration by year

Net 2012–2023: +$9.6B (+183,637 people)
20122023
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Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012+$263.6M+9,968
2013+$438.8M+10,359
2014+$489.5M+11,549
2015+$463.2M+9,223
2016+$802.2M+15,346
2017+$1B+19,446
2018+$430M+11,804
2019+$901.9M+24,190
2020+$897.3M+19,733
2021+$1.3B+20,547
2022+$1.4B+17,678
2023+$1.2B+13,794
Collin County, TX
Net income (AGI)
+$864.2M
nominal dollars
Net households
+6,930
tax returns
Net people
+18,388
exemptions

Income (AGI) in and out

Moved in$5B
Moved out$4.1B
Net +$864.2M (nominal)
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Net migration by year

Net 2012–2023: +$7.4B (+211,615 people)
20122023
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Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012+$360.4M+9,587
2013+$107.6M+12,864
2014+$399M+13,317
2015+$367.8M+7,997
2016+$541.8M+14,850
2017+$643.4M+24,933
2018+$620.6M+20,111
2019+$348.1M+14,920
2020+$1B+24,478
2021+$1.3B+28,287
2022+$870.6M+21,883
2023+$864.2M+18,388

Direct moves between them

Denton County, TX Collin County, TX
7,417households$805.8M AGI
Collin County, TX Denton County, TX
8,067households$921.5M AGI

Counts are returns (households) with associated AGI, where the IRS published the flow above its disclosure threshold.