A new report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows that Texas was the second-most popular state to move to in 2022.

NAR used change-of-address data from the United States Postal Service as well as net migration data from the U.S. Census Bureau to determine which states had the highest rates of influx and outflow in domestic migration.

While moving activity has decreased significantly in the past two years from the pandemic relocation boom, the Realtor association found that Texas was one of the states with the most migration gains in 2022. Texas gained 230,961 more residents than it lost last year. The only state with a higher net influx of movers was Florida, which gained 318,855 more residents than it lost. Other states with high migratory influxes include North and South Carolina.

NAR additionally found that the Houston MSA had the largest move-in rate of all metro areas in Texas at 55.7%. The only metros in the country with higher move-in rates were Ocala, Florida (57.1%), Tallahassee, Florida (56.6%), Charlotte, North Carolina (56.6%) and Savannah, Georgia (55.8%).

Conversely, California, New York and Illinois were the states with the highest migratory outflow in 2022.

A similar report from MoveBuddha shows that while Texas was indeed one of the most popular states to move to in 2022, migration into the Lone Star State actually decreased year-over-year. While there were 1.3 moves into Texas for every 1 move out in 2022, that figure was significantly higher at 1.68 moves in for every 1 move out in 2021.

MoveBuddha’s report also shows that despite overall cooldowns in domestic migration, Katy was one of the cities in the U.S. with the largest increase in popularity from 2021 to 2022. Inflow in 2022 was 37.99% higher in the Houston suburb than it was in 2021, earning Katy the ranking of the No. 17 most popular place to move in 2022.