Survey Says Houston Area Grew By More Than 200K In 2017

HOUSTON — It’s no secret that Texas is one of the top spots in the nation when it comes to relocating from another state, and has been for years. According to the 2019 Texas Relocation Report released this week by Texas Real Estate, Texas welcomed 524,511 new residents in 2017.

That same report suggests that a majority of those new Texans made their home in Harris County, which will only help Houston on its way to becoming the third largest city in the United States, and surpassing Chicago by 2020.

In 2017, Harris County welcomed 83,282 new residents from out-of-state locations, such as California, Illinois, New York, Florida, and neighboring Louisiana.

New Texans also moved into Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties, which were followed by several Gulf Coast communities.

On the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA recorded the highest number of incoming residents from out-of-state with 230,118 in 2017, followed by Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land which recorded 203,279 new residents.

Many of those residents came from other urban centers, such as the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, New York-Newark-Jersey City and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin.

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