Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
The Dallas/Ft. Worth/Arlington CBSA includes Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton,
Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties
in Texas.
Dallas/Ft. Worth is in a different league than the peer metros when it comes to net in-migration, as the chart on the previous page demonstrates. The scale used on the Y axis for the other peer metros stopped at 40,000. The scale for Dallas/Ft. Worth goes up to 100,000. In fact, the lowest net in-migration year (2004) barely drops below 50,000.
From 1994–2005 the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro gained 820,112 net new residents from migration. By comparison, the nine other metros combined gained 1,227,420. Needless to say, the Dallas/Ft. Worth is a huge attractor for migrants.
PDF Maps, 1994-2005
After peaking in 2001 at 93,597 new migrants, migration dropped off dramatically between 2001 and 2002 as the economy dipped into a mild recession, and growth has not yet rebounded to pre-recession numbers.
The area draws these new migrants from metros across the country, led by Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Top out-migration metros include Austin, Atlanta and Denver.
Migration Trend, 1994-2005
| Total Population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2005 | Change | % Change |
| 5,161,544 | 5,819,475 | +657,931 | +12.7% |
| Top Net Inflow Metro Areas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CBSA | IN | OUT | Net |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 58,893 | 33,053 | 25,840 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 45,373 | 27,176 | 18,197 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 31,273 | 17,398 | 13,875 |
| El Paso, TX | 24,098 | 11,754 | 12,344 |
| Lubbock, TX | 23,671 | 12,886 | 10,785 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 31,741 | 21,384 | 10,357 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 19,162 | 12,686 | 6,476 |
| San Antonio, TX | 47,425 | 41,071 | 6,354 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 14,572 | 8,284 | 6,288 |
| Abilene, TX | 15,309 | 9,217 | 6,092 |
| Tulsa, OK | 20,703 | 14,653 | 6,050 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 14,246 | 8,359 | 5,887 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 13,190 | 7,417 | 5,773 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 114,718 | 109,128 | 5,590 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 16,046 | 10,739 | 5,307 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 13,371 | 8,262 | 5,109 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 20,007 | 15,015 | 4,992 |
| Waco, TX | 18,950 | 13,975 | 4,975 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 12,807 | 7,877 | 4,930 |
| Amarillo, TX | 12,329 | 7,632 | 4,697 |
| Top Net Outflow Metro Areas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CBSA | IN | OUT | Net |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 58,856 | 68,295 | (9,439) |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 25,170 | 32,000 | (6,830) |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 19,029 | 23,678 | (4,649) |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 20,846 | 23,520 | (2,674) |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 21,428 | 23,191 | (1,763) |
| Boulder, CO | 1,954 | 3,218 | (1,264) |
| Hot Springs, AR | 1,258 | 2,509 | (1,251) |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 4,952 | 6,100 | (1,148) |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 5,405 | 6,377 | (972) |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 8,009 | 8,898 | (889) |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 6,553 | 7,398 | (845) |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 7,325 | 8,107 | (782) |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 5,964 | 6,578 | (614) |
| Tucson, AZ | 5,345 | 5,903 | (558) |
| Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL | 1,535 | 2,074 | (539) |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 1,477 | 1,988 | (511) |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 1,059 | 1,479 | (420) |
| Santa Fe, NM | 907 | 1,313 | (406) |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 1,161 | 1,451 | (290) |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 885 | 1,159 | (274) |
| Top Total Flow Metro Areas (IN + OUT) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBSA | IN | OUT | Net | Total |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 114,718 | 109,128 | 5,590 | 223,846 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 58,856 | 68,295 | (9,439) | 127,151 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 58,893 | 33,053 | 25,840 | 91,946 |
| San Antonio, TX | 47,425 | 41,071 | 6,354 | 88,496 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 45,373 | 27,176 | 18,197 | 72,549 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 25,170 | 32,000 | (6,830) | 57,170 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 31,741 | 21,384 | 10,357 | 53,125 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 31,273 | 17,398 | 13,875 | 48,671 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 21,428 | 23,191 | (1,763) | 44,619 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 20,846 | 23,520 | (2,674) | 44,366 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 19,029 | 23,678 | (4,649) | 42,707 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 21,732 | 20,260 | 1,472 | 41,992 |
| Lubbock, TX | 23,671 | 12,886 | 10,785 | 36,557 |
| El Paso, TX | 24,098 | 11,754 | 12,344 | 35,852 |
| Tyler, TX | 18,217 | 17,233 | 984 | 35,450 |
| Tulsa, OK | 20,703 | 14,653 | 6,050 | 35,356 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 20,007 | 15,015 | 4,992 | 35,022 |
| Waco, TX | 18,950 | 13,975 | 4,975 | 32,925 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 17,616 | 14,483 | 3,133 | 32,099 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 19,162 | 12,686 | 6,476 | 31,848 |