Spanning 268,597 square miles, Texas is the land of plentiful opportunity and people are answering the call. Sources including Move.org place Texas as the second-most moved-to state overall last year, with the Texas Realtors’ 2021 Texas Relocation Report finding that the Lone Star State has gained 500,000-plus new residents for the last seven years in a row. Encompassing 9,286 square miles and 11 counties, the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex continues to prove especially magnetic.