Texas ranks second in the United States in terms of new residents, with almost half immigrating from other countries

The largest source of new residents in Texas and Florida, the two U.S. states with the largest number of new residents last year, was other countries.

Just over 45% of the nearly 634,000 Floridians who reported living in another state or abroad in the previous year were from another country, according to migration data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

In Florida, with 23 million residents, more people reported living somewhere else in the past year than in any other state, although Texas wasn’t far behind. Of the nearly 612,000 Texas residents who lived elsewhere in the previous year, 43% were from another country. Texas has 30.5 million inhabitants.

The migration figures do not reveal which countries the new residents came from.

Priscila Coronado moved to Miami from Guatemala last year in search of a better future.

“I’m happy. My dream is to go to college, learn English and get a nursing degree,” Coronado said. “There is no crime here and that is an achievement.”

Among U.S. states, New York was the leading producer of new Floridians, and no other state had new Texans living in California the year before.

But Florida and Texas didn’t just gain residents; some have also moved out. Georgia won the most former Floridians last year, and California had the most former Texans.