Florida
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 354,112 returns moved to Florida from other states and 298,763 moved the other way, a net gain of 55,349 returns, or 5.9 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Florida and other states.Florida ranks 9th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Florida gains the most returns from New York and loses the most to North Carolina. Another 380,420 returns moved between counties inside Florida, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance was +81,401 returns.
The exchange with every state
Sorted from the largest net gain to the largest net loss. States with a flow under 10 returns in either direction are left out.
| State | From there | To there | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 43,187 | 22,011 | +21,176 |
| New Jersey | 20,113 | 9,047 | +11,066 |
| California | 20,241 | 14,113 | +6,128 |
| Illinois | 14,834 | 9,299 | +5,535 |
| Pennsylvania | 16,395 | 11,056 | +5,339 |
| Massachusetts | 12,159 | 8,058 | +4,101 |
| Maryland | 9,442 | 5,941 | +3,501 |
| Connecticut | 7,668 | 4,519 | +3,149 |
| Ohio | 13,170 | 10,564 | +2,606 |
| Michigan | 10,659 | 8,263 | +2,396 |
| Minnesota | 4,951 | 3,054 | +1,897 |
| Virginia | 14,194 | 12,414 | +1,780 |
| Wisconsin | 5,044 | 3,779 | +1,265 |
| New Hampshire | 2,696 | 1,842 | +854 |
| Missouri | 5,034 | 4,238 | +796 |
| Rhode Island | 2,235 | 1,475 | +760 |
| Louisiana | 3,359 | 2,765 | +594 |
| Nevada | 3,449 | 3,001 | +448 |
| Colorado | 9,070 | 8,639 | +431 |
| Arizona | 5,096 | 4,682 | +414 |
| Delaware | 1,546 | 1,141 | +405 |
| Indiana | 7,615 | 7,213 | +402 |
| Washington | 5,661 | 5,333 | +328 |
| Iowa | 2,080 | 1,754 | +326 |
| Kansas | 2,142 | 1,848 | +294 |
| Oregon | 2,289 | 2,012 | +277 |
| Vermont | 1,043 | 778 | +265 |
| Utah | 2,210 | 1,995 | +215 |
| Nebraska | 1,411 | 1,211 | +200 |
| Mississippi | 2,359 | 2,167 | +192 |
| Idaho | 991 | 808 | +183 |
| Maine | 2,185 | 2,029 | +156 |
| Hawaii | 1,553 | 1,409 | +144 |
| Alaska | 970 | 866 | +104 |
| South Dakota | 702 | 617 | +85 |
| North Dakota | 596 | 518 | +78 |
| Oklahoma | 2,213 | 2,159 | +54 |
| Wyoming | 501 | 453 | +48 |
| Montana | 736 | 708 | +28 |
| West Virginia | 1,562 | 1,581 | −19 |
| New Mexico | 1,452 | 1,579 | −127 |
| Arkansas | 1,743 | 1,933 | −190 |
| Kentucky | 4,578 | 4,792 | −214 |
| District of Columbia | 1,200 | 1,521 | −321 |
| Alabama | 7,060 | 8,410 | −1,350 |
| South Carolina | 7,188 | 9,651 | −2,463 |
| Tennessee | 9,475 | 12,505 | −3,030 |
| Texas | 20,050 | 24,196 | −4,146 |
| Georgia | 23,475 | 28,263 | −4,788 |
| North Carolina | 14,530 | 20,553 | −6,023 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: +9.6 in 2019–20, +14.7 in 2020–21, +13.8 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 66 Florida counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Sumter County+44.0
- Dixie County+42.2
- Flagler County+37.4
- Marion County+37.2
- Pasco County+37.0
- Lake County+36.8
- Citrus County+35.0
- Gulf County+32.8
- St. Johns County+32.7
- Walton County+32.7
- St. Lucie County+32.5
- Wakulla County+31.7
- Pinellas County+1.8
- Hillsborough County+0.6
- Okaloosa County−1.1
- Seminole County−1.1
- Palm Beach County−2.1
- Alachua County−5.2
- Calhoun County−5.2
- Orange County−6.3
- Broward County−7.3
- Monroe County−11.2
- Leon County−11.9
- Miami-Dade County−17.7
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.