Alabama vs Florida: which way are people moving?

Name: Alabama vs Florida: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Alabama. In 2022–23, 2,971 more people moved from Florida to Alabama than the other way.

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Florida → Alabama15,260 people

Arrivals' income: $61.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alabama → Florida12,289 people

Leavers' income: $74.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

27,549 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Florida came out ahead every year until 2016–17. Since 2017–18, more have moved to Alabama.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alabama and Florida (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−586
2014–15 †	−840
2015–16	−779
2016–17 †	−240
2017–18	+145
2018–19	+332
2019–20	+683
2020–21	+619
2021–22	+978
2022–23 †	+1,350

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2017–18 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Alabama

Net change, all states: +16,337
Moved in · moved out: 102,902 · 86,565
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $66.5k · $63.9k

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Florida

Net change, all states: +111,742
Moved in · moved out: 605,238 · 493,496
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $122.5k · $76.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Florida and Alabama, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	12,339	13,270	−931	6,090	6,676	$45.7k	$40.6k
2014–15 †	8,446	10,204	−1,758	4,489	5,329	$41.3k	$57.0k
2015–16	11,350	12,760	−1,410	5,714	6,493	$47.6k	$61.3k
2016–17 †	15,982	16,218	−236	7,949	8,189	$50.0k	$55.1k
2017–18	13,862	13,261	+601	7,004	6,859	$53.2k	$60.6k
2018–19	13,712	12,617	+1,095	6,975	6,643	$53.3k	$62.3k
2019–20	14,806	13,551	+1,255	7,585	6,902	$54.8k	$74.9k
2020–21	14,829	13,280	+1,549	7,865	7,246	$59.5k	$84.7k
2021–22	15,094	12,769	+2,325	8,102	7,124	$67.3k	$84.5k
2022–23 †	15,260	12,289	+2,971	8,410	7,060	$61.1k	$74.3k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

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Moved Where. “Alabama vs Florida: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/alabama-vs-florida. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.