Alaska vs Florida: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 414 more people moved from Alaska to Florida than the other way.

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Florida → Alaska1,502 people

Arrivals' income: $56.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alaska → Florida1,916 people

Leavers' income: $76.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,418 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Florida than to Alaska every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alaska and Florida (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−206
2014–15 †	−96
2015–16	−85
2016–17 †	−376
2017–18	−74
2018–19	−106
2019–20	−95
2020–21	−194
2021–22	−267
2022–23 †	−104

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Alaska

Net change, all states: −4,149
Moved in · moved out: 25,599 · 29,748
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $63.3k · $70.9k

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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 Alaska, 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	1,568	2,027	−459	830	1,036	$41.9k	$52.5k
2014–15 †	1,044	1,243	−199	607	703	$39.9k	$51.1k
2015–16	1,390	1,589	−199	711	796	$43.6k	$55.6k
2016–17 †	1,878	2,804	−926	937	1,313	$50.5k	$61.2k
2017–18	1,453	1,614	−161	758	832	$46.0k	$58.9k
2018–19	1,364	1,720	−356	745	851	$52.9k	$63.1k
2019–20	1,498	1,757	−259	760	855	$54.3k	$62.9k
2020–21	1,404	1,942	−538	779	973	$48.7k	$80.7k
2021–22	1,303	1,877	−574	715	982	$61.0k	$74.6k
2022–23 †	1,502	1,916	−414	866	970	$56.4k	$76.0k

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

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