California vs Florida: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 12,524 more people moved from California to Florida than the other way.

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Florida → California21,724 people

Arrivals' income: $94.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

California → Florida34,248 people

Leavers' income: $130.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

55,972 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. California came out ahead every year until 2014–15. Since 2015–16, more have moved to Florida.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between California and Florida (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+611
2014–15 †	+368
2015–16	−104
2016–17 †	−1,070
2017–18	−1,126
2018–19	−1,733
2019–20	−5,162
2020–21	−10,662
2021–22	−10,947
2022–23 †	−6,128

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2015–16 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

California

Net change, all states: −200,547
Moved in · moved out: 389,700 · 590,247
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $95.5k · $102.1k

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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 California, 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	23,381	23,517	−136	13,472	12,861	$56.1k	$80.6k
2014–15 †	17,150	18,149	−999	10,607	10,239	$65.5k	$113.5k
2015–16	22,139	24,367	−2,228	13,297	13,401	$65.1k	$79.5k
2016–17 †	29,934	34,699	−4,765	17,571	18,641	$65.1k	$86.4k
2017–18	23,692	27,630	−3,938	14,283	15,409	$85.9k	$118.9k
2018–19	22,512	27,323	−4,811	13,790	15,523	$75.0k	$143.6k
2019–20	21,855	33,359	−11,504	13,228	18,390	$74.9k	$159.9k
2020–21	19,863	40,730	−20,867	12,455	23,117	$90.5k	$198.6k
2021–22	19,928	42,412	−22,484	13,064	24,011	$120.9k	$187.0k
2022–23 †	21,724	34,248	−12,524	14,113	20,241	$94.1k	$130.4k

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

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