Colorado vs Florida: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 2,201 more people moved from Colorado to Florida than the other way.

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Florida → Colorado13,183 people

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

Colorado → Florida15,384 people

Leavers' income: $105.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

28,567 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Colorado came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Florida.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Florida (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+640
2014–15 †	+738
2015–16	+965
2016–17 †	+1,380
2017–18	+1,007
2018–19	+790
2019–20	−169
2020–21	−2,239
2021–22	−2,257
2022–23 †	−431

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Colorado

Net change, all states: +7,288
Moved in · moved out: 187,420 · 180,132
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.5k · $84.5k

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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 Colorado, 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	9,470	8,840	+630	5,411	4,771	$52.1k	$97.0k
2014–15 †	7,190	6,590	+600	4,458	3,720	$47.8k	$131.1k
2015–16	10,674	10,316	+358	6,489	5,524	$54.0k	$70.5k
2016–17 †	16,695	15,566	+1,129	9,643	8,263	$59.2k	$69.1k
2017–18	12,819	12,414	+405	7,798	6,791	$63.8k	$112.7k
2018–19	12,297	11,987	+310	7,515	6,725	$64.9k	$83.7k
2019–20	13,006	14,714	−1,708	7,892	8,061	$75.9k	$86.5k
2020–21	12,112	18,017	−5,905	7,735	9,974	$74.1k	$103.3k
2021–22	12,508	18,289	−5,781	8,124	10,381	$99.9k	$123.6k
2022–23 †	13,183	15,384	−2,201	8,639	9,070	$76.0k	$105.2k

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

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