Florida vs Georgia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 9,794 more people moved from Florida to Georgia than the other way.

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Georgia → Florida40,689 people

Arrivals' income: $91.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Georgia50,483 people

Leavers' income: $65.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida is Georgia's biggest moving partner in both directions: 91,172 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2015–16, more have moved to Georgia.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Georgia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−59
2014–15 †	+118
2015–16	−256
2016–17 †	−2,807
2017–18	−3,211
2018–19	−2,701
2019–20	−2,412
2020–21	−1,935
2021–22	−2,493
2022–23 †	−4,788

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

The two states overall

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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Georgia

Net change, all states: +35,536
Moved in · moved out: 265,330 · 229,794
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $70.2k · $72.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Georgia and Florida, 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	40,056	39,356	+700	20,131	20,190	$58.1k	$43.7k
2014–15 †	30,190	29,784	+406	15,742	15,624	$63.8k	$44.3k
2015–16	38,953	39,490	−537	20,057	20,313	$69.4k	$48.6k
2016–17 †	50,635	55,758	−5,123	25,503	28,310	$69.9k	$53.0k
2017–18	40,021	46,414	−6,393	20,825	24,036	$72.5k	$56.2k
2018–19	39,039	44,337	−5,298	20,494	23,195	$80.7k	$54.4k
2019–20	43,264	47,719	−4,455	22,274	24,686	$85.2k	$58.8k
2020–21	44,175	47,745	−3,570	24,120	26,055	$96.2k	$64.3k
2021–22	43,402	48,301	−4,899	24,383	26,876	$111.7k	$69.1k
2022–23 †	40,689	50,483	−9,794	23,475	28,263	$91.3k	$65.1k

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

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