Florida vs Hawaii: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 484 more people moved from Hawaii to Florida than the other way.

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Hawaii → Florida2,977 people

Arrivals' income: $77.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Hawaii2,493 people

Leavers' income: $66.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

5,470 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Hawaii 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 Florida and Hawaii (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−67
2014–15 †	−45
2015–16	+198
2016–17 †	+475
2017–18	+126
2018–19	+61
2019–20	+233
2020–21	+516
2021–22	+428
2022–23 †	+144

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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Hawaii

Net change, all states: −6,825
Moved in · moved out: 45,031 · 51,856
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.1k · $70.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Hawaii 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	2,757	2,662	+95	1,337	1,404	$55.6k	$34.0k
2014–15 †	1,922	1,921	+1	1,074	1,119	$48.5k	$44.7k
2015–16	3,253	2,404	+849	1,539	1,341	$54.1k	$51.0k
2016–17 †	4,368	2,910	+1,458	2,015	1,540	$58.6k	$53.0k
2017–18	2,949	2,463	+486	1,448	1,322	$61.3k	$50.8k
2018–19	2,610	2,262	+348	1,331	1,270	$73.0k	$52.3k
2019–20	3,225	2,506	+719	1,541	1,308	$80.0k	$60.9k
2020–21	3,398	2,103	+1,295	1,669	1,153	$82.2k	$55.2k
2021–22	3,378	2,230	+1,148	1,672	1,244	$83.1k	$76.2k
2022–23 †	2,977	2,493	+484	1,553	1,409	$77.7k	$66.1k

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

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