Florida vs Illinois: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 10,583 more people moved from Illinois to Florida than the other way.

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Illinois → Florida24,958 people

Arrivals' income: $223.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Illinois14,375 people

Leavers' income: $96.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

39,333 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 Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Illinois (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+5,215
2014–15 †	+4,144
2015–16	+6,458
2016–17 †	+8,488
2017–18	+5,746
2018–19	+6,102
2019–20	+8,277
2020–21	+10,836
2021–22	+9,755
2022–23 †	+5,535

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

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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Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Illinois 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	21,776	11,124	+10,652	11,812	6,597	$145.6k	$66.1k
2014–15 †	15,338	7,583	+7,755	8,803	4,659	$166.6k	$48.5k
2015–16	22,985	10,136	+12,849	12,568	6,110	$137.6k	$63.7k
2016–17 †	31,571	14,304	+17,267	16,975	8,487	$124.1k	$72.4k
2017–18	23,884	12,128	+11,756	13,103	7,357	$154.5k	$66.7k
2018–19	23,760	11,914	+11,846	13,288	7,186	$181.8k	$76.4k
2019–20	28,528	11,953	+16,575	15,511	7,234	$197.8k	$83.3k
2020–21	33,210	11,578	+21,632	18,180	7,344	$243.8k	$72.4k
2021–22	31,620	12,521	+19,099	17,728	7,973	$231.4k	$103.0k
2022–23 †	24,958	14,375	+10,583	14,834	9,299	$223.1k	$96.7k

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

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