Florida vs Maryland: which way are people moving?

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 6,321 more people moved from Maryland to Florida than the other way.

Maryland → Florida15,937 people

Arrivals' income: $140.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Maryland9,616 people

Leavers' income: $79.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

25,553 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 Maryland every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+3,50122–23†††
Net moves between Florida and Maryland (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+2,941
2014–15 †+2,294
2015–16+3,633
2016–17 †+4,360
2017–18+2,875
2018–19+3,061
2019–20+3,559
2020–21+4,827
2021–22+4,977
2022–23 †+3,501

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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Maryland

Net change, all states
−20,112
Moved in · moved out
135,223 · 155,335
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$80.8k · $88.3k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Maryland and Florida, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–1414,2488,622+5,6267,7834,842$102.2k$59.7k
2014–15 †10,2536,162+4,0915,8753,581$118.0k$55.2k
2015–1615,2568,145+7,1118,2924,659$106.2k$60.9k
2016–17 †20,77811,954+8,82411,0376,677$99.2k$64.8k
2017–1815,0209,332+5,6888,3335,458$112.9k$78.2k
2018–1914,8428,898+5,9448,2455,184$146.0k$69.7k
2019–2016,5259,537+6,9889,0275,468$156.5k$69.7k
2020–2118,0378,610+9,42710,0105,183$155.0k$75.2k
2021–2218,3309,056+9,27410,4725,495$174.5k$95.5k
2022–23 †15,9379,616+6,3219,4425,941$140.2k$79.3k

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

Cite this comparison

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