Florida vs Michigan: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 4,323 more people moved from Michigan to Florida than the other way.

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Michigan → Florida17,716 people

Arrivals' income: $118.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Michigan13,393 people

Leavers' income: $77.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida is Michigan's biggest moving partner in both directions: 31,109 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 Michigan every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Michigan (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+3,126
2014–15 †	+3,052
2015–16	+4,289
2016–17 †	+4,191
2017–18	+3,064
2018–19	+3,129
2019–20	+3,596
2020–21	+4,053
2021–22	+4,277
2022–23 †	+2,396

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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Michigan

Net change, all states: −8,442
Moved in · moved out: 119,409 · 127,851
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.1k · $77.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Michigan 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	17,655	11,489	+6,166	9,771	6,645	$74.2k	$47.9k
2014–15 †	12,811	7,580	+5,231	7,449	4,397	$80.2k	$42.8k
2015–16	17,791	9,881	+7,910	9,999	5,710	$82.8k	$50.0k
2016–17 †	22,891	15,089	+7,802	12,846	8,655	$90.3k	$53.2k
2017–18	18,088	12,507	+5,581	10,330	7,266	$97.9k	$58.2k
2018–19	17,507	11,702	+5,805	10,065	6,936	$115.9k	$68.2k
2019–20	19,571	12,844	+6,727	10,939	7,343	$110.5k	$66.2k
2020–21	21,018	13,203	+7,815	12,005	7,952	$157.5k	$59.8k
2021–22	20,842	12,733	+8,109	12,107	7,830	$146.8k	$103.5k
2022–23 †	17,716	13,393	+4,323	10,659	8,263	$118.6k	$77.4k

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

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