Florida vs Mississippi: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 228 more people moved from Mississippi to Florida than the other way.

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Mississippi → Florida4,111 people

Arrivals' income: $76.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Mississippi3,883 people

Leavers' income: $58.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

7,994 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 Mississippi every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Mississippi (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+441
2014–15 †	+389
2015–16	+552
2016–17 †	+658
2017–18	+346
2018–19	+511
2019–20	+321
2020–21	+438
2021–22	+294
2022–23 †	+192

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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Mississippi

Net change, all states: −3,142
Moved in · moved out: 56,470 · 59,612
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $56.9k · $53.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Mississippi 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	4,641	3,664	+977	2,316	1,875	$53.0k	$35.9k
2014–15 †	3,633	2,669	+964	1,825	1,436	$57.4k	$39.4k
2015–16	4,683	3,438	+1,245	2,326	1,774	$77.5k	$44.9k
2016–17 †	5,913	4,298	+1,615	2,855	2,197	$57.9k	$45.9k
2017–18	4,481	3,795	+686	2,283	1,937	$60.4k	$49.9k
2018–19	4,479	3,449	+1,030	2,303	1,792	$57.9k	$59.4k
2019–20	4,577	3,836	+741	2,336	2,015	$59.9k	$55.7k
2020–21	4,761	3,786	+975	2,483	2,045	$70.0k	$47.9k
2021–22	4,339	3,806	+533	2,385	2,091	$70.8k	$75.8k
2022–23 †	4,111	3,883	+228	2,359	2,167	$76.4k	$58.3k

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

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