Florida vs New Jersey: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 20,579 more people moved from New Jersey to Florida than the other way.

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New Jersey → Florida34,761 people

Arrivals' income: $147.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → New Jersey14,182 people

Leavers' income: $86.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

48,943 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 New Jersey every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and New Jersey (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+7,731
2014–15 †	+7,108
2015–16	+10,516
2016–17 †	+12,071
2017–18	+8,544
2018–19	+8,481
2019–20	+10,633
2020–21	+14,138
2021–22	+15,152
2022–23 †	+11,066

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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New Jersey

Net change, all states: −29,871
Moved in · moved out: 173,739 · 203,610
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $102.2k · $106.7k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New Jersey 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	27,797	12,290	+15,507	14,863	7,132	$101.5k	$59.2k
2014–15 †	22,202	8,840	+13,362	12,348	5,240	$121.0k	$72.6k
2015–16	31,494	10,496	+20,998	16,840	6,324	$164.8k	$60.3k
2016–17 †	39,746	15,089	+24,657	21,059	8,988	$108.6k	$60.2k
2017–18	30,223	13,305	+16,918	16,471	7,927	$156.6k	$64.1k
2018–19	29,413	12,754	+16,659	16,236	7,755	$143.0k	$78.6k
2019–20	33,621	12,693	+20,928	18,208	7,575	$161.2k	$97.9k
2020–21	39,962	12,092	+27,870	21,705	7,567	$204.6k	$89.4k
2021–22	41,610	12,539	+29,071	23,128	7,976	$228.2k	$109.1k
2022–23 †	34,761	14,182	+20,579	20,113	9,047	$147.1k	$86.8k

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

Cite this comparison

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