Florida vs South Carolina: which way are people moving?

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

Toward South Carolina. In 2022–23, 4,702 more people moved from Florida to South Carolina than the other way.

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South Carolina → Florida12,237 people

Arrivals' income: $76.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → South Carolina16,939 people

Leavers' income: $73.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

29,176 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Florida came out ahead every year until 2014–15. Since 2015–16, more have moved to South Carolina.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and South Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+86
2014–15 †	+187
2015–16	−11
2016–17 †	−668
2017–18	−581
2018–19	−556
2019–20	−528
2020–21	−495
2021–22	−917
2022–23 †	−2,463

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2015–16 turn falls between them.

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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South Carolina

Net change, all states: +59,102
Moved in · moved out: 178,163 · 119,061
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $88.5k · $66.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between South Carolina 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	11,203	11,061	+142	5,823	5,737	$54.1k	$51.3k
2014–15 †	8,079	7,697	+382	4,416	4,229	$54.2k	$47.1k
2015–16	11,398	11,329	+69	6,032	6,043	$56.2k	$52.4k
2016–17 †	15,404	16,823	−1,419	8,077	8,745	$62.6k	$59.0k
2017–18	12,039	13,404	−1,365	6,509	7,090	$63.9k	$58.3k
2018–19	11,862	12,846	−984	6,424	6,980	$66.6k	$60.0k
2019–20	12,977	14,237	−1,260	6,990	7,518	$72.0k	$64.4k
2020–21	13,686	14,589	−903	7,584	8,079	$77.4k	$69.1k
2021–22	13,193	15,000	−1,807	7,495	8,412	$91.9k	$79.3k
2022–23 †	12,237	16,939	−4,702	7,188	9,651	$76.9k	$73.1k

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

Cite this comparison

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