Florida vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 6,639 more people moved from Florida to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Florida35,016 people

Arrivals' income: $91.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Texas41,655 people

Leavers' income: $70.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

76,671 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2021–22, more have moved to Texas.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−13,203
2014–15 †	+1,643
2015–16	+5,815
2016–17 †	+309
2017–18	−1,472
2018–19	−2,605
2019–20	−2,292
2020–21	+243
2021–22	−1,056
2022–23 †	−4,146

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2021–22 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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Texas

Net change, all states: +112,481
Moved in · moved out: 553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $83.6k · $80.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Texas 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	34,019	57,583	−23,564	17,657	30,860	$61.4k	$36.2k
2014–15 †	42,521	39,133	+3,388	23,089	21,446	$43.0k	$42.1k
2015–16	45,417	35,188	+10,229	24,114	18,299	$59.3k	$57.5k
2016–17 †	44,403	43,626	+777	22,565	22,256	$70.7k	$58.2k
2017–18	33,538	36,176	−2,638	17,631	19,103	$72.1k	$59.1k
2018–19	31,319	36,136	−4,817	16,666	19,271	$84.0k	$68.4k
2019–20	34,559	38,192	−3,633	18,071	20,363	$86.9k	$69.0k
2020–21	37,999	36,961	+1,038	20,859	20,616	$83.8k	$66.7k
2021–22	37,777	38,873	−1,096	21,221	22,277	$114.2k	$80.6k
2022–23 †	35,016	41,655	−6,639	20,050	24,196	$91.7k	$70.0k

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

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