Florida vs Washington: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 2,181 more people moved from Washington to Florida than the other way.

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Washington → Florida10,597 people

Arrivals' income: $131.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Washington8,416 people

Leavers' income: $81.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

19,013 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Washington came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Florida.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Washington (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−329
2014–15 †	−315
2015–16	−1,065
2016–17 †	−1,098
2017–18	−513
2018–19	−645
2019–20	+146
2020–21	+1,811
2021–22	+2,017
2022–23 †	+328

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 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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Washington

Net change, all states: −29
Moved in · moved out: 192,628 · 192,657
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $89.9k · $100.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Washington 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	7,025	7,066	−41	3,627	3,956	$55.6k	$50.1k
2014–15 †	4,598	4,971	−373	2,588	2,903	$63.1k	$50.7k
2015–16	6,324	7,576	−1,252	3,238	4,303	$64.2k	$53.1k
2016–17 †	9,971	11,058	−1,087	4,999	6,097	$71.1k	$61.0k
2017–18	8,035	8,102	−67	4,169	4,682	$80.5k	$59.1k
2018–19	7,668	8,071	−403	4,066	4,711	$94.8k	$63.8k
2019–20	9,249	7,977	+1,272	4,731	4,585	$95.0k	$71.3k
2020–21	12,584	7,399	+5,185	6,354	4,543	$140.7k	$71.1k
2021–22	13,532	7,653	+5,879	6,778	4,761	$164.6k	$81.5k
2022–23 †	10,597	8,416	+2,181	5,661	5,333	$131.7k	$81.3k

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

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