Florida has been an incredibly popular state for a while now, bringing in millions of new residents over the past few years.
To cement that point, the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that over 900,000 people moved to the Sunshine State in 2023. And this growth has been forecast to continue at a relatively steady pace through the end of the decade.
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While the prospect of increased population growth is expected to help bolster the state’s GDP and job growth, it’s also sparked concerns about a rising cost of living as more people flood the state.
But even though plenty of people have decided to move to Florida, there was also a huge chunk of people who wanted to leave.
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USCB data shows that just over 510,000 Florida residents went to other areas of the U.S. in 2023.
The biggest destination for outgoing Florida migrants was Georgia, likely thanks to its neighboring proximity. Close behind was Texas, which has held a similar political climate in recent years.
New York was also a large recipient of Florida’s outbound migrants, taking in just shy of 25,000 people. However, the Empire State lost far more than it gained, as over 70,000 New York residents in turn moved to Florida that same year.
Meanwhile, the full list of states where Florida residents moved to in 2023 is as follows:
| State | Number of Florida Residents | Percentage of Outbound Migration |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 55,250 | 10.81% |
| Texas | 50,513 | 9.89% |
| North Carolina | 39,931 | 7.82% |
| New York | 24,749 | 4.84% |
| Virginia | 24,733 | 4.84% |
| Tennessee | 21,195 | 4.15% |
| California | 19,149 | 3.75% |
| Illinois | 19,100 | 3.74% |
| Ohio | 18,740 | 3.67% |
| Alabama | 17,515 | 3.43% |
| South Carolina | 16,206 | 3.17% |
| Indiana | 14,798 | 2.90% |
| Michigan | 14,236 | 2.79% |
| Pennsylvania | 13,412 | 2.63% |
| Colorado | 12,786 | 2.50% |
| Arizona | 12,762 | 2.50% |
| Massachusetts | 12,758 | 2.50% |
| New Jersey | 9,635 | 1.89% |
| Wisconsin | 8,391 | 1.64% |
| Maryland | 8,205 | 1.61% |
| Connecticut | 7,435 | 1.46% |
| Washington | 7,185 | 1.41% |
| Nevada | 5,935 | 1.16% |
| Minnesota | 5,844 | 1.14% |
| Mississippi | 5,839 | 1.14% |
| Missouri | 5,471 | 1.07% |
| Kentucky | 5,243 | 1.03% |
| Louisiana | 4,686 | 0.92% |
| Arkansas | 4,555 | 0.89% |
| Iowa | 4,186 | 0.82% |
| Maine | 4,008 | 0.78% |
| Oklahoma | 3,830 | 0.75% |
| West Virginia | 3,585 | 0.70% |
| Puerto Rico | 3,334 | 0.65% |
| Rhode Island | 3,277 | 0.64% |
| Utah | 2,832 | 0.55% |
| Kansas | 2,737 | 0.54% |
| Nebraska | 2,296 | 0.45% |
| Oregon | 2,265 | 0.44% |
| Hawaii | 2,061 | 0.40% |
| Washington, D.C. | 1,856 | 0.36% |
| North Dakota | 1,775 | 0.35% |
| Delaware | 1,763 | 0.35% |
| Alaska | 1,380 | 0.27% |
| New Hampshire | 1,320 | 0.26% |
| Vermont | 1,316 | 0.26% |
| New Mexico | 1,207 | 0.24% |
| Idaho | 921 | 0.18% |
| Wyoming | 791 | 0.15% |
| South Dakota | 634 | 0.12% |
| Montana | 628 | 0.12% |
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