MoveCluster 02 · State arrival guide
Moving to Florida
Florida is one of America's biggest net gainers: 354,112 households arrived from other states in the latest IRS migration file while 298,763 left — a net gain of +55,349 households, or +2.37 per 1,000 residents. This guide is the arrival ledger: who is coming, who is leaving, and the income moving each way. Costs, deadlines, and checklists link out from the data.
Florida's migration ledger
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Households arrived | 354,112 |
| Households left | 298,763 |
| Net households | +55,349 |
| Net per 1,000 residents | +2.37 |
| Net income (AGI) gained | $20,646,697,000 |
| Average AGI of arrivals | $122,539 |
| Average AGI of leavers | $76,134 |
| State population (2024 estimate) | 23,372,215 |
Where Florida's newcomers come from
The three largest inbound flows into Florida: NY (43,187); GA (23,475); CA (20,241) (households, IRS SOI 2022–2023). The three largest outbound flows — where Florida households go when they leave: GA (28,263); TX (24,196); NY (22,011).
The income picture
Households arriving in Florida report an average AGI of $122,539; households leaving average $76,134 — a difference of $46,405 per household. Across all flows, Florida gained $20,646,697,000 in net AGI on the interstate basis. (On the IRS's total-migration basis, which adds foreign migration, Florida's net reads +54,902 households — the study's basis note explains the two.)
Top-10 routes into Florida
Plan the arrival
Start with the moving checklists (the 8-week timeline and change-of-address sequence apply in every state), price your specific route in Route Costs, and run the moving cost calculator for a line-item estimate framework. The full data behind this page — every state's ledger and the top-100 routes — is in the flagship study, Where Americans Moved — and the Money That Moved With Them, and Florida's research profile is indexed at State migration profiles.
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income, U.S. Population Migration Data 2022–2023 (interstate basis unless labeled); U.S. Census Bureau NST-EST2024 population estimates. A "household" is a filed tax return. Published by Moe Kahok.