Nearly 500K people have left Florida. Where did they go?

Meanwhile, 1M flocked to Sunshine State in 2022

In 2022, over from all over the world — a huge surge in migrants from other states and countries.

During that same year, though, nearly 500,000 people left the state for other parts of the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The data shows that the top destinations were states in Southeastern U.S.: Georgia (No. 1), Texas (No. 2) and North Carolina (No. 3), with over 20% of those leaving the state heading to one of these three places.

Other major destinations included California (No. 4) and New York (No. 7), two states where around 50,000 people relocated from Florida.

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Both of those states were also the top spots from where people to the Sunshine State in 2022.

Despite the large outflow, Florida still received a surplus of around 500,000 people that year during a time when the state attracted large swaths of migrants.

Thanks to the huge influx of people in recent years, Florida has experienced a much higher level of inflation compared to other states.

The estimates for people moving to each state — including Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico — are as follows:

Rank State # Migrants From Florida Percentage of Total

1. Georgia 51,380 10.30%
2. Texas 41,747 8.37%
3. North Carolina 34,920 7.00%
4. California 28,557 5.73%
5. Tennessee 25,318 5.08%
6. Virginia 23,766 4.77%
7. New York 21,300 4.27%
8. Alabama 18,236 3.66%
9. Michigan 17,557 3.52%
10. Ohio 16,831 3.37%
11. Pennsylvania 16,014 3.21%
12. South Carolina 14,769 2.96%
13. Illinois 14,078 2.82%
14. Colorado 11,107 2.23%
15. Massachusetts 11,098 2.23%
16. Missouri 9,758 1.96%
17. New Jersey 9,627 1.93%
18. Puerto Rico 8,793 1.76%
19. Maryland 8,425 1.69%
20. Washington 8,368 1.68%
21. Kentucky 8,062 1.62%
22. Connecticut 7,476 1.50%
23. Indiana 7,474 1.50%
24. Arkansas 7,065 1.42%
25. Wisconsin 6,762 1.36%
26. Mississippi 6,611 1.33%
27. Louisiana 5,089 1.02%
28. Kansas 4,694 0.94%
29. Minnesota 4,521 0.91%
30. Arizona 4,471 0.90%
31. Rhode Island 3,951 0.79%
32. Iowa 3,546 0.71%
33. Oregon 3,501 0.70%
34. Oklahoma 3,478 0.70%
35. West Virginia 3,418 0.69%
36. Utah 3,025 0.61%
37. Washington, D.C. 2,932 0.59%
38. Maine 2,911 0.58%
39. Nevada 2,360 0.47%
40. New Mexico 2,164 0.43%
41. Montana 1,993 0.40%
42. New Hampshire 1,938 0.39%
43. Alaska 1,575 0.32%
44. Hawaii 1,442 0.29%
45. Delaware 1,339 0.27%
46. Nebraska 1,203 0.24%
47. Idaho 1,109 0.22%
48. Wyoming 1,063 0.21%
49. Vermont 873 0.18%
50. North Dakota 675 0.14%
51. South Dakota 328 0.07%

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