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Over a million people moved to Florida from all over the world in 2022, marking a significant increase in immigration from other states and nations.
However, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that around 500,000 residents of the state departed for other regions of the nation in that same year.
According to the data, the top three destinations were all in the Southeastern United States: North Carolina (No. 3), Texas (No. 2), and Georgia (No. 1), with almost 20 percent of individuals leaving the state going to one of these states.
New York (No. 7) and California (No. 4), two places where almost 50,000 people moved from Florida, were other popular destinations.
In 2022, those two states ranked highest for the number of visitors to the Sunshine State.
Florida saw a surplus of about 500,000 persons that year, despite the significant outflow, at a period when the state drew high numbers of migrants.
Florida has had significantly higher inflation than other states as a result of the massive migration wave in recent years.
The following are the projections for the number of individuals moving to each state, including Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.:
| Rank | State | Number of MigrantsFrom Florida | Percentage ofTotal |
| 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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Chris began his writing as a hobby while attending Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. Today he and his wife live in the Orlando area with their three children and dog.
