{"id":425395,"date":"2026-10-12T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425395\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:32:11","slug":"over-half-a-million-floridians-have-left-the-state-where-did-they-all-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425395\/","title":{"rendered":"Over half a million Floridians have left the state. Where did they all go?"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Florida has been an incredibly popular state for a while now, bringing in millions of new residents <\/a>over the past few years. <\/p>\n

To cement that point, the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that nearly 900,000 people moved to the Sunshine State<\/a> in 2024. And this growth has been forecast to continue at a relatively steady pace through the end of the decade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the prospect of increased population growth is expected to help bolster the state\u2019s GDP and job growth<\/a>, it\u2019s also sparked concerns about a rising cost of living as more people flood the state.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Floridians are LEAVING… Here\u2019s where they\u2019re going]<\/p>\n

But even though plenty of people have decided to move to Florida, there was also a huge chunk of people who wanted to leave.<\/p>\n

USCB data shows that just over 510,000 Florida residents went to other areas of the U.S. in 2023.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n

New York was also a large recipient of Florida\u2019s outbound migrants, taking in just shy over 28,000 people. However, the Empire State lost far more than it gained, as over 50,000 New York residents in turn moved to Florida that same year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the full list of states where Florida residents moved to in 2024 is as follows:<\/p>\n

RankStateNumber of Florida Residents (Est.)% of Outbound Migration1Georgia52,37110.18%2Texas52,21910.15%3North Carolina33,5916.53%4New York28,0805.46%5Pennsylvania25,0484.87%6Virginia24,8184.82%7Ohio20,3383.95%8Michigan19,2823.75%9Tennessee18,5263.60%10South Carolina17,9923.50%11Alabama16,4233.19%12California15,9883.11%13Illinois12,7512.48%14Colorado12,5642.44%15New Jersey12,1212.36%16Massachusetts10,5802.06%17Maryland9,3581.82%18Indiana9,2641.80%19Puerto Rico8,4271.64%20Washington8,4191.64%21Kentucky7,3261.42%22Arizona6,9291.35%23Missouri6,6231.29%24Nevada6,2931.22%25Oklahoma6,2681.22%26Connecticut6,0401.17%27Minnesota5,9931.16%28Wisconsin5,6241.09%29Louisiana4,5700.89%30Arkansas4,4340.86%31Hawaii4,0020.78%32Nebraska3,9700.78%33New Hampshire3,5900.77%34Utah3,3310.70%35Maine3,1920.65%36Mississippi3,0230.62%37Oregon2,7420.59%38Rhode Island2,7380.53%39Kansas2,5120.49%40West Virginia2,4740.48%41New Mexico2,3480.46%42Iowa2,1580.42%43Delaware1,5740.31%44Idaho1,5220.30%45North Dakota1,4970.29%46Montana1,3530.26%47Wyoming1,2330.24%48Washington, DC1,1740.23%49Alaska1,0690.21%50South Dakota6520.13%51Vermont2590.05%Breaking News Alerts\"\"<\/p>\n

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