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Georgia vs Florida

Net migration of people and income, 20222023 filing years

How they compareGeorgiaFlorida
Population
Census estimate
11,063,66922,929,248
Net migration rate
net people per 1,000 residents
+3.2+5.0
Per-capita income
BEA, nominal
$60,006$70,057
Cost of living
100 = U.S. average prices
96.5103.6
Unemployment rate
BLS annual average
3.2%2.9%
Major disasters
federal declarations, 2023
22
State tax per resident
Census STC
$3,057$2,701

Bold marks the higher number, which is not always the better one (cost of living, unemployment, and disasters are here too). Sources: Census, BEA, BLS, FEMA. A different universe from the IRS filer figures below.

Georgia
Net income (AGI)
+$678.5M
nominal dollars
Net households
+14,067
tax returns
Net people
+35,106
exemptions

Income (AGI) in and out

Moved in$10.6B
Moved out$9.9B
Net +$678.5M (nominal)
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Net migration by year

Net 2012–2023: +$6.8B (+377,797 people)
20122023
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Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012+$35.9M-953
2013-$181.2M+8,093
2014+$299.3M+13,756
2015+$97.3M+19,873
2016+$553.3M+38,636
2017+$980.6M+46,828
2018+$809.4M+36,738
2019+$426.9M+35,728
2020+$1.1B+37,765
2021+$1.3B+54,738
2022+$715M+51,489
2023+$678.5M+35,106
Florida
Net income (AGI)
+$20.6B
nominal dollars
Net households
+54,902
tax returns
Net people
+113,945
exemptions

Income (AGI) in and out

Moved in$44B
Moved out$23.4B
Net +$20.6B (nominal)
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Net migration by year

Net 2012–2023: +$224.5B (+1,768,649 people)
20122023
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Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012+$7.5B+43,486
2013+$8.3B+74,094
2014+$10.7B+115,721
2015+$11.6B+116,033
2016+$17.4B+190,944
2017+$15.5B+192,338
2018+$16.2B+121,224
2019+$17.6B+128,214
2020+$23.7B+169,063
2021+$39.2B+257,487
2022+$36.1B+246,100
2023+$20.6B+113,945

Direct moves between them

Georgia Florida
23,475households$2.1B AGI
Florida Georgia
28,263households$1.8B AGI

Counts are returns (households) with associated AGI, where the IRS published the flow above its disclosure threshold.