Who's Moving to Florida?

More than half a million people (583K) traded in their out-of-state driver's license for Florida driver's license in 2022. That's 28% higher than the average over the last six years. This is 36,200 more than the pandemic migration in 2021. Florida has great weather, no state income tax, freedom and is the most small business friendly state in the country. Trading in your driver's license means you are planning to stay and not just here for the winter. Remember, this does not include children who aren't old enough to drive.

People from foreign countries were the largest category with 115,465. There was a steep decline during the pandemic as traveling was at a standstill. New York was the top state for the most people surrendering licenses with 61,205. New Jersey was runner-up with 30,837. California ranked thoird with 28,957.

The top six Florida counties that gained the most people last year based on the driver’s license data were Miami-Dade (59,113), Broward (40,212), Hillsborough (38,330), Palm Beach (37,637), Orange (37,146) and Lee (30,713).

New Florida Driver's License in 2022 by state:

• Foreign country, 115,465
• New York, 61,205
• New Jersey, 30,837
• California, 28,957
• Pennsylvania, 24,438
• Illinois, 24,311
• Georgia, 23,232
• Texas, 20,502
• Ohio, 18,667
• Massachusetts, 17,623

A report issued this month by the non-profit Tax Foundation based on data from the Census Bureau, U-Haul and United Van Lines found states with no individual income tax gained the most people between July 2021 and July 2022. Those include Florida, Texas, South Dakota, Tennessee and Nevada.

States that lost the most people, including California, Hawaii, New York and Oregon, have double-digit income tax rates.

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