Destination ranking
Florida is the third New Jersey outflow
The Census Bureau’s latest ACS 1-year table estimates 214,762 people living in another state had lived in New Jersey one year earlier. The leading three destinations are shown here with their published 90% margins of error. Florida’s 22,646 estimate represents 10.5% of that outbound total.
| Rank | Destination | Estimate | 90% MOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | 38,467 | ± 4,874 |
| 2 | New York | 36,002 | ± 5,753 |
| 3 | Florida | 22,646 | ± 4,042 |
These are survey estimates for people age one and older. A person’s prior state is recorded once in this comparison; the table does not count households, trucks or paid moving services.
The other direction
Two flows, one careful comparison
Florida to New Jersey is estimated at 12,121 ± 3,185 people, compared with 22,646 ± 4,042 in the New Jersey to Florida direction. Both margins are 90% ACS margins of error, not a range of moving prices.
Difference test
10,525 more toward Florida · ± 5,146 combined MOE
The difference exceeds its combined 90% margin of error, so the direction is distinguishable from zero by the site’s stated comparison method. It is not a prediction for a later year.
The New Jersey origin makes up 3.9% of Florida’s 573,876 arrivals from other states. It ranks 9 among 50 inbound origins. A large share of New Jersey departures can therefore be a much smaller share of all Florida arrivals.
Using the data responsibly
Start the move plan at city level
The two state centroids are 914 straight-line miles apart. This is not a drive from a New Jersey pickup address to a Florida delivery address. The ACS has no inventory, route choice, season, carrier rate or delivery date, so a state flow cannot price a move.
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Citable statement
In the 2024 ACS 1-year Table T13, 22,646 Florida residents reported living in New Jersey one year earlier (90% margin of error ± 4,042).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State-to-State Migration Flows, released 2026-01-21. Previous residence is not a household-goods shipment.Read the extraction and comparison method.