Where New Yorkers went
Is Florida the top destination for New Yorkers?
The latest ACS 1-year table estimates 415,449 people living in another state had lived in New York one year earlier. Florida’s 50,661 is 12.2% of them, and the five largest destinations are below with their published 90% margins of error.
| Rank | Destination | Estimate | 90% MOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | 56,799 | ± 8,244 |
| 2 | Florida | 50,661 | ± 6,714 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | 29,274 | ± 4,078 |
| 4 | Texas | 28,233 | ± 4,541 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 25,095 | ± 4,459 |
Florida and New Jersey are 6,138 apart, inside their combined margin of ± 10,632: the survey cannot say which of the two drew more New Yorkers. Florida is the largest destination that does not border New York.
Where Florida’s arrivals came from
Do more people move to Florida from New York than from any other state?
Florida had 573,876 residents who lived in another state a year earlier. New York’s share of them is 8.8%.
| Rank | Origin | Estimate | 90% MOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 50,661 | ± 6,714 |
| 2 | Texas | 45,259 | ± 12,219 |
| 3 | California | 36,194 | ± 5,759 |
| 4 | Georgia | 34,388 | ± 6,124 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 33,530 | ± 6,458 |
New York leads Texas by 5,402, inside their combined margin of ± 13,942, so the table does not establish which state sent Florida more people. Texas’s estimate carries the wider margin of the two.
The other direction
How many people move from Florida to New York?
Florida to New York is estimated at 28,080 ± 4,963 people, against 50,661 ± 6,714 in the New York to Florida direction. Both margins are 90% ACS margins of error, not a range of moving prices.
Difference test
22,581 more toward Florida · ± 8,349 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.
Before you book
What federal rules cover a New York to Florida move?
The two state centroids are 1,063 straight-line miles apart; a drive from a New York pickup to a Florida delivery is longer and depends on both addresses. A household move across a state line falls under the federal household-goods rules in 49 CFR Part 375, which the interstate moving rules guide sets out section by section:
- A written estimate based on a physical survey of your goods, unless you waive the survey in writing, that says whether it is binding or non-binding (375.401).
- On a non-binding estimate, the most the mover may demand at delivery is 110 percent of the estimate, plus services you asked for after the bill of lading and any impracticable-operation charges, capped at 15 percent of the other charges (375.703); a balance left over is invoiced afterwards (375.807).
- If your goods wait in storage-in-transit, the mover owes you written notice before that period ends and they convert to permanent storage (375.609).
- Look up the carrier’s name or USDOT number in Mover Check before a deposit, read the estimate’s terms in Quote Check, and line up written offers in Compare Quotes.
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Citable statement
In the 2024 ACS 1-year Table T13, 50,661 Florida residents reported living in New York one year earlier (90% margin of error ± 6,714).
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.