A surge in migrants from other states made Florida the nation’s fastest-growing state this year for the first time in more than six decades, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
The bureau’s latest estimates show Florida’s population grew by 1.9% in 2022, the largest percent increase in the nation. The third largest state behind only California and Texas added 444,484 new residents to reach a population of 22,244,823 people.
According to Census figures, more than 70% of the new residents relocated from within the U.S., as 318,855 moved from other states and 125,629 immigrated from other countries.