Almost 3.2 million more people left those states for elsewhere in the U.S. than arrived from other states from 2010 through 2019. Where are all these people going? trib.al/HpJEZQE
New York's population grew only slightly, while Illinois lost an estimated 159,751 people trib.al/HpJEZQE
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The adjusted gross income of New York taxpayers who didn’t migrate averaged $88,940, 2012-2018.
Those who left for Florida, New Jersey, California and Connecticut made more money than that trib.al/HpJEZQE
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That’s important for congressional redistricting trib.al/h5SlgfT
The adjusted gross income of California taxpayers who didn’t migrate averaged $84,641, and migrants to all of the top-10 states made less than that trib.al/HpJEZQE
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It’s losing residents in huge numbers to nearby states, but still attracting people from the Northeast and Midwest trib.al/HpJEZQE
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➡️High-income residents to Florida
➡️Middle-income to the South and West
➡️Low-income to neighboring states trib.al/HpJEZQE
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Income-tax-free Florida is sure attracting a lot of people from Illinois and New York, but it’s not the whole story trib.al/HpJEZQE
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That suggests a different set of governance failures, such as:
🏘High housing costs
🛣Long commutes
💼Few job opportunities trib.al/HpJEZQE
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