[logybogy]

Good news if you like the economy growing. Bad news if you want more affordable housing and less traffic.

Florida was the fastest-growing state in 2022, with an annual population increase of 1.9%, resulting in a total resident population of 22,244,823.

“While Florida has often been among the largest-gaining states,” Wilder noted, “this was the first time since 1957 that Florida has been the state with the largest percent increase in population.”

It was also the second largest-gaining state behind Texas, with an increase of 416,754 residents. Net migration was the largest contributing component of change to Florida’s growth, adding 444,484 residents. New York had the largest annual numeric and percent population decline, decreasing by 180,341 (-0.9%). Net domestic migration (-299,557) was the largest contributing component to the state’s population decline.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pres...estimates.html

[wizrap]

I see more traffic in Gainesville, that’s for sure. Florida, California and Texas are population powerhouses.

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by wizrap

I see more traffic in Gainesville, that’s for sure. Florida, California and Texas are population powerhouses.

Cali has the most population, but they are losing residents, while Texas and FLA are gaining. Any gains Cali might show is coming from immigrtion, not net domestic population flows of U.S. citizens.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Cali has the most population, but they are losing residents, while Texas and FLA are gaining. Any gains Cali might show is coming from immigrtion, not net domestic population flows of U.S. citizens.

Doublespeak at its finest, losing population but gaining population via immigration. And Texas isn't?

Florida is gaining significant population via Puerto Rican, Cuban and Haitian immigration as well. Not to mention Nicaraguans are the primary population trying to cross the TX border, with many headed to family already here in South Florida.

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Cali has the most population, but they are losing residents,

not just that, but Cali has the most illegals/migrants (whatever) coming in every day

....and they are still losing population

that means they have even more people jumping ship than the numbers show

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

not just that, but Cali has the most illegals/migrants (whatever) coming in every day

....and they are still losing population

Texas has the highest crossing the border illegally in the Rio Grande Valley region and in/around El Paso. The Mexican cartels largely control what entry points are being used and in what districts in Mexico where they are least obstructed. Mexican immigration has fallen by half with the majority coming from Central America and Venezuela. If one looks at a map, the more direct route on foot/bus is via Mexico's gulf coast straight up to Texas. Who would make a trip twice as long to cross the border (CA)?

[Corrie22]

Mexican immigration has fallen by half.....because the others have increased so much

...they're crossing at Texas, but not staying in Texas..Nicaraguans aren't crossing the Florida border with Mexico...LOL

[Ghaati]

Originally Posted by wizrap

I see more traffic in Gainesville, that’s for sure. Florida, California and Texas are population powerhouses.

We see a lot more traffic here in the Villages. But it's snowbird season and this is a retirement community. We see more PEOPLE here in general now too, even off-season. That's because there are more people retiring now. People who are in their 60s now are Baby Boomers. There were more of them than there were of the generation before them. And now they're all moving to Florida to retire.

[kidyankee764]

The traffic in Palm Beach and Broward Counties has gotten to be insane. 95 is a near constant slowdown, and it’s only getting worse as people flock here.

[JBtwinz]

Originally Posted by Ghaati

We see a lot more traffic here in the Villages. But it's snowbird season and this is a retirement community. We see more PEOPLE here in general now too, even off-season. That's because there are more people retiring now. People who are in their 60s now are Baby Boomers. There were more of them than there were of the generation before them. And now they're all moving to Florida to retire.

Politics and immigration aside we Boomers are retiring in large numbers right now and we are like locusts looking for the best bang for the buck to escape the taxes and high cost of housing in our home states.

Income tax free states like Nevada, Florida and Tennessee to name the hottest real estate markets are seeing tremendous growth in both population and housing prices. I don’t think we will see this subsiding until the boomers relocation migration starts tapering off in about ten years.