Florida’s population has grown by 8.25% since 2020

(The Center Square) — According to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Florida’s population has grown 8.25% since 2020.

The state’s population is now 23.4 million, up from 2020 when 21.9 million called the Sunshine State home, an increase of more than 1.5 million people.

In terms of percentage, Florida had the second-largest gain between 2023 and 2024 at 2%, a few ticks behind the District of Columbia (2.2%).

Since 2000, when Florida had 15.98 million people, the state’s population has grown 46.4%.

Texas grew from 29.2 million to 30.7 (1.8%), while Utah’s population expanded from 3.27 million to 3.44 million (1.8%). South Carolina’s population grew by 1.7%, going from 5.12 million to nearly 5.4 million and Nevada’s expanded from 3.11 million to 3.21 million, a gain of 1.7%.

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According to the data, the South was the only region with positive net domestic migration, where the number of people entering the region exceeded those leaving. Texas (562,941) and Florida (467,347) had the biggest gains between 2023 and 2024.

The nation’s population grew by 1% from 2023 to 2024, the fastest rate of population growth since 2001. The Census Bureau says the gains are primarily due to international migration.

Thirty-three states had births outnumber deaths, with the highest increases in Texas (158,753), California (110,466) and New York (43,701).

The number of states experiencing more deaths than births shrank from 19 in 2023 to 17 this year. Pennsylvania (9,311), West Virginia (7,844) and Florida (7,321) had the largest natural decreases.

Three states — Texas (85,267), North Carolina (82,288) and South Carolina (68,043) — had the biggest gains from domestic migration. California lost 239,575 people as the biggest losing state to domestic emigration, followed by New York (120,917) and Illinois (56,235) between 2023 and 2024.

Florida added the most from overseas at 411,322, followed by California (361,057) and Texas (319,569).

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