Census Don't Lie: 545K People Left New York In 2022

New York state continues to hemorrhage residents at an impressive rate. And most of them are heading to Florida.

According to the U.S. Census bureau, over 545,000 New Yorkers fled to other states in 2022 alone. That continues a trend that started during the pandemic, where locals moved away from oppressive, authoritarian COVID mandates to free, open states that kept businesses and schools open.

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545,000 is a massive number for a state with 19.677 million people, representing nearly 3% of the state leaving in one year alone. Many moved to neighboring states like Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey but Florida easily led the way for New York expats.

Combined, over 122,000 New Yorkers moved to either Texas or Florida, a remarkable amount in just one year. Governor Kathy Hochul continues to do amazing work.

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2023/01/15: Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Primitive Christian Church. Governor talked about Martin Luther King Jr legacy, leading to his birthday and promoted her choice for top judge of Appellate Court of New York State Hector LaSalle. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

New York Refuses To Learn From Its Mistakes

Cost of living, excessive COVID restrictions, the migrant crisis, rising crime, education issues and decreasing quality of life have pushed huge numbers of New Yorkers to other states.

And in response, absolutely nothing will change.

Mayor Eric Adams, Hochul, and other politicians will win re-election because they have a (D) next to their name, despite obvious failure leading to a mass exodus. And these kinds of figures show how much worse things may get.

Many right leaning voters have left, or are in the process of leaving, to sane states with sane leadership. Those staying behind generally approve of New York's political direction, no matter how bad it gets. They've gotten exactly what they've voted for, bewilderingly.

And if there was any doubt that those fleeing to Florida were doing it because of politics, voter registration data shows how many gains the right is making.

New York's brought this mess on themselves. And now they have to deal with the consequences; declining population, dramatic loss of tax revenues, and an entrenched ideology with no interest in making things better.