July 16, Dean Stansel, research associate professor at the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom at SMU Dallas and the primary author of the Fraser Institute’s annual Economic Freedom of North America report, for a column noting the out-migration losses of heavily taxed states and the in-migration gains of states such as Texas and Florida. Published in the Dallas Morning News under the heading States like Texas that value economic freedom attract a stampede of newcomers: https://bit.ly/36DQbAy
For years now, people and businesses have been pouring over the borders of heavily-taxed California and New York, headed for more freedom-friendly states such as Texas and Florida. The exodus has been so great that when 2020 census numbers were released, both California and New York had lost enough population to cost them a seat in Congress. In contrast, Texas gained two seats, and Florida gained one.
The pandemic slowed the typical summer moving season in 2020, but according to North American Moving Services, California and New York continued to be among the states with the biggest out-migration of residents last year, while Texas and Florida were among those with the biggest in-migration.
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