Trump Joins 60,000 a Year in Leaving New York for Florida
U.S. President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2018.
Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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Donald Trump isn’t the only New Yorker moving to Florida.
Billionaire Carl Icahn recently disclosed a similar move along with several hedge fund billionaires -- and those are just the more high-profile examples. Florida leads the nation in attracting residents, with 808,789 new arrivals in 2018, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week. An estimated 63,033 came from New York, the biggest domestic source.