Exiting the Empire State
October 27th, 2009
A new report by the Empire Center for New York State Policy shows that, between 2000 and 2008 New York suffered the largest loss of residents to other states of any state in the nation.The report found that a majority of the people who left the state resided in the metropolitan New York City area.
According to the report, New York saw a net domestic migration outflow of 1.5 million, or 8 percent of its population since 2000. More than half of those who left headed for southern states, with Florida being the largest draw.
The state’s total population has actually grown since 2000, but those moving out of the state had average incomes that were 13 percent higher than those moving into the state in the last year for which data is available.
E.J. McMahon, who co-authored the report and is the director of the Empire Center, has argued for years that New York’s higher tax burden is a detriment to the economy.
By David King on October 27, 2009, 2:31 pmIn category: Albany, Economy, Eye on Albany | No Comments »

