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Retirees Heading South to Florida, Texas, Georgia
Florida, Texas and Georgia top the list of migration destinations to Southern states for people 65 and older, according to a study by National Active Retirement Association (NARA), a North Carolina-based organization that provides information about active adult marketing, building, demographics, retirees as economic development, community planning and related 50+ topics.
Florida, with 68,000 new transplants in 2005, had 2.5 times the number as second-place Texas, according to the study which was conducted for NARA by Phoenix-based Thomas, Warren + Associates.
Within the Southern states, Florida had the largest 65+ population with 2.89 million residents in 2005 — second in the county to California’s 3.7 million — with a 65+ average household income of $44,485, according to the study. Texas followed with a 65+ population of 2.15 million with an average household income of $43,535. Virginia, with a 65+ population of 823,048, had the highest average 65+ household income in the South with $49,531.
Florida’s 65+ residents brought $1.9 billion in income to the Sunshine State, the highest in the country. This was followed by Arizona, Texas and California with total 65+ incomes of $746 million, $732 million and $645 million, respectively.
California had the highest average 65+ household income in the country with $55,673. California retirees brought $645 million in income to the state. Connecticut followed with a household income of $51,771. Those 65+ residents had a total income of $119 million. New Jersey had the third highest 65+ household income in the country with $50,673. They had a total income of $302 million.
For a complete list of Southern in-migration rankings, click here.
For a list of the country’s 65+ in-migration and incomes, click here.
Trends Discussed at NARA Conference
These and other retirement trends will be discussed at the NARA Conference in Atlanta, on Oct. 17-20.
For more information, visit www.retirementlivingnews.com.
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