Rick Scott, Ron DeSantis should be proud: Florida ranked #1 economic performer between 2011-2021

by | Apr 14, 2023



  • Florida is among the top 10 ranked states for economic performance and economic outlook, according to the Rich States, Poor States report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
  • Florida’s economic growth has improved from an average of 4% to 6% to almost 14% in 2021 despite a dip due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns.
  • Florida’s low tax burdens and worker-friendly policies have led to its top performance in domestic migration, state gross domestic product, and non-farm payroll employment.
  • The economic performance rankings span a ten-year period beginning in 2011 and ending in 2021.

(The Center Square) – Florida is yet again one of the top 10 ranked states for economic performance and economic outlook.

The annual Rich States, Poor States report from the American Legislative Exchange Council shows the Sunshine State outperforming all other states economically over the past decade and for net in-migration, thanks to the state’s low tax burdens and worker-friendly policies.

The ALEC report is based on economic data collected over the past 10 years and performance rankings based on three variables: Absolute domestic migration, state gross domestic product and non-farm payroll employment.

Florida was tops for economic performance over the past decade — followed by Utah, Arizona, Idaho and Colorado — and was ninth for overall economic outlook.

Overall, Florida is tops in the U.S. for domestic migration, fifth for state gross domestic product and fourth for non-farm payroll employment.

Since Gov. Ron DeSantis took office in 2019, Florida has seen a huge amount of growth. Over the past decade, economic growth has improved from an average of 4% to 6% to almost 14% in 2021, despite taking a dip to nearly zero in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns.

The economic outlook is influenced by 15 state policy variables. States that have lower taxes and that spend less on welfare and universal basic income programs tend to have a higher growth rate than states with higher tax burdens who spend more.

This is the eighth year in a row that Florida has made the top 10 in the report for economic outlook and net migration and business growth. The state will likely continue on that trend as the data shows that over 1.6 million people moved to Florida between 2012 and 2021.

Net migration also broke records in 2022 when close to 100,000 people relocated from other parts of the U.S. to just three counties — Polk, Lee and Hillsborough.

Out of the 15 state policy variables, Florida is ranked first with several other states such as Tennessee and Texas for not levying a personal income tax. Florida also got high marks for not having an inheritance tax and being a right to work state.

Florida also ranks third for public employees per 10,000 people which is around 400. For the number of tax expenditure limits, the Sunshine State was ranked third.

Utah was rated first in economic outlook, with North Carolina, Arizona, Idaho and Oklahoma completing the top five. New York was worst in the rankings, preceded by Vermont, Minnesota, New Jersey and Illinois.

5 Comments

  1. Deborah Coffey

    A report from ALEC? You guys just can’t stop “fixing” everything your way with more LIES! It’s really exhausting and getting more pathetic by the day. You might as well have just gone to LYING FOX “news.”

  2. John

    This article is so full of BS. How can you state we should be proud of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis when they are purveyors of anti-democratic dogma. They are supported by a super majority that enthusiastically accepts canned legislation from ALEC, an organization bent on subverting the will of Floridians and other states. This article is trash meant to prop up and gloss over real intent of the Republican Party.

  3. Hamlet Angell

    wow

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  5. gorillacurator

    They have the backing of a drift hunters 2 supermajority that blindly adopts model legislation written by ALEC, a group dedicated to thwarting the will of Floridians and other state residents. This piece of garbage is written to support the Republican Party while obscuring its true goals.

 

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