Miami Attracted More New Residents in 2023, Drivers Licenses Show

Miami is still enticing plenty of out-of-staters, at least based on one early indicator of migration trends — and that’s in spite of a modest slowdown in the pandemic-fueled rush of Americans to other parts of southeast Florida.

In Miami-Dade County last year, more than 21,500 people exchanged out-of-state driver’s licenses for Florida counterparts, slightly higher than in 2022, according to an analysis of Department of Motor Vehicles data from the Miami Association of Realtors. Such exchanges were 21% higher than in 2019.