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Florida Has More Jobs Than New York for the First Time

With more Americans moving to low-tax areas, there are now more workers in the Sunshine State.

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Florida isn’t just for retirees anymore.

For the first time in at least 40 years, there are more jobs in the Sunshine State than there are in New York, part of the trend of Americans fleeing south to lower-cost states.