Florida regains its population growth mojo

The Florida floodgates are wide open — with people, that is.

After an oft-reported lull in new Floridians from 2009 to 2013 — where the annual percentage population increase varied from 0.39% to 0.97% and never surpassed 1% — the Sunshine State has officially regained its migration mojo. In a sizable shift, the state’s population has grown by at least 1.29% every year since 2014, according to a report from the state’s Demographic Estimating Conference, held earlier this summer.