People born in Florida tend to stick around

Florida is sticky — and we don't just mean the humidity.

What's happening: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas analyzed Census data to determine the share of people born in a state who stay — in other words, how "sticky" each state is.

• 72.7% of people born in Florida remained as of 2021, the 6th-highest rate of any state.

Why it matters: Keeping population and workforce is vital to our state's economic growth.

Zoom out: The stickiest states were Texas (82%), North Carolina (75.5%), Georgia (74.2%), California (73%) and Utah (72.9%).

• The least sticky were Wyoming (45%), North Dakota (48.6%), Alaska (48.7%), South Dakota (54.2%) and Rhode Island (55.2%).