Smaller Florida cities get bigger in latest demographic trends

While Tampa, Orlando and Miami get the majority of the national attention when talking about Florida’s population boom, several mid-size cities in the Sunshine State are edging into the conversation.

That’s a big takeaway from a new study produced by moving cost analytics firm moveBuddah on the mid-size cities nationally with the highest net-migration moves into town. Out of the top 100 cities on the list, 18 are in Florida. Nearly half of the top 25, 11 cities, are also in Florida. And the No. 1 city on the list? Sarasota.  Four other cities on the list — Fort Myers, Bradenton, Bonita Springs and Largo — are on the west coast of Florida.