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Alaska: where Boomers and older adults are moving

Adults born 1964 or earlier who lived in a different state one year earlier, from the Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey. These are survey estimates of people, shown with their margins of error.

The Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey estimates that about 1,200 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Alaska from another state in the prior year, while about 5,200 moved away. That is a net loss of about 4,100 Boomers and older adults (margin of error plus or minus 2,100), the 11th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..

The largest single source of Boomers and older adults arriving in Alaska was Washington, at about 440 people (plus or minus 580). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

1,180

people · margin of error ±882

Moved out to other states

5,238

people · margin of error ±2,195

Net change

-4,058

people · margin of error ±2,079

-26 per 1,000 Boomers and older adults living here

States sending Boomers and older adults to Alaska

Shaded by estimated people arriving from each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.

Top origin states

StatePeople (estimate)Margin of errorConfidence
Washington437±577Too small to rely on
Hawaii411±561Too small to rely on
Florida120±201Too small to rely on
North Carolina68±111Too small to rely on
Texas34±53Too small to rely on
Arizona33±66Too small to rely on
Nevada29±55Too small to rely on
Colorado27±54Too small to rely on
California17±5Good
Oregon4±3Small sample

Why this does not match the IRS view

The All households view counts tax-filing households of every age from 2022 to 2023 IRS records. This view counts individual people in one age group from a 2024 Census survey. They measure different things in different years, so the two sets of numbers are shown side by side and never added together. Census age data stops at the state level, so there is no county detail here. More in the guide.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). Estimates and 90% margins of error calculated by Home Grown Property Group from the person file and its replicate weights. Counts people ages 18 and over living in the 50 states or D.C. who lived in a different state or D.C. one year earlier; moves from abroad and Puerto Rico are not included. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.