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Alaska: where Gen X adults are moving

Adults born 1965 to 1980 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 3,000 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Alaska from another state in the prior year, while about 4,200 moved away. The difference, about -1,200, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 1,800), so this data cannot say whether Alaska gained or lost Gen X adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen X adults arriving in Alaska was Washington, at about 820 people (plus or minus 450).

Moved in from other states

2,968

people · margin of error ±1,142

Moved out to other states

4,201

people · margin of error ±1,560

Net change

-1,233

people · margin of error ±1,848

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen X 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
Washington821±454Good
Florida592±632Too small to rely on
West Virginia423±649Too small to rely on
California334±253Small sample
Oregon321±365Too small to rely on
South Dakota244±389Too small to rely on
New Mexico132±218Too small to rely on
Texas43±116Too small to rely on
Utah34±48Too small to rely on
Arizona24±44Too small to rely on

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.