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Alaska: where millennials are moving

Adults born 1981 to 1996 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 6,700 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Alaska from another state in the prior year, while about 12,700 moved away. That is a net loss of about 6,000 millennials (margin of error plus or minus 3,800), the 8th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..

The largest single source of millennials arriving in Alaska was Tennessee, at about 1,100 people (plus or minus 750). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

6,704

people · margin of error ±2,015

Moved out to other states

12,693

people · margin of error ±2,970

Net change

-5,989

people · margin of error ±3,772

-32 per 1,000 millennials living here

States sending millennials 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
Tennessee1,107±750Small sample
Texas804±655Small sample
South Carolina633±747Too small to rely on
Oklahoma625±947Too small to rely on
Florida576±507Small sample
New York525±854Too small to rely on
California483±405Small sample
Georgia382±497Too small to rely on
Washington274±432Too small to rely on
Michigan252±414Too small to rely on
Kansas210±304Too small to rely on
Massachusetts166±316Too small to rely on
Arizona122±146Too small to rely on
Oregon99±202Too small to rely on
Colorado78±128Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 22 states with movers in the survey sample. Smaller flows rest on only a handful of survey responses.

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.