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Alabama: 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 14,000 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Alabama from another state in the prior year, while about 12,200 moved away. The difference, about +1,800, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,600), so this data cannot say whether Alabama gained or lost Gen X adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen X adults arriving in Alabama was Georgia, at about 2,100 people (plus or minus 1,100), followed by Florida.

Moved in from other states

14,006

people · margin of error ±3,249

Moved out to other states

12,182

people · margin of error ±3,147

Net change

+1,824

people · margin of error ±4,611

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen X adults to Alabama

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
Georgia2,145±1,073Good
Florida1,866±845Good
Tennessee1,725±1,131Small sample
Texas1,080±607Good
Mississippi1,016±1,155Too small to rely on
Illinois885±549Small sample
New Jersey850±1,078Too small to rely on
Kentucky769±325Good
Virginia690±855Too small to rely on
Michigan626±612Small sample
South Carolina301±396Too small to rely on
California292±380Too small to rely on
Missouri259±367Too small to rely on
Iowa247±326Too small to rely on
Kansas236±343Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 23 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.