Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

State · Census age data

Arkansas: where Gen Z adults are moving

Adults born 1997 to 2006 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 20,600 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Arkansas from another state in the prior year, while about 17,300 moved away. The difference, about +3,300, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 5,200), so this data cannot say whether Arkansas gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Arkansas was Texas, at about 2,800 people (plus or minus 1,400), followed by Oklahoma.

Moved in from other states

20,565

people · margin of error ±3,470

Moved out to other states

17,254

people · margin of error ±3,248

Net change

+3,311

people · margin of error ±5,154

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen Z adults from Arkansas

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

Top destination states

StatePeople (estimate)Margin of errorConfidence
Texas2,830±1,402Good
Oklahoma2,493±1,127Good
Tennessee1,950±1,253Small sample
Alabama1,192±1,253Too small to rely on
Louisiana1,142±750Small sample
Florida1,117±1,068Small sample
Missouri1,019±727Small sample
Kansas873±652Small sample
Georgia833±778Small sample
California665±694Too small to rely on
New York538±509Small sample
Mississippi383±344Small sample
Ohio320±522Too small to rely on
Kentucky314±497Too small to rely on
North Carolina264±266Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 27 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.