Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Arizona: 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 30,600 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Arizona from another state in the prior year, while about 23,500 moved away. That is a net gain of about 7,000 Gen X adults (margin of error plus or minus 5,600), the 7th largest net gain among the 50 states and D.C..

The most common destination for Gen X adults leaving Arizona was California, at about 4,600 people (plus or minus 1,700), followed by Colorado and Texas.

Moved in from other states

30,550

people · margin of error ±3,958

Moved out to other states

23,509

people · margin of error ±3,917

Net change

+7,041

people · margin of error ±5,597

+5 per 1,000 Gen X adults living here

States receiving Gen X adults from Arizona

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
California4,631±1,736Good
Colorado1,582±887Good
Texas1,500±889Good
Washington1,403±725Good
Ohio1,379±1,032Small sample
Florida1,318±848Small sample
Oregon1,195±734Small sample
Utah1,155±1,078Small sample
Missouri1,109±735Small sample
Nevada900±790Small sample
Idaho680±741Too small to rely on
Nebraska676±1,002Too small to rely on
Wisconsin616±654Too small to rely on
Illinois570±430Small sample
Arkansas567±658Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 38 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.