State · Census age data
California: 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 131,100 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to California from another state in the prior year, while about 189,200 moved away. That is a net loss of about 58,000 millennials (margin of error plus or minus 15,800), the largest net loss of any state.
The most common destination for millennials leaving California was Texas, at about 22,500 people (plus or minus 4,000), followed by Washington and Nevada.
Moved in from other states
131,146
people · margin of error ±9,509
Moved out to other states
189,154
people · margin of error ±11,982
Net change
-58,008
people · margin of error ±15,772
-6 per 1,000 millennials living here
States receiving millennials from California
Shaded by estimated people leaving for each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.
Top destination states
| State | People (estimate) | Margin of error | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 22,533 | ±3,970 | Good |
| Washington | 16,125 | ±3,637 | Good |
| Nevada | 14,661 | ±3,355 | Good |
| Arizona | 12,730 | ±3,116 | Good |
| Florida | 10,542 | ±3,018 | Good |
| Oregon | 9,180 | ±2,679 | Good |
| New York | 8,960 | ±2,416 | Good |
| Colorado | 6,914 | ±1,991 | Good |
| Virginia | 6,669 | ±2,477 | Good |
| Idaho | 6,074 | ±1,724 | Good |
| Michigan | 5,174 | ±2,172 | Good |
| Illinois | 5,030 | ±1,685 | Good |
| Georgia | 4,707 | ±1,822 | Good |
| Pennsylvania | 4,374 | ±1,787 | Good |
| Massachusetts | 4,050 | ±1,776 | Good |
Showing the 15 largest of 49 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.