Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Connecticut: where Boomers and older adults are moving

Adults born 1964 or earlier 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 8,900 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Connecticut from another state in the prior year, while about 11,500 moved away. The difference, about -2,500, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 3,100), so this data cannot say whether Connecticut gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Connecticut was Florida, at about 2,900 people (plus or minus 1,300), followed by Massachusetts and New York.

Moved in from other states

8,948

people · margin of error ±1,589

Moved out to other states

11,456

people · margin of error ±2,647

Net change

-2,508

people · margin of error ±3,115

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Connecticut

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
Florida2,935±1,276Good
Massachusetts1,137±525Good
New York886±506Good
Arizona838±955Too small to rely on
Georgia729±1,048Too small to rely on
South Carolina591±397Small sample
Nevada528±504Small sample
Texas505±434Small sample
Pennsylvania478±411Small sample
Vermont439±378Small sample
New Hampshire321±371Too small to rely on
Rhode Island313±299Small sample
California269±318Too small to rely on
Tennessee210±212Too small to rely on
Maryland195±257Too 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.