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Connecticut: 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 27,200 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Connecticut from another state in the prior year, while about 33,300 moved away. That is a net loss of about 6,100 Gen Z adults (margin of error plus or minus 5,900), the 8th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..

The largest single source of Gen Z adults arriving in Connecticut was New York, at about 5,000 people (plus or minus 1,200), followed by Massachusetts and Florida.

Moved in from other states

27,203

people · margin of error ±3,298

Moved out to other states

33,264

people · margin of error ±4,434

Net change

-6,061

people · margin of error ±5,910

-13 per 1,000 Gen Z adults living here

States sending Gen Z adults to Connecticut

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
New York5,014±1,232Good
Massachusetts4,140±1,583Good
Florida2,562±1,352Good
New Hampshire1,771±641Good
New Jersey1,573±742Good
Wisconsin1,202±739Small sample
Rhode Island1,023±625Small sample
Illinois986±511Good
Oregon974±481Good
California924±634Small sample
North Carolina863±914Too small to rely on
Georgia810±524Small sample
Texas652±513Small sample
Pennsylvania638±369Good
South Carolina506±441Small sample

Showing the 15 largest of 33 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.