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District of Columbia: 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 5,400 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to District of Columbia from another state in the prior year, while about 5,000 moved away. The difference, about +400, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 2,400), so this data cannot say whether District of Columbia gained or lost Gen X adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen X adults arriving in District of Columbia was Maryland, at about 1,400 people (plus or minus 820).

Moved in from other states

5,404

people · margin of error ±1,985

Moved out to other states

4,985

people · margin of error ±1,627

Net change

+419

people · margin of error ±2,431

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen X adults to District of Columbia

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
Maryland1,424±820Good
Pennsylvania1,010±1,398Too small to rely on
Virginia630±1,009Too small to rely on
New Jersey508±634Too small to rely on
Arkansas287±446Too small to rely on
Rhode Island251±394Too small to rely on
California206±204Small sample
Colorado164±228Too small to rely on
New York152±252Too small to rely on
Arizona127±155Too small to rely on
Texas118±182Too small to rely on
North Carolina113±134Too small to rely on
Connecticut106±175Too small to rely on
Wisconsin102±199Too small to rely on
Florida74±127Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 17 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.