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Delaware: 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 7,400 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Delaware from another state in the prior year, while about 11,400 moved away. That is a net loss of about 4,000 Gen Z adults (margin of error plus or minus 3,200), the 13th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..

The largest single source of Gen Z adults arriving in Delaware was Pennsylvania, at about 1,800 people (plus or minus 1,100). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

7,364

people · margin of error ±2,284

Moved out to other states

11,402

people · margin of error ±2,424

Net change

-4,038

people · margin of error ±3,202

-32 per 1,000 Gen Z adults living here

States sending Gen Z adults to Delaware

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
Pennsylvania1,846±1,148Small sample
New Jersey1,220±790Small sample
Virginia975±924Small sample
New York694±597Small sample
Maryland666±500Small sample
District of Columbia517±682Too small to rely on
Alabama453±774Too small to rely on
Connecticut198±230Too small to rely on
Illinois176±316Too small to rely on
Florida140±211Too small to rely on
Massachusetts126±216Too small to rely on
South Carolina123±145Too small to rely on
Missouri118±212Too small to rely on
Vermont46±80Too small to rely on
California32±56Too 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.