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Delaware: 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 8,100 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Delaware from another state in the prior year, while about 6,300 moved away. The difference, about +1,700, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 3,700), so this data cannot say whether Delaware gained or lost millennials on net.

The largest single source of millennials arriving in Delaware was Florida, at about 1,600 people (plus or minus 2,000), followed by Pennsylvania. That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

8,063

people · margin of error ±3,004

Moved out to other states

6,338

people · margin of error ±1,845

Net change

+1,725

people · margin of error ±3,745

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending millennials 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
Florida1,644±2,029Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania1,166±668Good
Tennessee1,077±1,378Too small to rely on
Maryland959±612Small sample
Texas720±701Small sample
Virginia709±701Small sample
North Carolina350±555Too small to rely on
New Jersey264±313Too small to rely on
Michigan172±271Too small to rely on
Connecticut159±253Too small to rely on
Iowa138±228Too small to rely on
Georgia129±217Too small to rely on
Colorado106±170Too small to rely on
District of Columbia104±167Too small to rely on
New York95±157Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 21 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.