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Florida: 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 140,600 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Florida from another state in the prior year, while about 149,900 moved away. The difference, about -9,400, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 18,300), so this data cannot say whether Florida gained or lost millennials on net.

The largest single source of millennials arriving in Florida was Texas, at about 15,600 people (plus or minus 5,700), followed by New York and California.

Moved in from other states

140,581

people · margin of error ±12,670

Moved out to other states

149,938

people · margin of error ±12,670

Net change

-9,357

people · margin of error ±18,268

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending millennials to Florida

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
Texas15,619±5,686Good
New York11,163±3,391Good
California10,542±3,018Good
Georgia9,801±2,572Good
Virginia9,308±3,297Good
Pennsylvania8,216±2,725Good
North Carolina5,576±2,507Good
Massachusetts5,566±2,350Good
New Jersey4,408±1,959Good
Tennessee4,233±1,978Good
Washington4,141±1,737Good
Indiana4,109±1,668Good
Illinois3,676±1,384Good
Maryland3,607±2,367Small sample
Arizona2,779±1,651Good

Showing the 15 largest of 47 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.