Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Georgia: where Boomers and older adults are moving

Adults born 1964 or earlier 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 31,100 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Georgia from another state in the prior year, while about 28,900 moved away. The difference, about +2,200, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 5,500), so this data cannot say whether Georgia gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Georgia was Florida, at about 4,900 people (plus or minus 1,300), followed by Alabama and South Carolina.

Moved in from other states

31,067

people · margin of error ±3,671

Moved out to other states

28,913

people · margin of error ±4,158

Net change

+2,154

people · margin of error ±5,450

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Georgia

Shaded by estimated people leaving for each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.

Top destination states

StatePeople (estimate)Margin of errorConfidence
Florida4,883±1,337Good
Alabama3,476±1,689Good
South Carolina3,245±1,849Good
North Carolina2,190±1,248Good
Tennessee1,917±1,059Good
Virginia1,762±1,050Good
Texas1,700±751Good
Ohio1,192±784Small sample
Arizona1,058±666Small sample
California1,044±633Small sample
Mississippi795±589Small sample
New York784±648Small sample
Connecticut676±517Small sample
New Jersey458±350Small sample
Indiana451±521Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 35 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.