Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Hawaii: 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 5,600 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Hawaii from another state in the prior year, while about 5,600 moved away. The difference, about +100, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 2,700), so this data cannot say whether Hawaii gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Hawaii was Florida, at about 700 people (plus or minus 630). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

5,646

people · margin of error ±1,667

Moved out to other states

5,588

people · margin of error ±1,839

Net change

+58

people · margin of error ±2,654

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Hawaii

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
Florida695±634Small sample
Colorado628±1,023Too small to rely on
New York558±807Too small to rely on
California510±366Small sample
Nevada465±406Small sample
Washington424±398Small sample
Alaska411±561Too small to rely on
Idaho220±312Too small to rely on
Virginia210±246Too small to rely on
Arizona205±351Too small to rely on
Louisiana188±295Too small to rely on
Texas167±284Too small to rely on
South Carolina129±215Too small to rely on
Massachusetts122±206Too small to rely on
Ohio106±181Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 24 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.