Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Hawaii: 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 18,400 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Hawaii from another state in the prior year, while about 14,700 moved away. The difference, about +3,700, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 5,000), so this data cannot say whether Hawaii gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Hawaii was California, at about 2,800 people (plus or minus 1,200).

Moved in from other states

18,448

people · margin of error ±3,155

Moved out to other states

14,710

people · margin of error ±3,464

Net change

+3,738

people · margin of error ±5,031

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen Z 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
California2,833±1,231Good
Texas1,825±1,574Small sample
Virginia1,052±1,046Small sample
Washington898±528Good
Utah783±683Small sample
Alaska625±378Small sample
New York543±345Small sample
Nevada488±462Small sample
Colorado479±538Too small to rely on
Oregon473±409Small sample
Arizona463±451Small sample
Missouri449±469Too small to rely on
North Carolina413±349Small sample
Pennsylvania408±537Too small to rely on
Montana393±599Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 29 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.