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Hawaii: 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 14,100 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Hawaii from another state in the prior year, while about 18,900 moved away. That is a net loss of about 4,800 millennials (margin of error plus or minus 4,800), the 11th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..

The most common destination for millennials leaving Hawaii was California, at about 4,600 people (plus or minus 1,800).

Moved in from other states

14,123

people · margin of error ±3,326

Moved out to other states

18,911

people · margin of error ±3,569

Net change

-4,788

people · margin of error ±4,760

-15 per 1,000 millennials living here

States receiving millennials 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
California4,609±1,812Good
Oklahoma1,606±2,016Too small to rely on
Virginia1,520±930Small sample
Florida1,495±1,133Small sample
Nevada1,249±1,205Small sample
Texas909±688Small sample
New York897±625Small sample
Washington847±577Small sample
Arkansas670±583Small sample
Montana668±747Too small to rely on
South Carolina638±653Too small to rely on
Alabama512±636Too small to rely on
Colorado362±402Too small to rely on
Maryland357±583Too small to rely on
Utah333±327Small sample

Showing the 15 largest of 33 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.