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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 largest single source of Boomers and older adults arriving in Hawaii was California, at about 1,200 people (plus or minus 610).

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 sending Boomers and older adults to Hawaii

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
California1,172±608Good
Washington689±690Too small to rely on
North Carolina433±515Too small to rely on
Florida401±323Small sample
New York399±507Too small to rely on
West Virginia387±451Too small to rely on
Alaska382±595Too small to rely on
New Mexico270±327Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania221±360Too small to rely on
Michigan185±215Too small to rely on
Texas173±236Too small to rely on
Utah173±261Too small to rely on
Colorado125±145Too small to rely on
Montana121±209Too small to rely on
Virginia111±182Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 21 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.