Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Idaho: 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 24,000 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Idaho from another state in the prior year, while about 20,800 moved away. The difference, about +3,200, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 5,700), so this data cannot say whether Idaho gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen Z adults arriving in Idaho was California, at about 3,700 people (plus or minus 1,400), followed by Washington.

Moved in from other states

23,968

people · margin of error ±3,805

Moved out to other states

20,805

people · margin of error ±3,801

Net change

+3,163

people · margin of error ±5,717

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen Z adults to Idaho

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
California3,743±1,405Good
Washington3,713±1,466Good
Arizona2,236±1,509Small sample
Utah2,176±863Good
Oregon2,127±1,266Good
Florida1,125±741Small sample
Colorado1,028±552Good
Montana1,010±666Small sample
Texas925±555Good
Nevada913±644Small sample
Pennsylvania728±637Small sample
New Mexico567±513Small sample
Minnesota474±470Small sample
South Dakota376±353Small sample
Alaska351±353Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 36 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.