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 most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Idaho was Washington, at about 3,900 people (plus or minus 1,600), followed by Utah and California.

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 receiving Gen Z adults from Idaho

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
Washington3,902±1,594Good
Utah3,511±1,462Good
California2,214±1,212Good
Oregon1,796±980Good
Arizona1,208±858Small sample
Texas1,040±713Small sample
Indiana921±816Small sample
Ohio626±610Small sample
Colorado598±618Too small to rely on
Wisconsin583±873Too small to rely on
Illinois507±497Small sample
Vermont457±757Too small to rely on
North Carolina413±441Too small to rely on
Montana383±504Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania347±465Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 34 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.