Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Idaho: 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 18,900 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Idaho from another state in the prior year, while about 15,600 moved away. The difference, about +3,300, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,400), so this data cannot say whether Idaho gained or lost millennials on net.

The most common destination for millennials leaving Idaho was Washington, at about 2,600 people (plus or minus 1,200), followed by Utah.

Moved in from other states

18,867

people · margin of error ±3,218

Moved out to other states

15,559

people · margin of error ±2,898

Net change

+3,308

people · margin of error ±4,422

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving millennials 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
Washington2,596±1,168Good
Utah1,747±887Good
Arizona1,494±1,069Small sample
California1,186±724Small sample
Oregon1,177±1,031Small sample
Missouri1,128±733Small sample
Illinois780±746Small sample
Nevada650±436Small sample
Texas579±528Small sample
Alabama576±651Too small to rely on
Colorado566±464Small sample
Montana352±485Too small to rely on
Georgia306±411Too small to rely on
Florida287±315Too small to rely on
Iowa283±464Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 30 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.