Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

State · Census age data

Kansas: 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 27,900 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Kansas from another state in the prior year, while about 32,800 moved away. The difference, about -4,900, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 6,100), so this data cannot say whether Kansas gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Kansas was Missouri, at about 7,700 people (plus or minus 1,900), followed by Illinois and Texas.

Moved in from other states

27,889

people · margin of error ±4,133

Moved out to other states

32,751

people · margin of error ±4,829

Net change

-4,862

people · margin of error ±6,107

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen Z adults from Kansas

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
Missouri7,732±1,890Good
Illinois2,620±1,069Good
Texas2,572±1,271Good
Oklahoma1,539±810Good
Nebraska1,461±1,647Too small to rely on
North Dakota1,248±715Good
Michigan1,011±890Small sample
Rhode Island984±1,279Too small to rely on
Iowa948±730Small sample
New York934±858Small sample
Colorado908±543Good
California891±618Small sample
Florida861±675Small sample
Wisconsin838±774Small sample
Tennessee785±708Small sample

Showing the 15 largest of 38 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.