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Louisiana: 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 22,500 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Louisiana from another state in the prior year, while about 23,400 moved away. The difference, about -900, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 6,000), so this data cannot say whether Louisiana gained or lost millennials on net.

The largest single source of millennials arriving in Louisiana was Texas, at about 6,000 people (plus or minus 1,600).

Moved in from other states

22,521

people · margin of error ±3,372

Moved out to other states

23,405

people · margin of error ±4,426

Net change

-884

people · margin of error ±5,967

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending millennials to Louisiana

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
Texas5,994±1,628Good
Florida1,632±1,076Small sample
Mississippi1,497±815Good
New York1,390±942Small sample
Colorado1,145±1,249Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania1,008±584Good
North Carolina988±901Small sample
Illinois975±1,028Too small to rely on
Georgia905±689Small sample
California855±485Good
South Carolina852±748Small sample
Arkansas737±439Good
Alabama573±620Too small to rely on
Utah544±474Small sample
Virginia530±572Too 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.