Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Louisiana: where Boomers and older adults are moving

Adults born 1964 or earlier 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 5,900 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Louisiana from another state in the prior year, while about 8,400 moved away. The difference, about -2,500, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 2,600), so this data cannot say whether Louisiana gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Louisiana was Texas, at about 2,300 people (plus or minus 1,100).

Moved in from other states

5,924

people · margin of error ±1,511

Moved out to other states

8,397

people · margin of error ±1,942

Net change

-2,473

people · margin of error ±2,560

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Louisiana

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
Texas2,272±1,066Good
Florida861±744Small sample
California762±466Small sample
Illinois737±742Too small to rely on
Mississippi644±623Small sample
Alabama563±473Small sample
North Carolina332±331Small sample
Arkansas287±230Small sample
South Carolina285±339Too small to rely on
Colorado267±258Small sample
Arizona261±334Too small to rely on
Kansas191±321Too small to rely on
Wisconsin185±308Too small to rely on
Georgia172±191Too small to rely on
Tennessee161±200Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 19 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.