State · Census age data
Massachusetts: 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 61,100 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Massachusetts from another state in the prior year, while about 71,100 moved away. That is a net loss of about 10,000 Gen Z adults (margin of error plus or minus 7,900), the 5th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..
The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Massachusetts was New York, at about 10,500 people (plus or minus 1,500), followed by California and New Hampshire.
Moved in from other states
61,079
people · margin of error ±5,075
Moved out to other states
71,117
people · margin of error ±5,653
Net change
-10,038
people · margin of error ±7,920
-10 per 1,000 Gen Z adults living here
States receiving Gen Z adults from Massachusetts
Shaded by estimated people leaving for each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.
Top destination states
| State | People (estimate) | Margin of error | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 10,453 | ±1,521 | Good |
| California | 6,542 | ±1,939 | Good |
| New Hampshire | 5,189 | ±1,440 | Good |
| Rhode Island | 4,815 | ±1,414 | Good |
| Connecticut | 4,140 | ±1,583 | Good |
| Texas | 3,990 | ±1,722 | Good |
| Florida | 3,569 | ±1,298 | Good |
| Pennsylvania | 3,291 | ±1,479 | Good |
| Illinois | 2,704 | ±1,393 | Good |
| Maine | 2,680 | ±1,144 | Good |
| North Carolina | 2,444 | ±1,466 | Good |
| Vermont | 2,311 | ±1,536 | Small sample |
| Virginia | 2,121 | ±785 | Good |
| Maryland | 1,927 | ±1,052 | Good |
| New Jersey | 1,751 | ±1,021 | Good |
Showing the 15 largest of 40 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.