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Maine: where Gen X adults are moving

Adults born 1965 to 1980 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 4,600 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Maine from another state in the prior year, while about 2,500 moved away. That is a net gain of about 2,100 Gen X adults (margin of error plus or minus 2,000), the 16th largest net gain among the 50 states and D.C..

The largest single source of Gen X adults arriving in Maine was Maryland, at about 570 people (plus or minus 690). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

4,582

people · margin of error ±1,673

Moved out to other states

2,488

people · margin of error ±966

Net change

+2,094

people · margin of error ±1,950

+8 per 1,000 Gen X adults living here

States sending Gen X adults to Maine

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
Maryland568±687Too small to rely on
New York515±645Too small to rely on
North Carolina486±618Too small to rely on
Massachusetts467±364Small sample
New Hampshire386±365Small sample
Colorado291±294Too small to rely on
Alaska232±368Too small to rely on
New Mexico223±284Too small to rely on
California218±261Too small to rely on
Oklahoma214±362Too small to rely on
Connecticut141±71Good
Rhode Island120±207Too small to rely on
South Carolina116±217Too small to rely on
Georgia109±298Too small to rely on
Virginia84±30Good

Showing the 15 largest of 23 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.