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Maine: 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 9,400 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Maine from another state in the prior year, while about 12,000 moved away. The difference, about -2,600, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 3,900), so this data cannot say whether Maine gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen Z adults arriving in Maine was Massachusetts, at about 2,700 people (plus or minus 1,100).

Moved in from other states

9,438

people · margin of error ±1,731

Moved out to other states

12,012

people · margin of error ±3,022

Net change

-2,574

people · margin of error ±3,861

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen Z 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
Massachusetts2,680±1,144Good
New Hampshire726±638Small sample
California472±339Small sample
Virginia470±408Small sample
Missouri450±780Too small to rely on
Maryland429±601Too small to rely on
Connecticut402±470Too small to rely on
Colorado397±435Too small to rely on
Florida355±361Too small to rely on
Louisiana331±224Small sample
Pennsylvania271±310Too small to rely on
District of Columbia268±243Small sample
Utah268±368Too small to rely on
New Jersey225±266Too small to rely on
Hawaii208±244Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 28 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.