Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

State · Census age data

Michigan: 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 17,200 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Michigan from another state in the prior year, while about 13,900 moved away. The difference, about +3,300, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,000), so this data cannot say whether Michigan gained or lost Gen X adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen X adults leaving Michigan was Florida, at about 2,600 people (plus or minus 1,200).

Moved in from other states

17,248

people · margin of error ±3,460

Moved out to other states

13,931

people · margin of error ±2,439

Net change

+3,317

people · margin of error ±3,978

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen X adults from Michigan

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
Florida2,556±1,248Good
North Carolina1,032±720Small sample
Ohio867±471Good
Indiana866±777Small sample
Arizona833±432Good
Colorado669±594Small sample
Alabama626±612Small sample
California589±585Small sample
Virginia489±376Small sample
Nebraska475±625Too small to rely on
Nevada384±498Too small to rely on
South Carolina377±269Small sample
Illinois349±418Too small to rely on
New Jersey332±281Small sample
Texas319±388Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 33 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.