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Minnesota: 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 11,900 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Minnesota from another state in the prior year, while about 14,100 moved away. The difference, about -2,200, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,700), so this data cannot say whether Minnesota gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Minnesota was Florida, at about 2,900 people (plus or minus 1,100), followed by Wisconsin and Arizona.

Moved in from other states

11,929

people · margin of error ±3,567

Moved out to other states

14,102

people · margin of error ±2,713

Net change

-2,173

people · margin of error ±4,661

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Minnesota

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
Florida2,865±1,125Good
Wisconsin2,493±1,383Good
Arizona2,484±928Good
Texas985±490Good
North Dakota958±548Good
South Dakota604±510Small sample
Washington438±367Small sample
California384±374Small sample
Michigan327±348Too small to rely on
Mississippi304±466Too small to rely on
New York278±447Too small to rely on
Illinois269±330Too small to rely on
Iowa256±176Small sample
South Carolina192±230Too small to rely on
Georgia189±322Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 27 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.