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Minnesota: 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 33,200 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Minnesota from another state in the prior year, while about 47,000 moved away. That is a net loss of about 13,800 Gen Z adults (margin of error plus or minus 7,800), the 4th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..

The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Minnesota was Wisconsin, at about 10,900 people (plus or minus 2,200), followed by North Dakota and Iowa.

Moved in from other states

33,195

people · margin of error ±5,141

Moved out to other states

47,022

people · margin of error ±6,153

Net change

-13,827

people · margin of error ±7,772

-19 per 1,000 Gen Z adults living here

States receiving Gen Z 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
Wisconsin10,869±2,200Good
North Dakota5,694±1,611Good
Iowa3,046±1,402Good
Illinois2,719±1,335Good
South Dakota2,104±1,092Good
Florida1,754±1,260Small sample
Colorado1,687±866Good
Arizona1,591±849Good
Texas1,474±692Good
Washington1,418±1,041Small sample
Utah1,296±1,363Too small to rely on
California1,258±729Good
Massachusetts1,133±839Small sample
Indiana1,042±719Small sample
Missouri1,025±611Good

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.