Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

State · Census age data

Missouri: 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 14,200 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Missouri from another state in the prior year, while about 16,000 moved away. The difference, about -1,800, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,300), so this data cannot say whether Missouri gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Missouri was Kansas, at about 2,400 people (plus or minus 1,700). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

14,211

people · margin of error ±2,060

Moved out to other states

15,974

people · margin of error ±3,893

Net change

-1,763

people · margin of error ±4,280

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Missouri

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
Kansas2,394±1,745Small sample
Florida1,893±1,401Small sample
Texas1,285±739Good
California859±608Small sample
Oregon841±1,116Too small to rely on
Oklahoma715±563Small sample
Pennsylvania660±759Too small to rely on
Illinois653±400Small sample
Colorado651±607Small sample
Indiana562±483Small sample
Wisconsin552±599Too small to rely on
Arizona504±544Too small to rely on
Montana457±732Too small to rely on
Tennessee432±418Small sample
Virginia425±339Small sample

Showing the 15 largest of 30 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.