Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Missouri: 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 16,800 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Missouri from another state in the prior year, while about 17,600 moved away. The difference, about -800, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,000), so this data cannot say whether Missouri gained or lost Gen X adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen X adults leaving Missouri was Kansas, at about 2,400 people (plus or minus 1,100), followed by Illinois and Florida.

Moved in from other states

16,807

people · margin of error ±2,643

Moved out to other states

17,640

people · margin of error ±3,198

Net change

-833

people · margin of error ±3,994

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen X 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
Kansas2,356±1,065Good
Illinois1,759±1,051Good
Florida1,699±858Good
Georgia1,225±990Small sample
Arkansas1,186±966Small sample
Texas1,171±717Small sample
California1,123±566Good
Arizona832±694Small sample
Louisiana796±962Too small to rely on
Michigan592±681Too small to rely on
Iowa556±446Small sample
Indiana542±456Small sample
North Carolina507±608Too small to rely on
South Carolina443±457Too small to rely on
Virginia440±356Small sample

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.