Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Mississippi: 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 17,800 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Mississippi from another state in the prior year, while about 16,900 moved away. The difference, about +900, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,100), so this data cannot say whether Mississippi gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen Z adults arriving in Mississippi was Louisiana, at about 3,300 people (plus or minus 1,200), followed by Alabama.

Moved in from other states

17,789

people · margin of error ±2,625

Moved out to other states

16,865

people · margin of error ±3,453

Net change

+924

people · margin of error ±4,146

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen Z adults to Mississippi

Shaded by estimated people arriving from each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.

Top origin states

StatePeople (estimate)Margin of errorConfidence
Louisiana3,284±1,210Good
Alabama1,913±935Good
Texas1,863±1,258Small sample
Georgia1,760±1,360Small sample
Tennessee1,426±1,027Small sample
Illinois1,419±736Good
North Carolina716±471Small sample
California677±563Small sample
Florida615±431Small sample
Washington593±676Too small to rely on
Oklahoma395±431Too small to rely on
Arkansas383±344Small sample
Kansas361±315Small sample
Virginia340±419Too small to rely on
Ohio317±314Small sample

Showing the 15 largest of 28 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.