Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Mississippi: 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 6,900 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Mississippi from another state in the prior year, while about 5,100 moved away. The difference, about +1,800, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 2,100), so this data cannot say whether Mississippi gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The largest single source of Boomers and older adults arriving in Mississippi was Georgia, at about 800 people (plus or minus 590). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

6,905

people · margin of error ±1,581

Moved out to other states

5,114

people · margin of error ±1,395

Net change

+1,791

people · margin of error ±2,136

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Boomers and older 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
Georgia795±589Small sample
Louisiana644±623Small sample
Alabama602±499Small sample
Tennessee565±390Small sample
Texas420±318Small sample
Colorado413±590Too small to rely on
Florida357±326Small sample
California356±420Too small to rely on
Arkansas355±347Small sample
Minnesota304±466Too small to rely on
New York289±485Too small to rely on
North Carolina273±457Too small to rely on
Michigan197±302Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania196±249Too small to rely on
Missouri159±278Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 25 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.