State · Census age data
North Carolina: 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 81,700 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to North Carolina from another state in the prior year, while about 77,300 moved away. The difference, about +4,500, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 11,200), so this data cannot say whether North Carolina gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.
The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving North Carolina was South Carolina, at about 9,400 people (plus or minus 2,800), followed by Virginia and Texas.
Moved in from other states
81,749
people · margin of error ±7,080
Moved out to other states
77,269
people · margin of error ±7,198
Net change
+4,480
people · margin of error ±11,200
Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error
States receiving Gen Z adults from North Carolina
Shaded by estimated people leaving for each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.
Top destination states
| State | People (estimate) | Margin of error | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 9,374 | ±2,831 | Good |
| Virginia | 8,358 | ±2,157 | Good |
| Texas | 5,732 | ±1,592 | Good |
| Florida | 4,825 | ±1,751 | Good |
| New York | 4,689 | ±1,937 | Good |
| Tennessee | 3,945 | ±1,834 | Good |
| Georgia | 3,890 | ±1,557 | Good |
| Pennsylvania | 2,905 | ±1,043 | Good |
| California | 2,678 | ±1,380 | Good |
| Illinois | 2,296 | ±1,588 | Small sample |
| Missouri | 2,025 | ±1,484 | Small sample |
| Ohio | 1,850 | ±852 | Good |
| Indiana | 1,788 | ±1,526 | Small sample |
| Arizona | 1,766 | ±1,213 | Small sample |
| Kansas | 1,598 | ±867 | Good |
Showing the 15 largest of 45 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.