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North Dakota: where millennials are moving

Adults born 1981 to 1996 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 5,500 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to North Dakota from another state in the prior year, while about 5,400 moved away. The difference, about +100, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 3,600), so this data cannot say whether North Dakota gained or lost millennials on net.

The most common destination for millennials leaving North Dakota was Minnesota, at about 2,200 people (plus or minus 1,200).

Moved in from other states

5,508

people · margin of error ±2,764

Moved out to other states

5,399

people · margin of error ±2,046

Net change

+109

people · margin of error ±3,566

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving millennials from North Dakota

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
Minnesota2,174±1,183Good
Nevada503±623Too small to rely on
Texas458±582Too small to rely on
North Carolina430±525Too small to rely on
Nebraska338±592Too small to rely on
Maryland312±540Too small to rely on
South Dakota218±211Small sample
Montana159±179Too small to rely on
California144±177Too small to rely on
Florida121±210Too small to rely on
Idaho80±132Too small to rely on
Tennessee79±142Too small to rely on
Illinois74±123Too small to rely on
Oklahoma73±127Too small to rely on
Arizona71±117Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 19 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.