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North Dakota: 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 3,500 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to North Dakota from another state in the prior year, while about 2,300 moved away. The difference, about +1,200, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 1,700), so this data cannot say whether North Dakota gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The largest single source of Boomers and older adults arriving in North Dakota was Minnesota, at about 960 people (plus or minus 550).

Moved in from other states

3,498

people · margin of error ±1,626

Moved out to other states

2,312

people · margin of error ±719

Net change

+1,186

people · margin of error ±1,733

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Boomers and older adults to North Dakota

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
Minnesota958±548Good
South Dakota663±761Too small to rely on
Colorado623±919Too small to rely on
Arizona406±599Too small to rely on
Idaho289±368Too small to rely on
Nevada234±371Too small to rely on
Florida109±198Too small to rely on
Alaska57±97Too small to rely on
Tennessee43±111Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania35±7Good
Montana31±53Too small to rely on
Washington23±42Too small to rely on
Wisconsin22±36Too small to rely on
Texas5±26Too small to rely on

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.