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North Dakota: 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 14,100 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to North Dakota from another state in the prior year, while about 7,500 moved away. That is a net gain of about 6,700 Gen Z adults (margin of error plus or minus 3,400), the 10th largest net gain among the 50 states and D.C..

The largest single source of Gen Z adults arriving in North Dakota was Minnesota, at about 5,700 people (plus or minus 1,600).

Moved in from other states

14,149

people · margin of error ±2,768

Moved out to other states

7,467

people · margin of error ±1,894

Net change

+6,682

people · margin of error ±3,397

+54 per 1,000 Gen Z adults living here

States sending Gen Z 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
Minnesota5,694±1,611Good
Montana1,269±951Small sample
Kansas1,248±715Good
Colorado1,234±1,294Too small to rely on
Georgia818±1,147Too small to rely on
Oklahoma486±411Small sample
South Dakota463±432Small sample
North Carolina350±393Too small to rely on
Texas342±386Too small to rely on
Illinois288±288Too small to rely on
California277±312Too small to rely on
Missouri271±532Too small to rely on
Indiana259±545Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania254±484Too small to rely on
Alaska252±531Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 23 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.