Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Nebraska: 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 4,200 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Nebraska from another state in the prior year, while about 8,100 moved away. That is a net loss of about 3,900 Boomers and older adults (margin of error plus or minus 2,600), the 12th largest net loss among the 50 states and D.C..

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Nebraska was Colorado, at about 1,400 people (plus or minus 1,100). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

4,209

people · margin of error ±1,517

Moved out to other states

8,113

people · margin of error ±2,797

Net change

-3,904

people · margin of error ±2,623

-8 per 1,000 Boomers and older adults living here

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Nebraska

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
Colorado1,380±1,068Small sample
Kansas1,175±1,874Too small to rely on
Texas1,086±746Small sample
South Dakota820±663Small sample
Iowa777±880Too small to rely on
Washington510±279Good
Pennsylvania471±490Too small to rely on
Florida313±317Too small to rely on
New Mexico188±191Too small to rely on
Kentucky186±224Too small to rely on
Arkansas166±167Too small to rely on
Missouri152±167Too small to rely on
Maine137±194Too small to rely on
Ohio137±223Too small to rely on
Michigan133±227Too 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.