Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Nebraska: 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 15,600 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Nebraska from another state in the prior year, while about 12,500 moved away. The difference, about +3,100, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,700), so this data cannot say whether Nebraska gained or lost millennials on net.

The most common destination for millennials leaving Nebraska was Texas, at about 2,200 people (plus or minus 1,600). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

15,600

people · margin of error ±4,272

Moved out to other states

12,536

people · margin of error ±3,139

Net change

+3,064

people · margin of error ±4,731

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving millennials 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
Texas2,223±1,573Small sample
Iowa1,234±757Small sample
Kansas1,181±1,182Too small to rely on
Colorado865±612Small sample
Maryland816±1,280Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania551±982Too small to rely on
Missouri542±535Small sample
Minnesota500±286Good
California417±252Small sample
Illinois410±363Small sample
Virginia383±541Too small to rely on
Arizona332±342Too small to rely on
North Carolina297±342Too small to rely on
New Jersey283±450Too small to rely on
Florida271±314Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 30 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.