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Oklahoma: where Gen X adults are moving

Adults born 1965 to 1980 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 11,500 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Oklahoma from another state in the prior year, while about 6,600 moved away. That is a net gain of about 4,900 Gen X adults (margin of error plus or minus 3,000), the 9th largest net gain among the 50 states and D.C..

The most common destination for Gen X adults leaving Oklahoma was Texas, at about 1,400 people (plus or minus 950), followed by Arkansas. That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

11,500

people · margin of error ±2,589

Moved out to other states

6,633

people · margin of error ±1,686

Net change

+4,867

people · margin of error ±3,015

+7 per 1,000 Gen X adults living here

States receiving Gen X adults from Oklahoma

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
Texas1,350±946Small sample
Arkansas858±436Good
Florida567±644Too small to rely on
New Mexico531±618Too small to rely on
Kansas491±492Too small to rely on
Montana321±500Too small to rely on
California308±449Too small to rely on
Mississippi302±352Too small to rely on
Nevada287±445Too small to rely on
Missouri260±269Too small to rely on
Illinois247±308Too small to rely on
Maine214±362Too small to rely on
Colorado209±229Too small to rely on
Utah204±355Too small to rely on
North Carolina197±322Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 20 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.