Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

State · Census age data

Oklahoma: 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 30,800 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Oklahoma from another state in the prior year, while about 25,800 moved away. The difference, about +5,000, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 5,000), so this data cannot say whether Oklahoma gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Oklahoma was Texas, at about 6,200 people (plus or minus 1,900).

Moved in from other states

30,797

people · margin of error ±4,294

Moved out to other states

25,847

people · margin of error ±3,840

Net change

+4,950

people · margin of error ±4,971

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen Z 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
Texas6,194±1,938Good
Arkansas1,738±1,162Small sample
Colorado1,593±989Small sample
Kansas1,581±855Good
Washington1,418±997Small sample
Missouri1,332±896Small sample
Louisiana925±1,073Too small to rely on
North Carolina830±693Small sample
Michigan821±657Small sample
California809±625Small sample
Georgia699±876Too small to rely on
Oregon656±966Too small to rely on
Utah638±751Too small to rely on
Indiana602±640Too small to rely on
Florida525±585Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 38 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.