Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Oregon: 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 32,900 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to Oregon from another state in the prior year, while about 31,600 moved away. The difference, about +1,300, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 5,900), so this data cannot say whether Oregon gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving Oregon was Washington, at about 7,100 people (plus or minus 2,300), followed by California and Idaho.

Moved in from other states

32,917

people · margin of error ±4,286

Moved out to other states

31,576

people · margin of error ±3,844

Net change

+1,341

people · margin of error ±5,870

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen Z adults from Oregon

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
Washington7,129±2,336Good
California4,947±1,357Good
Idaho2,127±1,266Good
Utah1,880±961Good
Texas1,852±1,399Small sample
New York1,770±1,133Small sample
Nevada1,004±775Small sample
Connecticut974±481Good
Virginia884±797Small sample
Michigan833±677Small sample
Colorado743±469Small sample
Arizona734±523Small sample
Florida597±330Good
Illinois551±560Too small to rely on
North Carolina424±351Small sample

Showing the 15 largest of 39 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.