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Oregon: 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 34,900 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Oregon from another state in the prior year, while about 34,300 moved away. The difference, about +600, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 6,700), so this data cannot say whether Oregon gained or lost millennials on net.

The largest single source of millennials arriving in Oregon was California, at about 9,200 people (plus or minus 2,700), followed by Washington and Texas.

Moved in from other states

34,853

people · margin of error ±5,177

Moved out to other states

34,293

people · margin of error ±4,533

Net change

+560

people · margin of error ±6,682

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending millennials to Oregon

Shaded by estimated people arriving from each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.

Top origin states

StatePeople (estimate)Margin of errorConfidence
California9,180±2,679Good
Washington5,501±1,409Good
Texas2,280±1,137Good
Colorado1,618±889Good
New Jersey1,497±1,567Too small to rely on
Florida1,337±1,437Too small to rely on
Idaho1,177±1,031Small sample
Utah1,114±754Small sample
Massachusetts1,018±625Small sample
Montana1,008±871Small sample
Nevada964±791Small sample
New York874±835Small sample
Arizona862±697Small sample
Virginia850±835Small sample
Pennsylvania673±465Small 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.