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Rhode Island: where Boomers and older adults are moving

Adults born 1964 or earlier 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 2,200 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Rhode Island from another state in the prior year, while about 3,700 moved away. The difference, about -1,600, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 1,600), so this data cannot say whether Rhode Island gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The largest single source of Boomers and older adults arriving in Rhode Island was Massachusetts, at about 670 people (plus or minus 390).

Moved in from other states

2,184

people · margin of error ±815

Moved out to other states

3,736

people · margin of error ±1,406

Net change

-1,552

people · margin of error ±1,560

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Boomers and older adults to Rhode Island

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
Massachusetts674±387Good
Florida318±285Small sample
Connecticut313±299Small sample
Georgia271±341Too small to rely on
Oregon239±278Too small to rely on
New York191±235Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania73±128Too small to rely on
New Hampshire49±87Too small to rely on
South Carolina31±54Too small to rely on
Washington25±43Too small to rely on

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.