State · Census age data
South Carolina: 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 30,600 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to South Carolina from another state in the prior year, while about 18,700 moved away. That is a net gain of about 11,900 Boomers and older adults (margin of error plus or minus 5,400), the 3rd largest net gain among the 50 states and D.C..
The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving South Carolina was North Carolina, at about 3,300 people (plus or minus 910), followed by Florida and Georgia.
Moved in from other states
30,598
people · margin of error ±4,183
Moved out to other states
18,735
people · margin of error ±2,704
Net change
+11,863
people · margin of error ±5,433
+8 per 1,000 Boomers and older adults living here
States receiving Boomers and older adults from South Carolina
Shaded by estimated people leaving for each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.
Top destination states
| State | People (estimate) | Margin of error | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,275 | ±912 | Good |
| Florida | 3,151 | ±1,422 | Good |
| Georgia | 1,856 | ±646 | Good |
| Ohio | 1,590 | ±892 | Good |
| Texas | 1,147 | ±1,040 | Small sample |
| Virginia | 1,001 | ±631 | Small sample |
| New York | 805 | ±488 | Small sample |
| Arizona | 758 | ±492 | Small sample |
| California | 708 | ±677 | Small sample |
| Pennsylvania | 688 | ±651 | Small sample |
| Tennessee | 602 | ±569 | Small sample |
| Nevada | 488 | ±297 | Small sample |
| West Virginia | 437 | ±368 | Small sample |
| New Jersey | 398 | ±405 | Too small to rely on |
| Louisiana | 279 | ±376 | Too small to rely on |
Showing the 15 largest of 29 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.