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South Dakota: 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 8,200 adults born 1997 to 2006 moved to South Dakota from another state in the prior year, while about 10,600 moved away. The difference, about -2,400, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 3,200), so this data cannot say whether South Dakota gained or lost Gen Z adults on net.

The most common destination for Gen Z adults leaving South Dakota was Nebraska, at about 1,400 people (plus or minus 890). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

8,187

people · margin of error ±2,024

Moved out to other states

10,579

people · margin of error ±2,632

Net change

-2,392

people · margin of error ±3,210

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Gen Z adults from South Dakota

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
Nebraska1,357±890Small sample
South Carolina1,110±1,276Too small to rely on
Texas953±1,120Too small to rely on
Montana816±866Too small to rely on
Minnesota741±549Small sample
Florida668±798Too small to rely on
Iowa660±557Small sample
Washington534±572Too small to rely on
North Dakota463±432Small sample
New Hampshire416±639Too small to rely on
Arizona386±348Small sample
Idaho376±353Small sample
Oregon338±513Too small to rely on
North Carolina313±374Too small to rely on
Illinois277±392Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 26 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.