State · Census age data
Texas: 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 164,100 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to Texas from another state in the prior year, while about 139,900 moved away. That is a net gain of about 24,200 millennials (margin of error plus or minus 15,700), the largest net gain of any state.
The largest single source of millennials arriving in Texas was California, at about 22,500 people (plus or minus 4,000), followed by Florida and New York.
Moved in from other states
164,098
people · margin of error ±10,375
Moved out to other states
139,892
people · margin of error ±11,074
Net change
+24,206
people · margin of error ±15,668
+3 per 1,000 millennials living here
States sending millennials to Texas
Shaded by estimated people arriving from each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.
Top origin states
| State | People (estimate) | Margin of error | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 22,533 | ±3,970 | Good |
| Florida | 19,552 | ±4,354 | Good |
| New York | 10,962 | ±2,715 | Good |
| Louisiana | 6,866 | ±2,438 | Good |
| Colorado | 6,597 | ±1,990 | Good |
| Georgia | 6,246 | ±2,046 | Good |
| Illinois | 6,157 | ±2,156 | Good |
| Washington | 5,602 | ±2,040 | Good |
| Oklahoma | 5,525 | ±2,229 | Good |
| Virginia | 5,398 | ±1,964 | Good |
| North Carolina | 4,368 | ±1,887 | Good |
| Missouri | 4,089 | ±1,882 | Good |
| Pennsylvania | 4,071 | ±1,952 | Good |
| Ohio | 3,932 | ±2,542 | Small sample |
| Massachusetts | 3,674 | ±1,644 | Good |
Showing the 15 largest of 49 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.