Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Utah: where Gen X adults are moving

Adults born 1965 to 1980 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 12,500 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Utah from another state in the prior year, while about 7,600 moved away. That is a net gain of about 4,800 Gen X adults (margin of error plus or minus 3,800), the 10th largest net gain among the 50 states and D.C..

The largest single source of Gen X adults arriving in Utah was California, at about 1,400 people (plus or minus 980). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

12,456

people · margin of error ±3,162

Moved out to other states

7,625

people · margin of error ±1,965

Net change

+4,831

people · margin of error ±3,840

+8 per 1,000 Gen X adults living here

States sending Gen X adults to Utah

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
California1,417±983Small sample
Idaho1,303±1,145Small sample
Arizona1,155±1,078Small sample
Florida1,053±988Small sample
Illinois901±1,155Too small to rely on
Connecticut873±1,085Too small to rely on
Hawaii716±721Too small to rely on
Colorado715±519Small sample
Washington704±696Small sample
Nevada574±397Small sample
Oregon474±439Small sample
Wyoming376±467Too small to rely on
Texas296±298Too small to rely on
New York235±1,015Too small to rely on
Oklahoma204±355Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 27 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.