Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

State · Census age data

Utah: 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 7,400 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Utah from another state in the prior year, while about 7,900 moved away. The difference, about -500, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 2,700), so this data cannot say whether Utah gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Utah was California, at about 1,300 people (plus or minus 670).

Moved in from other states

7,412

people · margin of error ±1,722

Moved out to other states

7,923

people · margin of error ±1,951

Net change

-511

people · margin of error ±2,741

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Utah

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
California1,266±668Good
Colorado1,023±701Small sample
Idaho795±534Small sample
Arizona653±478Small sample
Washington546±412Small sample
Oregon512±552Too small to rely on
Florida468±610Too small to rely on
Vermont408±527Too small to rely on
Texas352±504Too small to rely on
Missouri273±301Too small to rely on
Montana239±272Too small to rely on
Virginia231±367Too small to rely on
Hawaii173±261Too small to rely on
Nevada149±183Too small to rely on
Indiana133±235Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 28 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.