State · Census age data
Washington: 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 22,600 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Washington from another state in the prior year, while about 27,100 moved away. The difference, about -4,500, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,600), so this data cannot say whether Washington gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.
The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Washington was Arizona, at about 4,900 people (plus or minus 1,600), followed by Oregon and California.
Moved in from other states
22,597
people · margin of error ±2,812
Moved out to other states
27,075
people · margin of error ±3,498
Net change
-4,478
people · margin of error ±4,575
Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error
States receiving Boomers and older adults from Washington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 4,924 | ±1,578 | Good |
| Oregon | 3,768 | ±1,540 | Good |
| California | 3,736 | ±1,374 | Good |
| Idaho | 2,976 | ±1,060 | Good |
| Texas | 1,965 | ±818 | Good |
| Florida | 1,088 | ±620 | Good |
| North Carolina | 693 | ±555 | Small sample |
| Hawaii | 689 | ±690 | Too small to rely on |
| Illinois | 666 | ±810 | Too small to rely on |
| Montana | 596 | ±674 | Too small to rely on |
| Utah | 576 | ±485 | Small sample |
| New Mexico | 503 | ±324 | Small sample |
| Ohio | 494 | ±753 | Too small to rely on |
| Alaska | 437 | ±577 | Too small to rely on |
| South Carolina | 362 | ±338 | Small sample |
Showing the 15 largest of 41 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.