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Wisconsin: 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 11,100 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Wisconsin from another state in the prior year, while about 13,200 moved away. The difference, about -2,100, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 3,600), so this data cannot say whether Wisconsin gained or lost Gen X adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen X adults arriving in Wisconsin was Illinois, at about 2,100 people (plus or minus 1,100).

Moved in from other states

11,109

people · margin of error ±2,802

Moved out to other states

13,248

people · margin of error ±3,073

Net change

-2,139

people · margin of error ±3,581

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen X adults to Wisconsin

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
Illinois2,065±1,092Good
Oregon1,286±1,609Too small to rely on
Minnesota1,232±882Small sample
Texas1,195±768Small sample
Florida891±476Good
Arizona616±654Too small to rely on
Iowa574±580Too small to rely on
California537±422Small sample
Maryland426±721Too small to rely on
Nevada378±388Too small to rely on
Ohio278±479Too small to rely on
Michigan270±260Small sample
Pennsylvania253±306Too small to rely on
New Mexico196±326Too small to rely on
Georgia159±206Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 25 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.