State · Census age data
West Virginia: 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 11,800 adults born 1981 to 1996 moved to West Virginia from another state in the prior year, while about 8,800 moved away. The difference, about +2,900, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 3,100), so this data cannot say whether West Virginia gained or lost millennials on net.
The most common destination for millennials leaving West Virginia was Ohio, at about 2,000 people (plus or minus 1,300). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.
Moved in from other states
11,757
people · margin of error ±2,498
Moved out to other states
8,815
people · margin of error ±2,172
Net change
+2,942
people · margin of error ±3,106
Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error
States receiving millennials from West Virginia
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 2,041 | ±1,290 | Small sample |
| Virginia | 1,361 | ±925 | Small sample |
| Kentucky | 1,084 | ±786 | Small sample |
| Pennsylvania | 861 | ±817 | Small sample |
| North Carolina | 476 | ±410 | Small sample |
| Illinois | 458 | ±368 | Small sample |
| Florida | 402 | ±411 | Too small to rely on |
| South Carolina | 290 | ±318 | Too small to rely on |
| Montana | 258 | ±435 | Too small to rely on |
| Georgia | 242 | ±236 | Small sample |
| New Mexico | 233 | ±389 | Too small to rely on |
| Maryland | 216 | ±112 | Good |
| Tennessee | 176 | ±335 | Too small to rely on |
| Arkansas | 147 | ±215 | Too small to rely on |
| Michigan | 145 | ±201 | Too small to rely on |
Showing the 15 largest of 21 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.