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Wyoming: 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 2,000 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Wyoming from another state in the prior year, while about 2,400 moved away. The difference, about -400, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 1,300), so this data cannot say whether Wyoming gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Wyoming was Colorado, at about 350 people (plus or minus 280). That estimate rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide.

Moved in from other states

1,989

people · margin of error ±778

Moved out to other states

2,372

people · margin of error ±933

Net change

-383

people · margin of error ±1,268

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Wyoming

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
Colorado353±282Small sample
Washington277±334Too small to rely on
South Dakota243±417Too small to rely on
South Carolina215±390Too small to rely on
Montana181±293Too small to rely on
Nebraska166±286Too small to rely on
Texas160±225Too small to rely on
Oregon124±204Too small to rely on
Utah124±216Too small to rely on
Mississippi115±148Too small to rely on
Florida112±191Too small to rely on
Kentucky88±141Too small to rely on
Michigan74±130Too small to rely on
Nevada55±94Too small to rely on
New Mexico50±92Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 16 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.