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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 largest single source of Boomers and older adults arriving in Wyoming was Oregon, at about 300 people (plus or minus 390). 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 sending Boomers and older adults to Wyoming

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
Oregon296±393Too small to rely on
South Dakota288±319Too small to rely on
Arizona239±246Too small to rely on
California215±319Too small to rely on
Texas158±194Too small to rely on
Florida128±210Too small to rely on
Nevada110±147Too small to rely on
Pennsylvania103±167Too small to rely on
Utah92±164Too small to rely on
Washington67±108Too small to rely on
Colorado63±110Too small to rely on
Montana58±95Too small to rely on
Idaho50±83Too small to rely on
Illinois46±71Too small to rely on
Michigan40±72Too 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.