Kansas gains more residents than it lost in 2022
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas gained more residents than it lost in 2022.
The website StorageCafe looked at moving trends across the United States. It found Kansas saw 26,000 more new residents than it lost, according to census data.
Nationwide, Kansas is the 11th most sought-after state for those looking to relocate. Kansas comes in just behind Oklahoma, which took the number 10 spot, and ahead of Kentucky, which is 12th.
Breaking down those numbers by generations, Millennials, meaning those born between 1981 and 1996, increased their numbers in Kansas by 9,288, ranking Kansas as #10 in the number of new residents from that generation. Baby Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, represent the next largest number, with 2,561 new arrivals.
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Kansas is also popular with the “Silent Generation,” those born between 1928 and 1945. The state saw 2,318 new residents from the “Silent Generation,” placing Kansas at #7 nationally.
Just 941 members of Generation X, people born between 1965 and 1980, moved to Kansas in 2022. Kansas also lost 1,412 members of Gen Z, which is people born between the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s.
Below is a breakdown of which states our new residents came from:
State of origin | Number of People | % |
Missouri | 23,413 | 21% |
Texas | 9,483 | 9% |
Colorado | 8,051 | 7% |
California | 7,533 | 7% |
Florida | 7,184 | 7% |
Oklahoma | 6,422 | 6% |
Georgia | 4,675 | 4% |
Washington | 4,376 | 4% |
Indiana | 3,284 | 3% |
Nebraska | 3,136 | 3% |
Tennessee | 2,850 | 3% |
Minnesota | 2,590 | 2% |
Illinois | 2,571 | 2% |
Ohio | 2,552 | 2% |
New York | 2,334 | 2% |
Iowa | 2,297 | 2% |
Louisiana | 2,189 | 2% |
Wyoming | 1,473 | 1% |
Alabama | 1,448 | 1% |
Michigan | 1,354 | 1% |
Kentucky | 1,349 | 1% |
Massachusetts | 1,260 | 1% |
Arizona | 1,038 | 0.94% |
Nevada | 1,009 | 0.92% |
Utah | 928 | 0.84% |
Arkansas | 861 | 0.78% |
Hawaii | 845 | 0.77% |
North Carolina | 573 | 0.52% |
New Mexico | 532 | 0.48% |
Pennsylvania | 504 | 0.46% |
Virginia | 439 | 0.40% |
Oregon | 405 | 0.37% |
Wisconsin | 294 | 0.27% |
Alaska | 235 | 0.21% |
Idaho | 224 | 0.20% |
South Dakota | 111 | 0.10% |
New Jersey | 108 | 0.10% |
District of Columbia | 93 | 0.08% |
Montana | 80 | 0.07% |
Vermont | 65 | 0.06% |
Maryland | 40 | 0.04% |
South Carolina | 37 | 0.03% |
North Dakota | 28 | 0.03% |
The South was the biggest winner in population changes, with many Americans choosing to leave the Northeast, West, and Midwest for Southern states. The top 10 states for net migration, according to the data, are:
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Arizona
Georgia
South Carolina
Connecticut
Tennessee
Mississippi
Oklahoma
To see the full breakdown of data, including state by state, click here.
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