Citable statement
In ACS 2024, 29,995 people living in Alaska reported living in another U.S. state one year earlier (± 4,464), and 40,610 people living in another state reported living in Alaska a year earlier (± 5,781), both at 90% margin of error.
- Source ·
- U.S. Census Bureau, State-to-State Migration Flows: 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (Table T13). Official release Jan 21, 2026. Margins of error are 90% MOE.
- Status ·
- Latest available as of Sep 7, 2026. No 2025 state-to-state table is published.
- Limitation ·
- Previous-residence counts of people aged 1 and over, not household-goods shipments or permanent relocations. Moves from abroad are excluded from these two totals.
- Cite as ·
- IMMERVEIL, “Alaska interstate migration, ACS 2024”, https://immerveil.fyi/states/alaska — derived from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 1-year Table T13.
Net interstate balance
Alaska recorded 10,615 more departures to other states than arrivals from them (difference ± 7,304, 90% MOE). That balance is larger than its own margin of error, so the direction is distinguishable from zero at 90% confidence.
Difference test: √(MOE_in² + MOE_out²) per Census Bureau statistical-testing guidance. Not a net count of trucks or shipments.
Largest inbound origins
- Texas → Alaska2,685 ± 1,187
- Washington → Alaska2,597 ± 1,264
- South Carolina → Alaska1,982 ± 1,350
- California → Alaska1,950 ± 807
- Tennessee → Alaska1,893 ± 879
- Massachusetts → Alaska1,834 ± 2,327
- Colorado → Alaska1,526 ± 788
- Virginia → Alaska1,338 ± 911
- Arizona → Alaska1,336 ± 1,005
- Florida → Alaska1,069 ± 680
Largest outbound destinations
- Alaska → Colorado3,700 ± 1,512
- Alaska → Washington3,176 ± 1,175
- Alaska → California3,022 ± 1,823
- Alaska → Texas2,981 ± 1,262
- Alaska → Florida2,693 ± 1,896
- Alaska → Arizona2,522 ± 1,549
- Alaska → Utah2,147 ± 1,442
- Alaska → North Carolina1,963 ± 1,213
- Alaska → Montana1,767 ± 1,621
- Alaska → Ohio1,515 ± 1,161
No corridor involving Alaska passes the publication gate in this vintage. Pairs still render from Route Explorer as utility pages.
Largest inbound origin: Texas. Largest outbound destination: Colorado.
Questions this page answers
- Where does Alaska rank among U.S. states for interstate migration?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 47th of 51 for people arriving from another state; 41st of 51 for people leaving for another state. Ranks are competition ranks among the 50 states and DC; ties share a rank.
- Does Alaska gain or lose people to other states?
- Alaska recorded 10,615 more departures to other states than arrivals from them (difference ± 7,304, 90% MOE). That balance is larger than its own margin of error, so the direction is distinguishable from zero at 90% confidence.
- How many people moved into Alaska from another U.S. state?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 29,995 ± 4,464 (90% MOE). Previous-residence, not a count of trucks.
- How many people left Alaska for another U.S. state?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 40,610 ± 5,781 (90% MOE).
- Is this the latest official table?
- Yes. Released 2026-01-21. No 2025 ACS state-to-state table is published.