Citable statement
In ACS 2024, 49,949 people living in Nebraska reported living in another U.S. state one year earlier (± 5,167), and 48,631 people living in another state reported living in Nebraska a year earlier (± 5,794), 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, “Nebraska interstate migration, ACS 2024”, https://immerveil.fyi/states/nebraska — derived from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 1-year Table T13.
Net interstate balance
Nebraska recorded 1,318 more arrivals from other states than departures to them (difference ± 7,763, 90% MOE). That balance sits inside its own margin of error, so the table does not establish a net direction.
Difference test: √(MOE_in² + MOE_out²) per Census Bureau statistical-testing guidance. Not a net count of trucks or shipments.
Largest inbound origins
- Iowa → Nebraska6,626 ± 1,928
- South Dakota → Nebraska4,055 ± 2,381
- Florida → Nebraska3,970 ± 1,955
- Colorado → Nebraska3,680 ± 1,097
- California → Nebraska3,163 ± 1,057
- New York → Nebraska2,654 ± 1,712
- Texas → Nebraska2,391 ± 1,151
- Arizona → Nebraska2,264 ± 1,183
- Kansas → Nebraska2,013 ± 1,229
- Washington → Nebraska1,493 ± 1,430
Largest outbound destinations
- Nebraska → Texas5,961 ± 3,142
- Nebraska → Iowa4,800 ± 1,250
- Nebraska → Colorado3,243 ± 1,345
- Nebraska → Kansas3,236 ± 1,585
- Nebraska → Missouri3,215 ± 1,239
- Nebraska → Minnesota2,415 ± 1,179
- Nebraska → South Dakota2,275 ± 950
- Nebraska → Arizona2,129 ± 943
- Nebraska → Virginia1,747 ± 1,271
- Nebraska → Pennsylvania1,714 ± 1,469
Indexed corridors into Nebraska (1)
- Iowa → Nebraska6,626 ± 1,928
Largest inbound origin: Iowa. Largest outbound destination: Texas.
Questions this page answers
- Where does Nebraska rank among U.S. states for interstate migration?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 40th of 51 for people arriving from another state; 40th of 51 for people leaving for another state. Ranks are competition ranks among the 50 states and DC; ties share a rank.
- Does Nebraska gain or lose people to other states?
- Nebraska recorded 1,318 more arrivals from other states than departures to them (difference ± 7,763, 90% MOE). That balance sits inside its own margin of error, so the table does not establish a net direction.
- How many people moved into Nebraska from another U.S. state?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 49,949 ± 5,167 (90% MOE). Previous-residence, not a count of trucks.
- How many people left Nebraska for another U.S. state?
- ACS 2024 1-year: 48,631 ± 5,794 (90% MOE).
- Is this the latest official table?
- Yes. Released 2026-01-21. No 2025 ACS state-to-state table is published.