# Counties in North Carolina by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `moved_from_other_county_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US county one year earlier, in the same state or another state, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b07003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Watauga County | 17.7 |
| 2 | Onslow County | 12.9 |
| 3 | Jackson County | 11.7 |
| 4 | Orange County | 11.3 |
| 5 | Pitt County | 9.9 |
| 6 | Hoke County | 9.7 |
| 7 | Greene County | 9.6 |
| 8 | New Hanover County | 9.4 |
| 9 | Pender County | 9.2 |
| 10 | Avery County | 9.2 |
| 11 | Harnett County | 9.1 |
| 12 | Perquimans County | 8.9 |
| 13 | Cumberland County | 8.9 |
| 14 | Durham County | 8.9 |
| 15 | Pasquotank County | 8.8 |
| 16 | Polk County | 8.8 |
| 17 | Tyrrell County | 8.6 |
| 18 | Currituck County | 8.3 |
| 19 | Hyde County | 8.3 |
| 20 | Craven County | 8.2 |
| 21 | Warren County | 8 |
| 22 | Anson County | 7.8 |
| 23 | Clay County | 7.6 |
| 24 | Bertie County | 7.6 |
| 25 | Moore County | 7.4 |
| 26 | Macon County | 7.2 |
| 27 | Transylvania County | 7.2 |
| 28 | Carteret County | 7.2 |
| 28 | Pamlico County | 7.2 |
| 30 | Brunswick County | 7.1 |
| 31 | Swain County | 7.1 |
| 32 | Dare County | 7 |
| 33 | Forsyth County | 6.9 |
| 34 | Cabarrus County | 6.8 |
| 35 | Montgomery County | 6.8 |
| 36 | Guilford County | 6.8 |
| 37 | Union County | 6.8 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 6.6 |
| 39 | Hertford County | 6.6 |
| 40 | Buncombe County | 6.5 |
| 41 | Gates County | 6.5 |
| 42 | Mecklenburg County | 6.5 |
| 42 | Wilson County | 6.5 |
| 44 | Wake County | 6.3 |
| 45 | Cherokee County | 6.3 |
| 46 | Stanly County | 6.3 |
| 46 | Wayne County | 6.3 |
| 48 | Iredell County | 6.3 |
| 49 | Chatham County | 6.3 |
| 50 | Granville County | 6.2 |
| 51 | Mitchell County | 6.1 |
| 52 | Scotland County | 6.1 |
| 53 | Chowan County | 6.1 |
| 54 | Edgecombe County | 6.1 |
| 55 | Martin County | 5.9 |
| 56 | Caswell County | 5.9 |
| 57 | Davie County | 5.9 |
| 58 | Alleghany County | 5.9 |
| 59 | Northampton County | 5.8 |
| 60 | Vance County | 5.8 |
| 61 | Washington County | 5.8 |
| 62 | Johnston County | 5.7 |
| 63 | Jones County | 5.7 |
| 64 | Rowan County | 5.7 |
| 65 | Alexander County | 5.7 |
| 66 | Henderson County | 5.6 |
| 67 | Catawba County | 5.5 |
| 68 | Alamance County | 5.5 |
| 69 | Franklin County | 5.4 |
| 70 | Cleveland County | 5.3 |
| 71 | Lee County | 5.1 |
| 72 | Davidson County | 5.1 |
| 73 | Camden County | 5.1 |
| 74 | Yadkin County | 5 |
| 75 | Stokes County | 4.9 |
| 76 | Rutherford County | 4.9 |
| 77 | Nash County | 4.8 |
| 78 | Rockingham County | 4.8 |
| 79 | Burke County | 4.8 |
| 80 | Lenoir County | 4.8 |
| 81 | Duplin County | 4.7 |
| 82 | Gaston County | 4.7 |
| 83 | Haywood County | 4.6 |
| 84 | Yancey County | 4.6 |
| 85 | Halifax County | 4.4 |
| 86 | McDowell County | 4.3 |
| 87 | Graham County | 4.3 |
| 88 | Columbus County | 4.1 |
| 89 | Surry County | 4 |
| 90 | Bladen County | 4 |
| 91 | Ashe County | 3.9 |
| 92 | Richmond County | 3.8 |
| 93 | Randolph County | 3.6 |
| 94 | Person County | 3.5 |
| 95 | Caldwell County | 3.3 |
| 96 | Beaufort County | 3.2 |
| 97 | Madison County | 3.1 |
| 98 | Robeson County | 2.7 |
| 99 | Sampson County | 2.2 |
| 100 | Wilkes County | 1.6 |