# Counties in North Carolina by residents who moved from another state 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_state_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, 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 state 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 state 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-state/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Onslow County | 9.2 |
| 2 | Polk County | 7 |
| 3 | Perquimans County | 6.3 |
| 4 | Currituck County | 6.1 |
| 5 | Cumberland County | 6 |
| 6 | Dare County | 4.9 |
| 7 | Clay County | 4.7 |
| 8 | Craven County | 4.7 |
| 9 | Gates County | 4.6 |
| 9 | Orange County | 4.6 |
| 11 | Avery County | 4.5 |
| 12 | New Hanover County | 4.4 |
| 13 | Durham County | 4.2 |
| 13 | Moore County | 4.2 |
| 15 | Hoke County | 4.1 |
| 16 | Pasquotank County | 4 |
| 17 | Buncombe County | 4 |
| 18 | Mecklenburg County | 3.9 |
| 19 | Jackson County | 3.8 |
| 20 | Brunswick County | 3.6 |
| 21 | Macon County | 3.5 |
| 22 | Watauga County | 3.5 |
| 23 | Cherokee County | 3.5 |
| 24 | Wake County | 3.4 |
| 25 | Transylvania County | 3.4 |
| 26 | Pitt County | 3.3 |
| 27 | Pender County | 3.3 |
| 28 | Forsyth County | 3.3 |
| 29 | Swain County | 3.2 |
| 30 | Camden County | 3.2 |
| 31 | Harnett County | 3.1 |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 3.1 |
| 33 | Pamlico County | 3 |
| 34 | Iredell County | 2.9 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 2.9 |
| 36 | Union County | 2.8 |
| 37 | Mitchell County | 2.8 |
| 38 | Cabarrus County | 2.8 |
| 39 | Scotland County | 2.7 |
| 40 | Guilford County | 2.7 |
| 41 | Carteret County | 2.6 |
| 42 | Hertford County | 2.5 |
| 43 | Henderson County | 2.5 |
| 44 | Hyde County | 2.5 |
| 45 | Alamance County | 2.4 |
| 46 | Johnston County | 2.3 |
| 47 | Rutherford County | 2.1 |
| 48 | Cleveland County | 2 |
| 49 | Bertie County | 2 |
| 50 | Haywood County | 1.9 |
| 50 | Warren County | 1.9 |
| 52 | Catawba County | 1.9 |
| 52 | Chatham County | 1.9 |
| 54 | Davidson County | 1.8 |
| 55 | Gaston County | 1.7 |
| 56 | Person County | 1.6 |
| 57 | Burke County | 1.6 |
| 58 | Chowan County | 1.6 |
| 58 | Granville County | 1.6 |
| 60 | Yancey County | 1.5 |
| 61 | Caldwell County | 1.5 |
| 62 | Lenoir County | 1.5 |
| 63 | Franklin County | 1.4 |
| 64 | Jones County | 1.4 |
| 64 | Vance County | 1.4 |
| 66 | Surry County | 1.4 |
| 67 | McDowell County | 1.4 |
| 68 | Alexander County | 1.4 |
| 69 | Alleghany County | 1.3 |
| 70 | Beaufort County | 1.3 |
| 70 | Caswell County | 1.3 |
| 72 | Rockingham County | 1.3 |
| 73 | Nash County | 1.3 |
| 74 | Ashe County | 1.3 |
| 75 | Rowan County | 1.3 |
| 76 | Northampton County | 1.2 |
| 77 | Tyrrell County | 1.2 |
| 78 | Martin County | 1.2 |
| 79 | Columbus County | 1.2 |
| 80 | Montgomery County | 1.2 |
| 81 | Lee County | 1.2 |
| 82 | Halifax County | 1.1 |
| 83 | Bladen County | 1.1 |
| 84 | Davie County | 1.1 |
| 84 | Duplin County | 1.1 |
| 86 | Edgecombe County | 1.1 |
| 86 | Richmond County | 1.1 |
| 88 | Anson County | 1.1 |
| 89 | Stanly County | 1 |
| 90 | Robeson County | 1 |
| 91 | Randolph County | 1 |
| 92 | Madison County | 0.9 |
| 93 | Greene County | 0.9 |
| 94 | Wilson County | 0.8 |
| 95 | Yadkin County | 0.7 |
| 96 | Graham County | 0.7 |
| 97 | Stokes County | 0.7 |
| 98 | Sampson County | 0.6 |
| 99 | Washington County | 0.6 |
| 100 | Wilkes County | 0.5 |