Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June
Warren County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 120 counties in 2016, at 1,046. Christian County had the lowest, at -2,468. The median was -14 and the figure for Kentucky was -5,453. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2016
- Under -170
- -170 to -80
- -80 to 0
- 0 to 50
- 50 to 130
- 130 and over
Top 40 counties, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren County Estimated | 1,046 | -22.9% |
| 2 | Madison County Estimated | 952 | +24.9% |
| 3 | Scott County Estimated | 894 | +54.9% |
| 4 | Oldham County Estimated | 694 | +63.3% |
| 5 | Shelby County Estimated | 437 | +32% |
| 6 | Boone County Estimated | 388 | -6.3% |
| 7 | Bullitt County Estimated | 365 | -17.2% |
| 8 | McCracken County Estimated | 313 | +197.2% |
| 9 | Marshall County Estimated | 311 | +113% |
| 10 | Henry County Estimated | 274 | +3,814.3% |
| 11 | Nelson County Estimated | 260 | +242.1% |
| 12 | Spencer County Estimated | 224 | +17.3% |
| 13 | Meade County Estimated | 209 | +114.2% |
| 14 | Anderson County Estimated | 190 | |
| 15 | Pulaski County Estimated | 180 | +283% |
| 16 | Woodford County Estimated | 175 | -26.8% |
| 17 | Boyle County Estimated | 160 | +426.5% |
| 18 | Clark County Estimated | 152 | +985.7% |
| 19 | Ohio County Estimated | 139 | +52.7% |
| 20 | Franklin County Estimated | 130 | -43.7% |
| 20 | Garrard County Estimated | 130 | -38.4% |
| 22 | Russell County Estimated | 129 | +234.4% |
| 23 | Barren County Estimated | 122 | -72.6% |
| 24 | Edmonson County Estimated | 103 | +281.5% |
| 25 | Metcalfe County Estimated | 102 | +234.2% |
| 25 | Wayne County Estimated | 102 | +1,033.3% |
| 27 | Mason County Estimated | 99 | +353.8% |
| 28 | Menifee County Estimated | 88 | +15.8% |
| 29 | Trigg County Estimated | 87 | -15.5% |
| 30 | Jessamine County Estimated | 83 | -87% |
| 31 | Washington County Estimated | 81 | -10% |
| 32 | Gallatin County Estimated | 76 | +317.1% |
| 33 | Grant County Estimated | 72 | +134% |
| 34 | Bracken County Estimated | 71 | +204.4% |
| 35 | Pendleton County Estimated | 70 | +3,600% |
| 36 | Hart County Estimated | 61 | +148.8% |
| 37 | Adair County Estimated | 51 | +144% |
| 38 | Green County Estimated | 50 | +266.7% |
| 38 | Owsley County Estimated | 50 | +235.1% |
| 40 | Montgomery County Estimated | 49 | -68.4% |
| 41 | Hancock County Estimated | 44 | +149.4% |
| 42 | Bath County Estimated | 41 | -14.6% |
| 43 | Allen County Estimated | 36 | -78.8% |
| 44 | Casey County Estimated | 34 | +209.7% |
| 45 | Nicholas County Estimated | 32 | +60% |
| 46 | Webster County Estimated | 31 | +168.9% |
| 47 | Mercer County Estimated | 29 | -49.1% |
| 48 | Knox County Estimated | 28 | +126.4% |
| 49 | Simpson County Estimated | 24 | -71.8% |
| 50 | Jackson County Estimated | 23 | +228.6% |
| 50 | Laurel County Estimated | 23 | +118% |
| 52 | Clinton County Estimated | 17 | |
| 53 | Powell County Estimated | 15 | +113.8% |
| 54 | Cumberland County Estimated | 11 | -80.4% |
| 55 | Hickman County Estimated | 9 | +123.1% |
| 56 | Hardin County Estimated | 7 | +100.2% |
| 57 | Robertson County Estimated | 2 | +106.1% |
| 58 | Crittenden County Estimated | -6 | -128.6% |
| 59 | Morgan County Estimated | -10 | +81.8% |
| 60 | Estill County Estimated | -11 | +63.3% |
| 61 | Wolfe County Estimated | -17 | -241.7% |
| 62 | Lawrence County Estimated | -20 | +25.9% |
| 63 | Lincoln County Estimated | -21 | +75.9% |
| 64 | McLean County Estimated | -28 | -193.3% |
| 65 | Breckinridge County Estimated | -29 | -125.9% |
| 66 | Daviess County Estimated | -30 | -105.6% |
| 67 | Owen County Estimated | -32 | -129.9% |
| 68 | Grayson County Estimated | -36 | -271.4% |
| 69 | Bourbon County Estimated | -41 | -143.6% |
| 69 | Rockcastle County Estimated | -41 | -132% |
| 71 | Butler County Estimated | -42 | -133.3% |
| 72 | Monroe County Estimated | -46 | 0% |
| 73 | Livingston County Estimated | -47 | -123.8% |
| 74 | Elliott County Estimated | -61 | -1,320% |
| 75 | Carlisle County Estimated | -63 | +43.8% |
| 76 | Greenup County Estimated | -71 | +64% |
| 77 | Carroll County Estimated | -76 | -7% |
| 78 | Fulton County Estimated | -77 | -1,640% |
| 79 | Harrison County Estimated | -82 | -456.5% |
| 80 | Calloway County Estimated | -83 | -359.4% |
| 81 | Muhlenberg County Estimated | -86 | -2,250% |
| 82 | Larue County Estimated | -87 | -448% |
| 83 | Lewis County Estimated | -94 | +35.6% |
| 84 | Marion County Estimated | -102 | -259.4% |
| 85 | Fleming County Estimated | -108 | -214.9% |
| 86 | Caldwell County Estimated | -109 | -211.4% |
| 86 | Campbell County Estimated | -109 | +39.1% |
| 88 | Bell County Estimated | -111 | +72.7% |
| 89 | Trimble County Estimated | -112 | -846.7% |
| 90 | Magoffin County Estimated | -126 | +26.3% |
| 91 | Logan County Estimated | -128 | -161.2% |
| 92 | Lee County Estimated | -132 | -500% |
| 93 | Graves County Estimated | -134 | +67.9% |
| 94 | Todd County Estimated | -135 | -107.7% |
| 95 | Breathitt County Estimated | -143 | -2,142.9% |
| 95 | Whitley County Estimated | -143 | -173% |
| 97 | Ballard County Estimated | -149 | -366.1% |
| 98 | Knott County Estimated | -158 | +32.2% |
| 99 | Lyon County Estimated | -168 | -210.5% |
| 100 | Union County Estimated | -171 | -69.3% |
| 101 | Henderson County Estimated | -173 | -198.3% |
| 102 | Leslie County Estimated | -181 | -4% |
| 103 | Carter County Estimated | -200 | -66.7% |
| 104 | Perry County Estimated | -205 | +5.1% |
| 105 | Johnson County Estimated | -206 | -90.7% |
| 106 | Taylor County Estimated | -227 | -255.5% |
| 107 | Letcher County Estimated | -239 | +17.6% |
| 108 | Rowan County Estimated | -255 | -181% |
| 109 | Martin County Estimated | -304 | -45.5% |
| 110 | Clay County Estimated | -315 | -93.3% |
| 111 | Boyd County Estimated | -327 | +5.8% |
| 112 | Kenton County Estimated | -366 | -454.5% |
| 113 | McCreary County Estimated | -375 | -12,400% |
| 114 | Hopkins County Estimated | -393 | -438.4% |
| 115 | Harlan County Estimated | -414 | +10.4% |
| 116 | Floyd County Estimated | -469 | -7.8% |
| 117 | Fayette County Estimated | -1,205 | -219.9% |
| 118 | Pike County Estimated | -1,220 | -15.4% |
| 119 | Jefferson County Estimated | -2,011 | -25.4% |
| 120 | Christian County Estimated | -2,468 | -45.1% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Estimated moves into an area from elsewhere in the same country minus moves out to the rest of the country, from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year.
More on how it is measured
- United States: states and counties.
- Canada: provinces and territories, net interprovincial migration (Statistics Canada).
- United Kingdom: local authorities, counting moves between any two UK local authorities, including across the borders of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (ONS internal migration).
- A negative value means more people left than arrived.
Sums to zero, or close to it, for each country as a whole, so there is no national value.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
MLA 9
Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June, 2016. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 Mar. 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2016.
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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_kentucky_by_2016,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021: Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June, 2016}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which county has the highest net domestic migration, July to June?
Warren County, with 1,046 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Christian County, with -2,468 in 2016.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.