Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June
Hardin County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 120 counties in 2018, at 1,607. Jefferson County had the lowest, at -4,097. The median was 8 and the figure for Kentucky was 1,025. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2018
- Under -140
- -140 to -60
- -60 to 0
- 0 to 60
- 60 to 150
- 150 and over
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardin County Estimated | 1,607 | +177.5% |
| 2 | Scott County Estimated | 912 | -13.3% |
| 3 | Warren County Estimated | 900 | -30.1% |
| 4 | Madison County Estimated | 787 | -36.3% |
| 5 | Shelby County Estimated | 657 | +63.4% |
| 6 | Meade County Estimated | 620 | +638.1% |
| 7 | Bullitt County Estimated | 601 | -33.2% |
| 8 | Pulaski County Estimated | 398 | -9.5% |
| 9 | Simpson County Estimated | 341 | +625.5% |
| 10 | Campbell County Estimated | 338 | +40.8% |
| 11 | Spencer County Estimated | 316 | +34.5% |
| 12 | Jessamine County Estimated | 310 | -57.9% |
| 13 | Laurel County Estimated | 292 | +117.9% |
| 14 | Barren County Estimated | 260 | +446.7% |
| 14 | Clark County Estimated | 260 | +409.8% |
| 16 | Trigg County Estimated | 250 | +83.8% |
| 17 | Allen County Estimated | 234 | +23.8% |
| 18 | Lee County Estimated | 216 | +2,300% |
| 19 | Breckinridge County Estimated | 185 | +49.2% |
| 20 | Franklin County Estimated | 166 | +31.7% |
| 21 | Montgomery County Estimated | 163 | -23.1% |
| 22 | Calloway County Estimated | 146 | +404.2% |
| 23 | Mercer County Estimated | 139 | +0.7% |
| 24 | Monroe County Estimated | 137 | +69.1% |
| 25 | Morgan County Estimated | 119 | +893.3% |
| 25 | Russell County Estimated | 119 | +11,800% |
| 27 | Larue County Estimated | 117 | -36.8% |
| 27 | Washington County Estimated | 117 | +152.7% |
| 29 | Casey County Estimated | 116 | +300% |
| 30 | Boyle County Estimated | 114 | +500% |
| 31 | Powell County Estimated | 102 | +168.4% |
| 32 | Daviess County Estimated | 101 | +102% |
| 33 | Nelson County Estimated | 98 | +644.4% |
| 33 | Owen County Estimated | 98 | -24.6% |
| 35 | Hart County Estimated | 88 | -47.6% |
| 36 | Todd County Estimated | 87 | +142.9% |
| 37 | Henry County Estimated | 81 | -34.1% |
| 38 | Rockcastle County Estimated | 76 | +173.1% |
| 39 | Woodford County Estimated | 73 | -62.2% |
| 40 | Garrard County Estimated | 65 | -17.7% |
| 41 | Owsley County Estimated | 63 | +200% |
| 42 | Anderson County Estimated | 60 | -81.5% |
| 43 | Lincoln County Estimated | 59 | -26.3% |
| 44 | Grayson County Estimated | 58 | -65.5% |
| 45 | Caldwell County Estimated | 52 | +13% |
| 46 | Bourbon County Estimated | 48 | +318.2% |
| 47 | Estill County Estimated | 46 | +180.7% |
| 48 | McCracken County Estimated | 44 | -4.3% |
| 49 | McLean County Estimated | 43 | +139.4% |
| 50 | Marshall County Estimated | 35 | -82% |
| 50 | Nicholas County Estimated | 35 | -58.8% |
| 52 | Edmonson County Estimated | 31 | -83.9% |
| 52 | Robertson County Estimated | 31 | +520% |
| 54 | Marion County Estimated | 29 | -77% |
| 55 | Cumberland County Estimated | 27 | +2,600% |
| 56 | Bath County Estimated | 21 | -78.1% |
| 57 | Gallatin County Estimated | 20 | +225% |
| 58 | Whitley County Estimated | 13 | +121.3% |
| 59 | Jackson County Estimated | 11 | -75.6% |
| 59 | Webster County Estimated | 11 | +106.9% |
| 61 | Fleming County Estimated | 4 | +105.9% |
| 61 | Graves County Estimated | 4 | +103% |
| 61 | Harrison County Estimated | 4 | -97.5% |
| 64 | Boone County Estimated | 3 | -99.5% |
| 65 | Green County Estimated | -1 | -101.2% |
| 66 | Livingston County Estimated | -2 | -102.2% |
| 67 | Menifee County Estimated | -6 | -122.2% |
| 68 | Elliott County Estimated | -8 | -157.1% |
| 69 | Grant County Estimated | -9 | +80.4% |
| 70 | Bracken County Estimated | -15 | +81% |
| 71 | Metcalfe County Estimated | -17 | -117.9% |
| 72 | Carroll County Estimated | -18 | -125.7% |
| 72 | Trimble County Estimated | -18 | +67.3% |
| 74 | Ballard County Estimated | -23 | -428.6% |
| 75 | Ohio County Estimated | -30 | +25% |
| 76 | Clinton County Estimated | -32 | -233.3% |
| 77 | Wolfe County Estimated | -34 | -153.1% |
| 78 | Logan County Estimated | -35 | -110.6% |
| 79 | Greenup County Estimated | -39 | +79.3% |
| 80 | Pendleton County Estimated | -52 | -79.3% |
| 81 | Butler County Estimated | -54 | -149.1% |
| 82 | Lyon County Estimated | -55 | -153.9% |
| 83 | Fulton County Estimated | -60 | -306.9% |
| 84 | Adair County Estimated | -61 | -365.2% |
| 85 | Hancock County Estimated | -62 | -542.9% |
| 86 | McCreary County Estimated | -64 | +55.6% |
| 86 | Muhlenberg County Estimated | -64 | +60.2% |
| 86 | Taylor County Estimated | -64 | -293.9% |
| 89 | Carlisle County Estimated | -72 | -478.9% |
| 90 | Kenton County Estimated | -73 | +12% |
| 90 | Lewis County Estimated | -73 | +27.7% |
| 92 | Hickman County Estimated | -82 | -24.2% |
| 92 | Union County Estimated | -82 | +30.5% |
| 94 | Johnson County Estimated | -86 | +61.1% |
| 95 | Crittenden County Estimated | -87 | -13% |
| 96 | Rowan County Estimated | -95 | -266.7% |
| 97 | Knott County Estimated | -97 | +48.7% |
| 98 | Martin County Estimated | -114 | +74% |
| 99 | Leslie County Estimated | -116 | -68.1% |
| 100 | Mason County Estimated | -118 | -1,785.7% |
| 101 | Lawrence County Estimated | -137 | -23.4% |
| 102 | Clay County Estimated | -142 | +59.9% |
| 103 | Oldham County Estimated | -147 | -116% |
| 104 | Breathitt County Estimated | -149 | +27.3% |
| 104 | Magoffin County Estimated | -149 | -9.6% |
| 106 | Knox County Estimated | -152 | -1,050% |
| 107 | Carter County Estimated | -157 | -49.5% |
| 108 | Wayne County Estimated | -179 | -62.7% |
| 109 | Pike County Estimated | -213 | +84.6% |
| 110 | Harlan County Estimated | -261 | -6.1% |
| 111 | Bell County Estimated | -272 | -1.9% |
| 111 | Hopkins County Estimated | -272 | -42.4% |
| 113 | Perry County Estimated | -291 | +49.2% |
| 114 | Floyd County Estimated | -318 | +47.8% |
| 115 | Boyd County Estimated | -322 | -51.9% |
| 116 | Letcher County Estimated | -373 | -4.8% |
| 117 | Henderson County Estimated | -382 | -11.7% |
| 118 | Fayette County Estimated | -712 | -217.1% |
| 119 | Christian County Estimated | -890 | +38.6% |
| 120 | Jefferson County Estimated | -4,097 | -202.4% |
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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.
Harvard
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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_kentucky_by_2018,
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, 2018}},
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=2018. 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?
Hardin County, with 1,607 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Jefferson County, with -4,097 in 2018.
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.