Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June
Scott County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 120 counties in 2020, at 1,121. Jefferson County had the lowest, at -2,492. The median was 2 and the figure for Kentucky was -308. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2020
- Under -130
- -130 to -50
- -50 to 0
- 0 to 50
- 50 to 140
- 140 and over
Top 40 counties, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott County Estimated | 1,121 | +37.4% |
| 2 | Boone County Estimated | 1,050 | +25.3% |
| 3 | Madison County Estimated | 979 | +47.4% |
| 4 | Warren County Estimated | 850 | +3.5% |
| 5 | Laurel County Estimated | 424 | +253.3% |
| 6 | Boyle County Estimated | 410 | +1,031.8% |
| 7 | Pulaski County Estimated | 376 | -32.6% |
| 8 | Shelby County Estimated | 374 | -50.5% |
| 9 | Bullitt County Estimated | 333 | -47.7% |
| 10 | Calloway County Estimated | 286 | +180.4% |
| 11 | Spencer County Estimated | 271 | -7.2% |
| 12 | Logan County Estimated | 249 | +219.2% |
| 13 | Marshall County Estimated | 233 | +417.8% |
| 14 | Franklin County Estimated | 230 | +422.7% |
| 15 | Daviess County Estimated | 187 | -47.3% |
| 16 | Clark County Estimated | 182 | +93.6% |
| 17 | Bourbon County Estimated | 177 | +159.8% |
| 18 | Grant County Estimated | 169 | +281.7% |
| 19 | McCracken County Estimated | 151 | -42.1% |
| 19 | Owen County Estimated | 151 | +655% |
| 21 | Edmonson County Estimated | 138 | +281.6% |
| 22 | Adair County Estimated | 134 | -52.1% |
| 22 | Trigg County Estimated | 134 | +4,366.7% |
| 24 | Nelson County Estimated | 128 | -57.9% |
| 25 | Rowan County Estimated | 126 | +1,000% |
| 26 | Woodford County Estimated | 119 | -33.1% |
| 27 | Rockcastle County Estimated | 115 | +471% |
| 28 | Barren County Estimated | 113 | +140.4% |
| 29 | Anderson County Estimated | 97 | +131% |
| 29 | Todd County Estimated | 97 | +254% |
| 31 | Russell County Estimated | 96 | -48.4% |
| 32 | Harrison County Estimated | 93 | +4.5% |
| 33 | Green County Estimated | 90 | +421.4% |
| 34 | Simpson County Estimated | 86 | -37.2% |
| 35 | Oldham County Estimated | 71 | +20.3% |
| 36 | Carroll County Estimated | 66 | +204.8% |
| 37 | Crittenden County Estimated | 64 | +218.5% |
| 38 | Hopkins County Estimated | 60 | +118.3% |
| 39 | Marion County Estimated | 56 | +153.3% |
| 40 | Grayson County Estimated | 55 | -65.8% |
| 41 | Breckinridge County Estimated | 52 | -67.9% |
| 41 | Larue County Estimated | 52 | -35.8% |
| 43 | Menifee County Estimated | 50 | -32.4% |
| 44 | Garrard County Estimated | 49 | -68.6% |
| 45 | Lawrence County Estimated | 45 | +122.7% |
| 45 | Whitley County Estimated | 45 | -68.1% |
| 47 | Jackson County Estimated | 39 | +156.5% |
| 48 | Washington County Estimated | 37 | -50% |
| 49 | Hickman County Estimated | 33 | +194.3% |
| 50 | Henry County Estimated | 32 | 0% |
| 51 | Metcalfe County Estimated | 25 | -16.7% |
| 52 | Hancock County Estimated | 24 | +172.7% |
| 52 | Mercer County Estimated | 24 | -92% |
| 54 | Estill County Estimated | 16 | +33.3% |
| 55 | Fleming County Estimated | 13 | -77.2% |
| 55 | Nicholas County Estimated | 13 | -81.4% |
| 55 | Pendleton County Estimated | 13 | +181.3% |
| 58 | Meade County Estimated | 6 | +128.6% |
| 59 | Fulton County Estimated | 5 | +111.9% |
| 60 | Wolfe County Estimated | 3 | +107.3% |
| 61 | Allen County Estimated | 1 | -99.5% |
| 62 | Caldwell County Estimated | -2 | -103.6% |
| 63 | Mason County Estimated | -3 | +91.2% |
| 64 | Taylor County Estimated | -4 | -101.8% |
| 65 | Campbell County Estimated | -8 | +98.3% |
| 66 | Robertson County Estimated | -10 | -900% |
| 67 | Kenton County Estimated | -12 | -200% |
| 68 | Ballard County Estimated | -14 | +87% |
| 69 | Carlisle County Estimated | -16 | -277.8% |
| 70 | Hardin County Estimated | -21 | -113.2% |
| 71 | Breathitt County Estimated | -22 | +82.7% |
| 72 | Wayne County Estimated | -29 | +72.9% |
| 73 | Montgomery County Estimated | -30 | -475% |
| 74 | Trimble County Estimated | -31 | -219.2% |
| 75 | Lyon County Estimated | -33 | -126.4% |
| 76 | Union County Estimated | -36 | +16.3% |
| 77 | Hart County Estimated | -39 | -151.3% |
| 78 | Bracken County Estimated | -43 | -189.6% |
| 79 | Lewis County Estimated | -44 | -241.9% |
| 80 | Webster County Estimated | -50 | +63.8% |
| 81 | Lincoln County Estimated | -52 | +43.5% |
| 82 | Owsley County Estimated | -54 | -42.1% |
| 83 | Livingston County Estimated | -55 | -37.5% |
| 84 | Cumberland County Estimated | -60 | -46.3% |
| 85 | Knox County Estimated | -63 | +59.1% |
| 86 | Clinton County Estimated | -67 | -215.5% |
| 86 | McLean County Estimated | -67 | -21.8% |
| 88 | Bath County Estimated | -69 | -276.9% |
| 89 | Powell County Estimated | -76 | -347.1% |
| 90 | Lee County Estimated | -77 | -120.4% |
| 90 | Monroe County Estimated | -77 | -13.2% |
| 92 | Gallatin County Estimated | -82 | -196.5% |
| 93 | Johnson County Estimated | -84 | +37.3% |
| 94 | Elliott County Estimated | -88 | -519% |
| 95 | Jessamine County Estimated | -104 | -273.3% |
| 96 | Casey County Estimated | -105 | -140.1% |
| 97 | Morgan County Estimated | -112 | -187.2% |
| 98 | Magoffin County Estimated | -121 | -5.2% |
| 99 | Carter County Estimated | -124 | +45.4% |
| 100 | Ohio County Estimated | -128 | -93.9% |
| 101 | Greenup County Estimated | -134 | -57.6% |
| 102 | Muhlenberg County Estimated | -143 | -10.9% |
| 103 | Boyd County Estimated | -144 | +65.8% |
| 104 | Butler County Estimated | -153 | -230.8% |
| 105 | Leslie County Estimated | -162 | +20.2% |
| 106 | Martin County Estimated | -177 | -205.2% |
| 107 | McCreary County Estimated | -194 | -240.4% |
| 108 | Perry County Estimated | -202 | +37.5% |
| 109 | Letcher County Estimated | -232 | -53.6% |
| 110 | Clay County Estimated | -242 | -47.6% |
| 111 | Harlan County Estimated | -252 | -16.7% |
| 112 | Knott County Estimated | -275 | -56.3% |
| 113 | Floyd County Estimated | -367 | -57.5% |
| 114 | Graves County Estimated | -369 | -190.6% |
| 115 | Bell County Estimated | -453 | -11.6% |
| 116 | Henderson County Estimated | -464 | -62.8% |
| 117 | Pike County Estimated | -571 | -41% |
| 118 | Fayette County Estimated | -920 | -28.7% |
| 119 | Christian County Estimated | -968 | -199.7% |
| 120 | Jefferson County Estimated | -2,492 | +32.4% |
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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.
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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_kentucky_by_2020,
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, 2020}},
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=2020. 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?
Scott County, with 1,121 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Jefferson County, with -2,492 in 2020.
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.