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 2021, at 1,508. Jefferson County had the lowest, at -5,592. The median was 63 and the figure for Kentucky was 3,010. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2021
- Under -140
- -140 to -40
- -40 to 0
- 0 to 100
- 100 to 220
- 220 and over
Top 40 counties, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren County Estimated | 1,508 | +77.4% |
| 2 | Hardin County Estimated | 756 | +3,700% |
| 3 | Scott County Estimated | 745 | -33.5% |
| 4 | Bullitt County Estimated | 728 | +118.6% |
| 5 | Pulaski County Estimated | 720 | +91.5% |
| 6 | Jessamine County Estimated | 538 | +617.3% |
| 7 | Garrard County Estimated | 513 | +946.9% |
| 8 | Oldham County Estimated | 504 | +609.9% |
| 9 | Boone County Estimated | 485 | -53.8% |
| 10 | Calloway County Estimated | 444 | +55.2% |
| 11 | Madison County Estimated | 403 | -58.8% |
| 12 | Spencer County Estimated | 399 | +47.2% |
| 13 | Nelson County Estimated | 388 | +203.1% |
| 14 | Mercer County Estimated | 325 | +1,254.2% |
| 15 | Harrison County Estimated | 306 | +229% |
| 16 | Russell County Estimated | 303 | +215.6% |
| 17 | Marshall County Estimated | 301 | +29.2% |
| 18 | Franklin County Estimated | 294 | +27.8% |
| 19 | Logan County Estimated | 292 | +17.3% |
| 20 | Allen County Estimated | 274 | +27,300% |
| 21 | Breckinridge County Estimated | 267 | +413.5% |
| 22 | Green County Estimated | 236 | +162.2% |
| 23 | Woodford County Estimated | 235 | +97.5% |
| 24 | Grant County Estimated | 228 | +34.9% |
| 24 | Taylor County Estimated | 228 | +5,800% |
| 26 | Shelby County Estimated | 226 | -39.6% |
| 27 | Nicholas County Estimated | 220 | +1,592.3% |
| 28 | Hart County Estimated | 211 | +641% |
| 29 | Graves County Estimated | 210 | +156.9% |
| 30 | Livingston County Estimated | 208 | +478.2% |
| 30 | Trigg County Estimated | 208 | +55.2% |
| 32 | Anderson County Estimated | 206 | +112.4% |
| 33 | Barren County Estimated | 197 | +74.3% |
| 33 | Grayson County Estimated | 197 | +258.2% |
| 35 | Rockcastle County Estimated | 191 | +66.1% |
| 36 | Larue County Estimated | 189 | +263.5% |
| 37 | Marion County Estimated | 184 | +228.6% |
| 38 | Fleming County Estimated | 178 | +1,269.2% |
| 39 | Meade County Estimated | 177 | +2,850% |
| 40 | Lee County Estimated | 172 | +323.4% |
| 41 | Montgomery County Estimated | 168 | +660% |
| 42 | Edmonson County Estimated | 153 | +10.9% |
| 43 | Metcalfe County Estimated | 145 | +480% |
| 44 | Simpson County Estimated | 130 | +51.2% |
| 45 | Trimble County Estimated | 124 | +500% |
| 46 | Adair County Estimated | 115 | -14.2% |
| 47 | Clinton County Estimated | 113 | +268.7% |
| 48 | Wayne County Estimated | 110 | +479.3% |
| 49 | Whitley County Estimated | 108 | +140% |
| 50 | Robertson County Estimated | 102 | +1,120% |
| 51 | Menifee County Estimated | 96 | +92% |
| 52 | Gallatin County Estimated | 95 | +215.9% |
| 52 | Washington County Estimated | 95 | +156.8% |
| 54 | Bath County Estimated | 92 | +233.3% |
| 55 | Elliott County Estimated | 85 | +196.6% |
| 56 | Cumberland County Estimated | 77 | +228.3% |
| 57 | Jackson County Estimated | 76 | +94.9% |
| 58 | Casey County Estimated | 75 | +171.4% |
| 59 | Owen County Estimated | 69 | -54.3% |
| 60 | Bracken County Estimated | 63 | +246.5% |
| 61 | Caldwell County Estimated | 62 | +3,200% |
| 62 | Fulton County Estimated | 56 | +1,020% |
| 63 | Powell County Estimated | 51 | +167.1% |
| 64 | Johnson County Estimated | 48 | +157.1% |
| 65 | Lincoln County Estimated | 44 | +184.6% |
| 66 | McLean County Estimated | 38 | +156.7% |
| 67 | Laurel County Estimated | 27 | -93.6% |
| 68 | Carroll County Estimated | 26 | -60.6% |
| 69 | Greenup County Estimated | 24 | +117.9% |
| 70 | Ohio County Estimated | 21 | +116.4% |
| 71 | Estill County Estimated | 20 | +25% |
| 72 | Bourbon County Estimated | 19 | -89.3% |
| 73 | Butler County Estimated | 17 | +111.1% |
| 74 | Lawrence County Estimated | 16 | -64.4% |
| 75 | Ballard County Estimated | 14 | +200% |
| 76 | Henry County Estimated | 12 | -62.5% |
| 76 | McCreary County Estimated | 12 | +106.2% |
| 78 | Todd County Estimated | 11 | -88.7% |
| 79 | Hancock County Estimated | 5 | -79.2% |
| 80 | Wolfe County Estimated | -5 | -266.7% |
| 81 | Carlisle County Estimated | -9 | +43.8% |
| 81 | Morgan County Estimated | -9 | +92% |
| 83 | Pendleton County Estimated | -13 | -200% |
| 84 | Monroe County Estimated | -14 | +81.8% |
| 84 | Owsley County Estimated | -14 | +74.1% |
| 86 | Knott County Estimated | -15 | +94.5% |
| 87 | Crittenden County Estimated | -16 | -125% |
| 88 | Boyle County Estimated | -24 | -105.9% |
| 89 | Clay County Estimated | -28 | +88.4% |
| 90 | Letcher County Estimated | -37 | +84.1% |
| 91 | Bell County Estimated | -41 | +90.9% |
| 91 | Martin County Estimated | -41 | +76.8% |
| 93 | Lewis County Estimated | -42 | +4.5% |
| 94 | Hickman County Estimated | -46 | -239.4% |
| 95 | Carter County Estimated | -64 | +48.4% |
| 96 | Magoffin County Estimated | -68 | +43.8% |
| 97 | Breathitt County Estimated | -75 | -240.9% |
| 98 | McCracken County Estimated | -82 | -154.3% |
| 99 | Knox County Estimated | -86 | -36.5% |
| 100 | Hopkins County Estimated | -95 | -258.3% |
| 101 | Leslie County Estimated | -103 | +36.4% |
| 102 | Clark County Estimated | -104 | -157.1% |
| 103 | Webster County Estimated | -110 | -120% |
| 104 | Rowan County Estimated | -115 | -191.3% |
| 105 | Mason County Estimated | -141 | -4,600% |
| 106 | Lyon County Estimated | -143 | -333.3% |
| 107 | Henderson County Estimated | -144 | +69% |
| 108 | Boyd County Estimated | -210 | -45.8% |
| 109 | Christian County Estimated | -220 | +77.3% |
| 110 | Perry County Estimated | -225 | -11.4% |
| 111 | Floyd County Estimated | -234 | +36.2% |
| 112 | Kenton County Estimated | -281 | -2,241.7% |
| 113 | Daviess County Estimated | -293 | -256.7% |
| 114 | Harlan County Estimated | -299 | -18.7% |
| 115 | Union County Estimated | -312 | -766.7% |
| 116 | Campbell County Estimated | -398 | -4,875% |
| 117 | Muhlenberg County Estimated | -418 | -192.3% |
| 118 | Pike County Estimated | -516 | +9.6% |
| 119 | Fayette County Estimated | -3,316 | -260.4% |
| 120 | Jefferson County Estimated | -5,592 | -124.4% |
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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.
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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_kentucky_by_2021,
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, 2021}},
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=2021. 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 1,508 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Jefferson County, with -5,592 in 2021.
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.