Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration, July to June
Madison County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 120 counties in 2023, at 2,035. Jefferson County had the lowest, at -6,223. The median was 84 and the figure for Kentucky was 7,154. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2023
- Under -110
- -110 to -30
- -30 to 0
- 0 to 80
- 80 to 210
- 210 and over
Top 40 counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County Estimated | 2,035 | +30.6% |
| 2 | Bullitt County Estimated | 1,017 | +21.9% |
| 3 | Warren County Estimated | 892 | -53.6% |
| 4 | Scott County Estimated | 805 | +4.4% |
| 5 | Pulaski County Estimated | 622 | +10.3% |
| 6 | Oldham County Estimated | 603 | -46.9% |
| 7 | Jessamine County Estimated | 586 | +7.9% |
| 8 | Allen County Estimated | 505 | +9.1% |
| 9 | Shelby County Estimated | 497 | +187.3% |
| 10 | Laurel County Estimated | 495 | +3.6% |
| 11 | Boone County Estimated | 438 | -33.2% |
| 12 | Lincoln County Estimated | 413 | +44.4% |
| 13 | Logan County Estimated | 406 | +565.6% |
| 14 | Clark County Estimated | 382 | +61.2% |
| 15 | McCreary County Estimated | 336 | +223.1% |
| 16 | Calloway County Estimated | 334 | -2.3% |
| 17 | Harrison County Estimated | 332 | +73.8% |
| 18 | Nelson County Estimated | 327 | +29.2% |
| 19 | McCracken County Estimated | 315 | +90.9% |
| 20 | Anderson County Estimated | 309 | +33.2% |
| 21 | Garrard County Estimated | 298 | +16.9% |
| 22 | Simpson County Estimated | 297 | +16.5% |
| 23 | Spencer County Estimated | 291 | -4% |
| 24 | Campbell County Estimated | 279 | -33.7% |
| 25 | Mercer County Estimated | 265 | +85.3% |
| 26 | Henry County Estimated | 222 | +138.7% |
| 27 | Edmonson County Estimated | 219 | +53.1% |
| 28 | Breckinridge County Estimated | 218 | -42% |
| 28 | Washington County Estimated | 218 | +1,262.5% |
| 30 | Montgomery County Estimated | 210 | -1.9% |
| 31 | Adair County Estimated | 208 | -4.1% |
| 32 | Grayson County Estimated | 204 | +33.3% |
| 33 | Woodford County Estimated | 198 | +371.4% |
| 34 | Larue County Estimated | 194 | +6% |
| 35 | Boyle County Estimated | 192 | -43.2% |
| 36 | Bath County Estimated | 178 | +97.8% |
| 37 | Fleming County Estimated | 177 | +831.6% |
| 38 | Hardin County Estimated | 169 | +239.7% |
| 39 | Carter County Estimated | 167 | +62.1% |
| 40 | Taylor County Estimated | 163 | -48.6% |
| 41 | Morgan County Estimated | 159 | -66% |
| 42 | Lyon County Estimated | 155 | -77.1% |
| 43 | Barren County Estimated | 147 | -59.6% |
| 44 | Jackson County Estimated | 146 | +89.6% |
| 45 | Ohio County Estimated | 144 | +238.5% |
| 46 | Meade County Estimated | 143 | +486.5% |
| 47 | Henderson County Estimated | 142 | +164.8% |
| 48 | Kenton County Estimated | 141 | +25.9% |
| 49 | Russell County Estimated | 136 | +61.9% |
| 50 | Hart County Estimated | 122 | -21.8% |
| 50 | Pendleton County Estimated | 122 | +23.2% |
| 52 | Green County Estimated | 121 | +2.5% |
| 53 | Trimble County Estimated | 118 | +187.8% |
| 54 | Marion County Estimated | 108 | +116% |
| 55 | Marshall County Estimated | 102 | -39.6% |
| 56 | Knox County Estimated | 101 | +199% |
| 57 | Metcalfe County Estimated | 95 | +37.7% |
| 58 | Lee County Estimated | 88 | +172.7% |
| 59 | Lewis County Estimated | 86 | +290.9% |
| 60 | Owsley County Estimated | 84 | +1,300% |
| 61 | Menifee County Estimated | 83 | -2.4% |
| 62 | Bourbon County Estimated | 82 | +441.7% |
| 62 | Grant County Estimated | 82 | -45% |
| 62 | Robertson County Estimated | 82 | +1,071.4% |
| 65 | Hopkins County Estimated | 81 | +302.5% |
| 66 | Trigg County Estimated | 79 | -63.8% |
| 67 | Greenup County Estimated | 78 | +151.6% |
| 68 | Rockcastle County Estimated | 69 | -68.9% |
| 69 | Todd County Estimated | 68 | -20% |
| 70 | Hickman County Estimated | 64 | +137% |
| 71 | Casey County Estimated | 61 | +1.7% |
| 72 | Cumberland County Estimated | 60 | -36.2% |
| 72 | Franklin County Estimated | 60 | -61.5% |
| 74 | Owen County Estimated | 47 | -14.5% |
| 75 | Clinton County Estimated | 44 | +137.9% |
| 76 | Boyd County Estimated | 30 | -95% |
| 77 | Carlisle County Estimated | 25 | +257.1% |
| 77 | Crittenden County Estimated | 25 | -70.2% |
| 77 | Lawrence County Estimated | 25 | +133.3% |
| 80 | Rowan County Estimated | 24 | +116.6% |
| 81 | Estill County Estimated | 23 | -64.6% |
| 81 | Johnson County Estimated | 23 | +118% |
| 83 | Carroll County Estimated | 22 | -62.7% |
| 84 | Fulton County Estimated | 21 | +130.4% |
| 85 | Pike County Estimated | 20 | +103.6% |
| 86 | Mason County Estimated | 19 | -24% |
| 87 | Gallatin County Estimated | 17 | -50% |
| 88 | Union County Estimated | 16 | +127.6% |
| 89 | Wayne County Estimated | 15 | -92.9% |
| 90 | Ballard County Estimated | 12 | -63.6% |
| 91 | Bracken County Estimated | 8 | -77.8% |
| 92 | Butler County Estimated | 3 | -96.6% |
| 93 | Elliott County Estimated | -5 | +73.7% |
| 94 | Livingston County Estimated | -6 | -108.6% |
| 95 | McLean County Estimated | -11 | -128.2% |
| 96 | Graves County Estimated | -16 | +64.4% |
| 97 | Powell County Estimated | -18 | -164.3% |
| 98 | Daviess County Estimated | -20 | -116.7% |
| 98 | Monroe County Estimated | -20 | -116.5% |
| 98 | Webster County Estimated | -20 | +80% |
| 101 | Caldwell County Estimated | -26 | -333.3% |
| 102 | Muhlenberg County Estimated | -33 | -106.7% |
| 103 | Knott County Estimated | -46 | -187.5% |
| 104 | Magoffin County Estimated | -48 | +20% |
| 105 | Whitley County Estimated | -60 | -122.8% |
| 106 | Wolfe County Estimated | -76 | -347.1% |
| 107 | Nicholas County Estimated | -84 | -221.7% |
| 108 | Leslie County Estimated | -90 | +26.8% |
| 109 | Hancock County Estimated | -91 | -468.8% |
| 110 | Martin County Estimated | -105 | -556.5% |
| 111 | Perry County Estimated | -110 | +64.3% |
| 112 | Harlan County Estimated | -112 | +54.1% |
| 113 | Bell County Estimated | -126 | -300% |
| 114 | Clay County Estimated | -142 | -10.9% |
| 115 | Letcher County Estimated | -162 | -6.6% |
| 116 | Floyd County Estimated | -206 | -137.3% |
| 117 | Breathitt County Estimated | -336 | -373.2% |
| 118 | Christian County Estimated | -1,851 | -9.7% |
| 119 | Fayette County Estimated | -2,647 | -62.6% |
| 120 | Jefferson County Estimated | -6,223 | -36.1% |
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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.
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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_kentucky_by_2023,
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, 2023}},
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=2023. 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?
Madison County, with 2,035 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Jefferson County, with -6,223 in 2023.
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.