Counties in Missouri by net domestic migration, July to June
Clay County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 115 counties in 2018, at 2,559. St. Louis city had the lowest, at -6,653. The median was -6 and the figure for Missouri was -2,096. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay County Estimated | 2,559 | -0.7% |
| 2 | St. Charles County Estimated | 1,721 | -28.4% |
| 3 | Christian County Estimated | 1,351 | +62% |
| 4 | Lincoln County Estimated | 1,280 | +89.3% |
| 5 | Cass County Estimated | 1,067 | +63.9% |
| 6 | Platte County Estimated | 1,008 | -41.5% |
| 7 | Greene County Estimated | 973 | +16.8% |
| 8 | Taney County Estimated | 669 | +53.8% |
| 9 | Camden County Estimated | 514 | -22.8% |
| 10 | Polk County Estimated | 450 | +19.4% |
| 11 | Benton County Estimated | 391 | +38.7% |
| 12 | Morgan County Estimated | 323 | +262.9% |
| 13 | Jefferson County Estimated | 322 | +357.6% |
| 14 | Stone County Estimated | 255 | -12.4% |
| 15 | Warren County Estimated | 248 | -43.1% |
| 16 | Henry County Estimated | 222 | +58.6% |
| 17 | Cape Girardeau County Estimated | 218 | +146.1% |
| 18 | Webster County Estimated | 216 | -41.9% |
| 19 | Barry County Estimated | 189 | -45.7% |
| 20 | Laclede County Estimated | 175 | +318.8% |
| 21 | Douglas County Estimated | 168 | +465.2% |
| 22 | Andrew County Estimated | 162 | +74.2% |
| 23 | Franklin County Estimated | 159 | -55.5% |
| 24 | St. Francois County Estimated | 127 | -66.7% |
| 25 | Ste. Genevieve County Estimated | 119 | +353.2% |
| 26 | McDonald County Estimated | 116 | +181.1% |
| 27 | Montgomery County Estimated | 109 | +938.5% |
| 28 | Hickory County Estimated | 104 | -1% |
| 29 | Clark County Estimated | 102 | +737.5% |
| 30 | Miller County Estimated | 83 | -54.9% |
| 31 | Butler County Estimated | 82 | +156.6% |
| 31 | Cedar County Estimated | 82 | -60.6% |
| 33 | Ray County Estimated | 68 | -56.7% |
| 34 | Dent County Estimated | 64 | -5.9% |
| 35 | Iron County Estimated | 63 | -47.1% |
| 36 | Bates County Estimated | 58 | +314.8% |
| 36 | Monroe County Estimated | 58 | +265.7% |
| 36 | St. Clair County Estimated | 58 | -55.4% |
| 39 | Dallas County Estimated | 53 | -82.5% |
| 40 | Moniteau County Estimated | 50 | +814.3% |
| 41 | Schuyler County Estimated | 48 | +536.4% |
| 42 | Gasconade County Estimated | 41 | +272.7% |
| 43 | Caldwell County Estimated | 40 | +471.4% |
| 44 | Wright County Estimated | 38 | -19.1% |
| 45 | Reynolds County Estimated | 34 | +149.3% |
| 46 | Oregon County Estimated | 28 | +118.7% |
| 47 | Shelby County Estimated | 24 | +153.3% |
| 48 | Maries County Estimated | 21 | +1,150% |
| 49 | Vernon County Estimated | 17 | +110.4% |
| 50 | Livingston County Estimated | 15 | -74.6% |
| 51 | DeKalb County Estimated | 14 | -77% |
| 52 | Chariton County Estimated | 11 | +134.4% |
| 53 | Dade County Estimated | 9 | -50% |
| 54 | Howell County Estimated | 7 | +115.6% |
| 55 | Lafayette County Estimated | 6 | -94.3% |
| 56 | Holt County Estimated | 5 | +108.5% |
| 57 | Madison County Estimated | 3 | -92.3% |
| 58 | Osage County Estimated | -6 | -125% |
| 59 | Lawrence County Estimated | -7 | -111.3% |
| 60 | Newton County Estimated | -13 | +63.9% |
| 61 | Worth County Estimated | -21 | -163.6% |
| 62 | Ralls County Estimated | -26 | -271.4% |
| 63 | Perry County Estimated | -27 | -228.6% |
| 64 | Putnam County Estimated | -31 | -47.6% |
| 65 | Gentry County Estimated | -32 | -328.6% |
| 65 | Sullivan County Estimated | -32 | +79.7% |
| 67 | Barton County Estimated | -34 | -6.3% |
| 68 | Howard County Estimated | -37 | -202.8% |
| 69 | Carroll County Estimated | -38 | 0% |
| 69 | Pike County Estimated | -38 | -252% |
| 71 | Knox County Estimated | -39 | -214.7% |
| 72 | Scotland County Estimated | -40 | -900% |
| 73 | Shannon County Estimated | -42 | -940% |
| 73 | Stoddard County Estimated | -42 | +2.3% |
| 75 | Mercer County Estimated | -53 | -688.9% |
| 76 | Atchison County Estimated | -58 | -190% |
| 77 | Saline County Estimated | -60 | +72.4% |
| 78 | Daviess County Estimated | -61 | -158.7% |
| 79 | Cooper County Estimated | -63 | -34% |
| 80 | Marion County Estimated | -65 | +40.4% |
| 80 | Washington County Estimated | -65 | -136.7% |
| 82 | Callaway County Estimated | -70 | +57.3% |
| 82 | Macon County Estimated | -70 | -163.1% |
| 84 | Clinton County Estimated | -78 | -310.8% |
| 85 | Scott County Estimated | -82 | +59% |
| 86 | Adair County Estimated | -85 | -504.8% |
| 87 | Ripley County Estimated | -89 | +52.4% |
| 88 | Grundy County Estimated | -92 | +38.3% |
| 89 | Crawford County Estimated | -98 | -15.3% |
| 90 | Bollinger County Estimated | -99 | -183.9% |
| 91 | Texas County Estimated | -101 | +27.3% |
| 92 | Lewis County Estimated | -104 | +14.8% |
| 93 | Carter County Estimated | -106 | -341.7% |
| 94 | Linn County Estimated | -114 | -256.2% |
| 95 | Harrison County Estimated | -119 | -142.9% |
| 96 | Pettis County Estimated | -135 | -307.7% |
| 97 | Wayne County Estimated | -147 | -202.1% |
| 98 | Ozark County Estimated | -163 | -326.4% |
| 99 | Nodaway County Estimated | -174 | -64.2% |
| 100 | Jasper County Estimated | -180 | -163.6% |
| 101 | Mississippi County Estimated | -198 | -73.7% |
| 102 | Boone County Estimated | -201 | -644.4% |
| 103 | Audrain County Estimated | -203 | +34.1% |
| 104 | Cole County Estimated | -214 | +45.3% |
| 105 | Randolph County Estimated | -246 | -310% |
| 106 | New Madrid County Estimated | -269 | +9.1% |
| 106 | Pulaski County Estimated | -269 | +76.8% |
| 108 | Phelps County Estimated | -291 | +20.3% |
| 109 | Johnson County Estimated | -491 | -248.2% |
| 110 | Pemiscot County Estimated | -538 | -88.8% |
| 111 | Dunklin County Estimated | -647 | -48.1% |
| 112 | Jackson County Estimated | -683 | -136.9% |
| 113 | Buchanan County Estimated | -795 | -3% |
| 114 | St. Louis County Estimated | -3,759 | +30% |
| 115 | St. Louis city Estimated | -6,653 | -2.2% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Estimated moves into a US state or county from elsewhere in the United States minus moves out to the rest of the country, from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
Sums to zero for the United States 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
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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 Missouri 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
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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 Missouri 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/missouri-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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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 Missouri 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/missouri-counties?period=2018.
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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 Missouri 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/missouri-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_missouri_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 Missouri 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/missouri-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?
Clay County, with 2,559 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
St. Louis city, with -6,653 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.