Counties in North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June, 2025
Wake County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 100 counties in 2025, at 12,790. Cumberland County had the lowest, at -2,118. The median was 246 and the figure for North Carolina was 84,064. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2025
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2025 | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County Estimated | 12,790 | +37.5% |
| 2 | Brunswick County Estimated | 8,582 | +10.8% |
| 3 | Johnston County Estimated | 5,446 | +5.2% |
| 4 | Iredell County Estimated | 5,094 | +2.9% |
| 5 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 4,931 | +98.3% |
| 6 | Catawba County Estimated | 2,989 | +50.7% |
| 7 | Harnett County Estimated | 2,783 | -16.8% |
| 8 | Gaston County Estimated | 2,610 | -5.9% |
| 9 | Davidson County Estimated | 2,447 | -16.7% |
| 10 | New Hanover County Estimated | 2,256 | -1.5% |
| 11 | Cabarrus County Estimated | 2,218 | -12.7% |
| 12 | Moore County Estimated | 2,206 | +80.2% |
| 13 | Union County Estimated | 2,111 | -43.7% |
| 14 | Alamance County Estimated | 2,024 | -19.5% |
| 15 | Pender County Estimated | 1,881 | +16.2% |
| 16 | Forsyth County Estimated | 1,836 | +67.2% |
| 17 | Franklin County Estimated | 1,738 | -25% |
| 18 | Rowan County Estimated | 1,211 | -11.1% |
| 19 | Stanly County Estimated | 1,195 | -19% |
| 20 | Chatham County Estimated | 1,182 | -21.6% |
| 21 | Pitt County Estimated | 1,162 | +41.4% |
| 22 | Henderson County Estimated | 1,145 | -4.7% |
| 23 | Guilford County Estimated | 1,115 | +658.5% |
| 24 | Lincoln County Estimated | 997 | -35.4% |
| 25 | Cleveland County Estimated | 952 | +5% |
| 26 | Lee County Estimated | 905 | +71.1% |
| 27 | Rockingham County Estimated | 846 | -35% |
| 28 | Craven County Estimated | 799 | +25.6% |
| 29 | Currituck County Estimated | 742 | -0.4% |
| 30 | Hoke County Estimated | 737 | +314% |
| 31 | Carteret County Estimated | 712 | -24.9% |
| 32 | Caldwell County Estimated | 656 | +33.1% |
| 33 | Stokes County Estimated | 621 | +0.8% |
| 34 | Pasquotank County Estimated | 614 | +179.1% |
| 35 | Macon County Estimated | 607 | +24.9% |
| 36 | Randolph County Estimated | 576 | -11% |
| 37 | Rutherford County Estimated | 565 | -2.8% |
| 38 | Lenoir County Estimated | 563 | +11.5% |
| 39 | Nash County Estimated | 550 | -55% |
| 40 | Cherokee County Estimated | 511 | -3.9% |
| 41 | Davie County Estimated | 494 | -42.5% |
| 42 | Haywood County Estimated | 489 | -15.5% |
| 43 | Burke County Estimated | 487 | -13.2% |
| 44 | Person County Estimated | 363 | +4.6% |
| 45 | Polk County Estimated | 341 | -33.4% |
| 46 | Clay County Estimated | 324 | +66.2% |
| 47 | Alexander County Estimated | 315 | -26.7% |
| 48 | Ashe County Estimated | 275 | -27.1% |
| 49 | Columbus County Estimated | 270 | +285.7% |
| 50 | Anson County Estimated | 249 | +195.8% |
| 51 | Edgecombe County Estimated | 243 | +13.6% |
| 52 | Surry County Estimated | 228 | -32.9% |
| 53 | Caswell County Estimated | 212 | +165% |
| 54 | Martin County Estimated | 209 | -8.7% |
| 55 | Wilson County Estimated | 186 | -45.5% |
| 56 | Pamlico County Estimated | 183 | -49.6% |
| 57 | Madison County Estimated | 177 | -64.2% |
| 58 | Wayne County Estimated | 173 | +239.2% |
| 59 | Beaufort County Estimated | 172 | -54.5% |
| 60 | Wilkes County Estimated | 171 | -49.1% |
| 61 | Perquimans County Estimated | 156 | -33% |
| 62 | Montgomery County Estimated | 154 | -5.5% |
| 63 | Northampton County Estimated | 134 | +770% |
| 64 | Alleghany County Estimated | 131 | +26% |
| 65 | Transylvania County Estimated | 129 | -64% |
| 66 | McDowell County Estimated | 107 | -74.6% |
| 67 | Jones County Estimated | 106 | +35.9% |
| 68 | Yancey County Estimated | 96 | -41.8% |
| 69 | Dare County Estimated | 92 | +114% |
| 70 | Chowan County Estimated | 83 | -30.8% |
| 71 | Graham County Estimated | 80 | -30.4% |
| 72 | Yadkin County Estimated | 79 | -71.2% |
| 73 | Sampson County Estimated | 69 | -79% |
| 74 | Camden County Estimated | 57 | -20.8% |
| 74 | Washington County Estimated | 57 | +618.2% |
| 76 | Onslow County Estimated | 55 | -94.4% |
| 77 | Jackson County Estimated | 51 | +135.7% |
| 78 | Duplin County Estimated | 45 | -74% |
| 79 | Greene County Estimated | 41 | -60.2% |
| 79 | Swain County Estimated | 41 | -68.7% |
| 79 | Tyrrell County Estimated | 41 | +510% |
| 82 | Bladen County Estimated | 36 | -89% |
| 83 | Richmond County Estimated | 34 | -61.4% |
| 84 | Gates County Estimated | 32 | +190.9% |
| 85 | Avery County Estimated | 17 | -94.6% |
| 86 | Mitchell County Estimated | 8 | -95.5% |
| 87 | Hyde County Estimated | -24 | +33.3% |
| 88 | Bertie County Estimated | -32 | -114.7% |
| 88 | Warren County Estimated | -32 | -107.9% |
| 90 | Hertford County Estimated | -57 | +33.7% |
| 91 | Vance County Estimated | -60 | -1,600% |
| 92 | Robeson County Estimated | -171 | -197.7% |
| 93 | Watauga County Estimated | -172 | +70.2% |
| 94 | Granville County Estimated | -214 | -320.6% |
| 95 | Halifax County Estimated | -257 | -349.5% |
| 96 | Scotland County Estimated | -258 | -552.6% |
| 97 | Durham County Estimated | -430 | +53.7% |
| 98 | Orange County Estimated | -452 | +71.6% |
| 99 | Buncombe County Estimated | -2,056 | -216.3% |
| 100 | Cumberland County Estimated | -2,118 | +50.9% |
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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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest net domestic migration, July to June?
Wake County, with 12,790 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Cumberland County, with -2,118 in 2025.
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.