Counties in North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June
Wake County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 100 counties in 2014, at 12,082. Cumberland County had the lowest, at -5,727. The median was 3 and the figure for North Carolina was 34,313. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2014
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2014 | Change on 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County Estimated | 12,082 | +12% |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 6,578 | -37.7% |
| 3 | Union County Estimated | 4,326 | +46.4% |
| 4 | Brunswick County Estimated | 3,517 | +18.5% |
| 5 | Cabarrus County Estimated | 3,225 | +61.4% |
| 6 | Durham County Estimated | 2,446 | +13.6% |
| 7 | New Hanover County Estimated | 2,319 | -27% |
| 8 | Johnston County Estimated | 2,297 | +21.1% |
| 9 | Guilford County Estimated | 2,169 | -3.5% |
| 10 | Forsyth County Estimated | 2,078 | +60.8% |
| 11 | Buncombe County Estimated | 1,983 | -27.7% |
| 12 | Henderson County Estimated | 1,606 | +12.5% |
| 13 | Iredell County Estimated | 1,466 | +4.9% |
| 14 | Chatham County Estimated | 1,425 | +91.5% |
| 15 | Moore County Estimated | 1,388 | +20.3% |
| 16 | Gaston County Estimated | 1,009 | +1.4% |
| 17 | Pender County Estimated | 1,005 | +7.4% |
| 18 | Alamance County Estimated | 950 | +51% |
| 19 | Currituck County Estimated | 515 | +137.3% |
| 20 | Rowan County Estimated | 447 | +81.7% |
| 21 | Franklin County Estimated | 437 | -18.5% |
| 22 | Harnett County Estimated | 382 | -76.9% |
| 23 | Haywood County Estimated | 366 | -29.2% |
| 24 | Carteret County Estimated | 308 | -55% |
| 25 | Lincoln County Estimated | 292 | -21.3% |
| 26 | Granville County Estimated | 233 | +31.6% |
| 27 | Transylvania County Estimated | 217 | +21.9% |
| 28 | Swain County Estimated | 215 | +430.8% |
| 29 | Cleveland County Estimated | 189 | +143.3% |
| 30 | Macon County Estimated | 128 | +611.1% |
| 31 | Cherokee County Estimated | 126 | -46.8% |
| 32 | Polk County Estimated | 113 | -60.5% |
| 33 | Camden County Estimated | 108 | +17.4% |
| 34 | Madison County Estimated | 80 | -71.6% |
| 35 | Beaufort County Estimated | 69 | +885.7% |
| 36 | Pamlico County Estimated | 65 | +160.2% |
| 37 | Ashe County Estimated | 52 | +1,833.3% |
| 38 | Bertie County Estimated | 51 | +156.7% |
| 38 | Yancey County Estimated | 51 | +666.7% |
| 40 | Watauga County Estimated | 47 | -75.4% |
| 41 | Clay County Estimated | 46 | +283.3% |
| 42 | Burke County Estimated | 35 | +107.1% |
| 43 | Davidson County Estimated | 33 | -89.2% |
| 44 | Avery County Estimated | 31 | -61.7% |
| 45 | Dare County Estimated | 29 | -91.4% |
| 45 | Rockingham County Estimated | 29 | +104.9% |
| 47 | Anson County Estimated | 17 | +105.2% |
| 48 | Hertford County Estimated | 15 | +140.5% |
| 49 | McDowell County Estimated | 11 | -86.7% |
| 50 | Greene County Estimated | 4 | +102% |
| 51 | Alleghany County Estimated | 1 | +111.1% |
| 52 | Tyrrell County Estimated | -2 | +90.5% |
| 53 | Randolph County Estimated | -15 | +91.1% |
| 54 | Wilkes County Estimated | -24 | +87.9% |
| 55 | Alexander County Estimated | -37 | -154.4% |
| 56 | Hyde County Estimated | -51 | -34.2% |
| 57 | Vance County Estimated | -52 | +92% |
| 58 | Perquimans County Estimated | -67 | -198.5% |
| 59 | Graham County Estimated | -71 | -291.9% |
| 59 | Stanly County Estimated | -71 | -142.8% |
| 61 | Mitchell County Estimated | -75 | -412.5% |
| 62 | Surry County Estimated | -79 | +84.6% |
| 63 | Columbus County Estimated | -85 | +75.9% |
| 64 | Rutherford County Estimated | -86 | +54.3% |
| 65 | Gates County Estimated | -106 | +41.1% |
| 66 | Stokes County Estimated | -107 | -5.9% |
| 67 | Chowan County Estimated | -119 | -1,387.5% |
| 68 | Northampton County Estimated | -121 | +65.6% |
| 69 | Jones County Estimated | -126 | -157.1% |
| 70 | Orange County Estimated | -132 | -144.4% |
| 70 | Person County Estimated | -132 | -294.1% |
| 72 | Martin County Estimated | -138 | -9.5% |
| 73 | Montgomery County Estimated | -151 | -49.5% |
| 74 | Jackson County Estimated | -158 | -149.2% |
| 75 | Davie County Estimated | -159 | -187.8% |
| 76 | Warren County Estimated | -171 | -92.1% |
| 77 | Duplin County Estimated | -179 | +60% |
| 78 | Catawba County Estimated | -180 | -361.5% |
| 79 | Yadkin County Estimated | -185 | -122.9% |
| 80 | Washington County Estimated | -210 | -556.5% |
| 81 | Halifax County Estimated | -250 | +43.1% |
| 82 | Bladen County Estimated | -262 | -49.7% |
| 83 | Caswell County Estimated | -265 | -319% |
| 84 | Hoke County Estimated | -309 | -149.2% |
| 85 | Pasquotank County Estimated | -331 | +66.4% |
| 86 | Caldwell County Estimated | -335 | -348.1% |
| 87 | Wilson County Estimated | -363 | -14.2% |
| 88 | Scotland County Estimated | -365 | -51.5% |
| 89 | Richmond County Estimated | -376 | -74.1% |
| 90 | Sampson County Estimated | -385 | -165.5% |
| 91 | Nash County Estimated | -400 | +58% |
| 92 | Lenoir County Estimated | -467 | -44.6% |
| 93 | Pitt County Estimated | -514 | -273.1% |
| 94 | Edgecombe County Estimated | -634 | -136.6% |
| 95 | Lee County Estimated | -722 | -379.8% |
| 96 | Robeson County Estimated | -873 | +17.3% |
| 97 | Wayne County Estimated | -964 | -1.5% |
| 98 | Craven County Estimated | -1,007 | +49.9% |
| 99 | Onslow County Estimated | -4,660 | -35.5% |
| 100 | Cumberland County Estimated | -5,727 | -193.4% |
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 North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June, 2014) [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 North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June, 2014. 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/north-carolina-counties?period=2014. 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 North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June, 2014. 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/north-carolina-counties?period=2014.
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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 North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June, 2014 [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/north-carolina-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_north_carolina_2014,
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 North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June, 2014}},
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/north-carolina-counties?period=2014. 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?
Wake County, with 12,082 in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Cumberland County, with -5,727 in 2014.
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.