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 2015, at 13,241. Cumberland County had the lowest, at -5,952. The median was 19 and the figure for North Carolina was 44,814. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2015 | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County Estimated | 13,241 | +9.6% |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 9,330 | +41.8% |
| 3 | Brunswick County Estimated | 4,070 | +15.7% |
| 4 | Cabarrus County Estimated | 3,681 | +14.1% |
| 5 | Johnston County Estimated | 3,287 | +43.1% |
| 6 | Union County Estimated | 3,117 | -27.9% |
| 7 | New Hanover County Estimated | 2,923 | +26% |
| 8 | Buncombe County Estimated | 2,584 | +30.3% |
| 9 | Iredell County Estimated | 2,365 | +61.3% |
| 10 | Gaston County Estimated | 1,896 | +87.9% |
| 11 | Henderson County Estimated | 1,847 | +15% |
| 12 | Guilford County Estimated | 1,700 | -21.6% |
| 13 | Durham County Estimated | 1,680 | -31.3% |
| 14 | Chatham County Estimated | 1,576 | +10.6% |
| 15 | Pender County Estimated | 1,416 | +40.9% |
| 16 | Alamance County Estimated | 1,379 | +45.2% |
| 17 | Forsyth County Estimated | 1,287 | -38.1% |
| 18 | Moore County Estimated | 1,151 | -17.1% |
| 19 | Lincoln County Estimated | 1,074 | +267.8% |
| 20 | Franklin County Estimated | 756 | +73% |
| 21 | Haywood County Estimated | 695 | +89.9% |
| 22 | Watauga County Estimated | 596 | +1,168.1% |
| 23 | Davie County Estimated | 485 | +405% |
| 24 | Dare County Estimated | 453 | +1,462.1% |
| 25 | Rowan County Estimated | 359 | -19.7% |
| 26 | Macon County Estimated | 318 | +148.4% |
| 26 | Transylvania County Estimated | 318 | +46.5% |
| 28 | Hoke County Estimated | 311 | +200.6% |
| 29 | Currituck County Estimated | 259 | -49.7% |
| 30 | Jackson County Estimated | 247 | +256.3% |
| 31 | Beaufort County Estimated | 217 | +214.5% |
| 32 | Cherokee County Estimated | 207 | +64.3% |
| 33 | Carteret County Estimated | 198 | -35.7% |
| 34 | Davidson County Estimated | 195 | +490.9% |
| 35 | Polk County Estimated | 177 | +56.6% |
| 36 | Granville County Estimated | 150 | -35.6% |
| 37 | Catawba County Estimated | 128 | +171.1% |
| 37 | Harnett County Estimated | 128 | -66.5% |
| 39 | Clay County Estimated | 126 | +173.9% |
| 40 | Burke County Estimated | 124 | +254.3% |
| 41 | Person County Estimated | 121 | +191.7% |
| 42 | Montgomery County Estimated | 97 | +164.2% |
| 43 | Pitt County Estimated | 84 | +116.3% |
| 44 | Rockingham County Estimated | 72 | +148.3% |
| 45 | Wilson County Estimated | 61 | +116.8% |
| 46 | Caswell County Estimated | 50 | +118.9% |
| 47 | Swain County Estimated | 47 | -78.1% |
| 48 | Yancey County Estimated | 44 | -13.7% |
| 49 | Rutherford County Estimated | 36 | +141.9% |
| 50 | Tyrrell County Estimated | 22 | +1,200% |
| 51 | Alexander County Estimated | 15 | +140.5% |
| 52 | Ashe County Estimated | 13 | -75% |
| 53 | Stanly County Estimated | 5 | +107% |
| 54 | Alleghany County Estimated | -4 | -500% |
| 54 | Camden County Estimated | -4 | -103.7% |
| 56 | Cleveland County Estimated | -5 | -102.6% |
| 57 | Graham County Estimated | -14 | +80.3% |
| 58 | Stokes County Estimated | -17 | +84.1% |
| 59 | McDowell County Estimated | -23 | -309.1% |
| 60 | Caldwell County Estimated | -24 | +92.8% |
| 61 | Perquimans County Estimated | -26 | +61.2% |
| 62 | Wilkes County Estimated | -37 | -54.2% |
| 63 | Madison County Estimated | -42 | -152.5% |
| 63 | Mitchell County Estimated | -42 | +44% |
| 65 | Northampton County Estimated | -46 | +62% |
| 66 | Pamlico County Estimated | -50 | -176.9% |
| 67 | Orange County Estimated | -53 | +59.8% |
| 68 | Jones County Estimated | -60 | +52.4% |
| 69 | Gates County Estimated | -71 | +33% |
| 70 | Bertie County Estimated | -79 | -254.9% |
| 71 | Greene County Estimated | -81 | -2,125% |
| 72 | Martin County Estimated | -90 | +34.8% |
| 73 | Randolph County Estimated | -92 | -513.3% |
| 74 | Avery County Estimated | -106 | -441.9% |
| 75 | Warren County Estimated | -108 | +36.8% |
| 76 | Hyde County Estimated | -153 | -200% |
| 77 | Columbus County Estimated | -155 | -82.4% |
| 78 | Vance County Estimated | -159 | -205.8% |
| 79 | Yadkin County Estimated | -171 | +7.6% |
| 80 | Bladen County Estimated | -182 | +30.5% |
| 81 | Washington County Estimated | -190 | +9.5% |
| 82 | Hertford County Estimated | -197 | -1,413.3% |
| 83 | Chowan County Estimated | -237 | -99.2% |
| 84 | Pasquotank County Estimated | -243 | +26.6% |
| 85 | Lenoir County Estimated | -272 | +41.8% |
| 86 | Lee County Estimated | -278 | +61.5% |
| 87 | Richmond County Estimated | -315 | +16.2% |
| 88 | Anson County Estimated | -318 | -1,970.6% |
| 89 | Surry County Estimated | -399 | -405.1% |
| 90 | Scotland County Estimated | -410 | -12.3% |
| 91 | Nash County Estimated | -474 | -18.5% |
| 92 | Sampson County Estimated | -554 | -43.9% |
| 93 | Halifax County Estimated | -599 | -139.6% |
| 94 | Duplin County Estimated | -841 | -369.8% |
| 95 | Robeson County Estimated | -975 | -11.7% |
| 96 | Edgecombe County Estimated | -1,101 | -73.7% |
| 97 | Wayne County Estimated | -1,200 | -24.5% |
| 98 | Craven County Estimated | -1,998 | -98.4% |
| 99 | Onslow County Estimated | -3,457 | +25.8% |
| 100 | Cumberland County Estimated | -5,952 | -3.9% |
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, 2015) [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 North Carolina by net domestic migration, July to June, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.
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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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_north_carolina_2015,
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, 2015}},
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=2015. 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 13,241 in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Cumberland County, with -5,952 in 2015.
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.