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 2016, at 14,251. Onslow County had the lowest, at -4,462. The median was 118 and the figure for North Carolina was 70,976. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County Estimated | 14,251 | +7.6% |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 9,095 | -2.5% |
| 3 | New Hanover County Estimated | 4,872 | +66.7% |
| 4 | Johnston County Estimated | 4,707 | +43.2% |
| 5 | Brunswick County Estimated | 4,436 | +9% |
| 6 | Cabarrus County Estimated | 4,077 | +10.8% |
| 7 | Guilford County Estimated | 3,829 | +125.2% |
| 8 | Gaston County Estimated | 3,357 | +77.1% |
| 9 | Union County Estimated | 3,212 | +3% |
| 10 | Alamance County Estimated | 3,021 | +119.1% |
| 11 | Durham County Estimated | 2,868 | +70.7% |
| 12 | Buncombe County Estimated | 2,846 | +10.1% |
| 13 | Iredell County Estimated | 2,387 | +0.9% |
| 14 | Forsyth County Estimated | 2,218 | +72.3% |
| 15 | Henderson County Estimated | 2,067 | +11.9% |
| 16 | Harnett County Estimated | 1,585 | +1,138.3% |
| 17 | Chatham County Estimated | 1,369 | -13.1% |
| 18 | Pender County Estimated | 1,278 | -9.7% |
| 19 | Moore County Estimated | 1,238 | +7.6% |
| 20 | Jackson County Estimated | 1,231 | +398.4% |
| 21 | Watauga County Estimated | 989 | +65.9% |
| 22 | Haywood County Estimated | 924 | +32.9% |
| 23 | Cherokee County Estimated | 835 | +303.4% |
| 24 | Rowan County Estimated | 795 | +121.4% |
| 25 | Franklin County Estimated | 769 | +1.7% |
| 26 | Davidson County Estimated | 762 | +290.8% |
| 27 | Lincoln County Estimated | 619 | -42.4% |
| 28 | Catawba County Estimated | 614 | +379.7% |
| 29 | Currituck County Estimated | 499 | +92.7% |
| 30 | Granville County Estimated | 465 | +210% |
| 31 | Orange County Estimated | 448 | +945.3% |
| 32 | Randolph County Estimated | 383 | +516.3% |
| 33 | Transylvania County Estimated | 377 | +18.6% |
| 34 | Davie County Estimated | 374 | -22.9% |
| 35 | Wilkes County Estimated | 335 | +1,005.4% |
| 36 | Caldwell County Estimated | 327 | +1,462.5% |
| 37 | Dare County Estimated | 324 | -28.5% |
| 38 | Carteret County Estimated | 257 | +29.8% |
| 39 | Macon County Estimated | 254 | -20.1% |
| 40 | Madison County Estimated | 244 | +681% |
| 40 | Stanly County Estimated | 244 | +4,780% |
| 42 | Cleveland County Estimated | 227 | +4,640% |
| 43 | Alexander County Estimated | 222 | +1,380% |
| 44 | Burke County Estimated | 197 | +58.9% |
| 45 | Clay County Estimated | 183 | +45.2% |
| 46 | Nash County Estimated | 162 | +134.2% |
| 47 | Pitt County Estimated | 135 | +60.7% |
| 48 | Polk County Estimated | 130 | -26.6% |
| 49 | Ashe County Estimated | 122 | +838.5% |
| 50 | Person County Estimated | 119 | -1.7% |
| 51 | Surry County Estimated | 117 | +129.3% |
| 51 | Yancey County Estimated | 117 | +165.9% |
| 53 | Beaufort County Estimated | 114 | -47.5% |
| 54 | Alleghany County Estimated | 107 | +2,775% |
| 54 | Pamlico County Estimated | 107 | +314% |
| 56 | Greene County Estimated | 106 | +230.9% |
| 57 | Duplin County Estimated | 103 | +112.2% |
| 58 | Camden County Estimated | 100 | +2,600% |
| 59 | Rutherford County Estimated | 96 | +166.7% |
| 60 | Yadkin County Estimated | 90 | +152.6% |
| 61 | Gates County Estimated | 42 | +159.2% |
| 62 | Hyde County Estimated | 39 | +125.5% |
| 63 | Avery County Estimated | 20 | +118.9% |
| 64 | Chowan County Estimated | 11 | +104.6% |
| 65 | Perquimans County Estimated | 10 | +138.5% |
| 66 | Mitchell County Estimated | 5 | +111.9% |
| 67 | Caswell County Estimated | 4 | -92% |
| 68 | Lee County Estimated | -4 | +98.6% |
| 69 | Vance County Estimated | -22 | +86.2% |
| 70 | Graham County Estimated | -34 | -142.9% |
| 71 | Scotland County Estimated | -62 | +84.9% |
| 72 | McDowell County Estimated | -93 | -304.3% |
| 73 | Martin County Estimated | -103 | -14.4% |
| 74 | Pasquotank County Estimated | -111 | +54.3% |
| 75 | Tyrrell County Estimated | -114 | -618.2% |
| 76 | Washington County Estimated | -130 | +31.6% |
| 77 | Montgomery County Estimated | -134 | -238.1% |
| 78 | Stokes County Estimated | -136 | -700% |
| 79 | Swain County Estimated | -145 | -408.5% |
| 80 | Rockingham County Estimated | -149 | -306.9% |
| 81 | Jones County Estimated | -163 | -171.7% |
| 82 | Wilson County Estimated | -168 | -375.4% |
| 83 | Hertford County Estimated | -175 | +11.2% |
| 84 | Warren County Estimated | -244 | -125.9% |
| 85 | Columbus County Estimated | -299 | -92.9% |
| 86 | Northampton County Estimated | -313 | -580.4% |
| 87 | Halifax County Estimated | -315 | +47.4% |
| 88 | Anson County Estimated | -364 | -14.5% |
| 89 | Bladen County Estimated | -374 | -105.5% |
| 89 | Richmond County Estimated | -374 | -18.7% |
| 91 | Edgecombe County Estimated | -419 | +61.9% |
| 92 | Hoke County Estimated | -511 | -264.3% |
| 93 | Sampson County Estimated | -641 | -15.7% |
| 94 | Lenoir County Estimated | -668 | -145.6% |
| 95 | Craven County Estimated | -699 | +65% |
| 96 | Bertie County Estimated | -705 | -792.4% |
| 97 | Wayne County Estimated | -806 | +32.8% |
| 98 | Robeson County Estimated | -1,527 | -56.6% |
| 99 | Cumberland County Estimated | -2,027 | +65.9% |
| 100 | Onslow County Estimated | -4,462 | -29.1% |
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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.
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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_north_carolina_2016,
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, 2016}},
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=2016. 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 14,251 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Onslow County, with -4,462 in 2016.
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.