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 2018, at 9,248. Robeson County had the lowest, at -1,066. The median was 179 and the figure for North Carolina was 72,887. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County Estimated | 9,248 | -22.8% |
| 2 | Brunswick County Estimated | 6,626 | +32.7% |
| 3 | Johnston County Estimated | 5,365 | +17.2% |
| 4 | Orange County Estimated | 3,576 | +2,002.1% |
| 5 | Union County Estimated | 3,563 | -11.7% |
| 6 | Cabarrus County Estimated | 3,429 | -15.6% |
| 7 | New Hanover County Estimated | 3,271 | -4.3% |
| 8 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 2,796 | -55.6% |
| 9 | Alamance County Estimated | 2,764 | +2.6% |
| 10 | Gaston County Estimated | 2,739 | -1% |
| 11 | Buncombe County Estimated | 2,414 | +11.6% |
| 12 | Iredell County Estimated | 2,267 | -12.3% |
| 13 | Chatham County Estimated | 1,957 | +16.1% |
| 14 | Forsyth County Estimated | 1,853 | -36.3% |
| 15 | Guilford County Estimated | 1,751 | +138.2% |
| 16 | Lincoln County Estimated | 1,631 | +26.9% |
| 17 | Moore County Estimated | 1,525 | -18.1% |
| 18 | Henderson County Estimated | 1,432 | -31.2% |
| 19 | Durham County Estimated | 1,369 | +519.5% |
| 20 | Franklin County Estimated | 1,332 | +3.6% |
| 21 | Davidson County Estimated | 1,286 | +43.8% |
| 22 | Pender County Estimated | 1,266 | -32% |
| 23 | Haywood County Estimated | 1,204 | +42.7% |
| 24 | Harnett County Estimated | 1,110 | +56.8% |
| 25 | Carteret County Estimated | 902 | +172.5% |
| 26 | Watauga County Estimated | 854 | -12% |
| 27 | Currituck County Estimated | 737 | +18.9% |
| 28 | Macon County Estimated | 721 | +53.1% |
| 29 | Catawba County Estimated | 657 | -41.2% |
| 30 | Stanly County Estimated | 655 | +4.3% |
| 31 | Rowan County Estimated | 605 | -34.4% |
| 32 | Cherokee County Estimated | 577 | +100.3% |
| 33 | Granville County Estimated | 566 | -15.3% |
| 34 | Lee County Estimated | 531 | +8.6% |
| 35 | Transylvania County Estimated | 501 | -13% |
| 36 | Ashe County Estimated | 447 | +41.5% |
| 37 | Cleveland County Estimated | 422 | +55.7% |
| 37 | McDowell County Estimated | 422 | +29.8% |
| 39 | Dare County Estimated | 417 | +14.2% |
| 40 | Rutherford County Estimated | 404 | -5.6% |
| 41 | Burke County Estimated | 303 | -55.1% |
| 42 | Davie County Estimated | 292 | -39.5% |
| 43 | Caldwell County Estimated | 286 | +7.5% |
| 44 | Jackson County Estimated | 272 | -50.7% |
| 45 | Polk County Estimated | 246 | -11.8% |
| 46 | Yancey County Estimated | 233 | +56.4% |
| 47 | Alexander County Estimated | 230 | +666.7% |
| 48 | Vance County Estimated | 225 | +186.9% |
| 49 | Clay County Estimated | 210 | -31.4% |
| 50 | Alleghany County Estimated | 181 | +50.8% |
| 51 | Beaufort County Estimated | 176 | +229.4% |
| 52 | Pasquotank County Estimated | 169 | +245.7% |
| 53 | Person County Estimated | 156 | +27.9% |
| 54 | Randolph County Estimated | 143 | +240.2% |
| 54 | Wilkes County Estimated | 143 | +3,475% |
| 56 | Pitt County Estimated | 137 | -74.3% |
| 57 | Madison County Estimated | 124 | -50.8% |
| 58 | Richmond County Estimated | 108 | +150.2% |
| 59 | Caswell County Estimated | 105 | +284.2% |
| 60 | Rockingham County Estimated | 93 | +146.3% |
| 61 | Camden County Estimated | 84 | -32.3% |
| 62 | Chowan County Estimated | 80 | +183.3% |
| 62 | Mitchell County Estimated | 80 | +56.9% |
| 64 | Warren County Estimated | 79 | +5.3% |
| 65 | Gates County Estimated | 69 | +264.3% |
| 66 | Pamlico County Estimated | 68 | +241.7% |
| 67 | Avery County Estimated | 60 | -46.4% |
| 68 | Nash County Estimated | 54 | +460% |
| 69 | Greene County Estimated | 48 | +150.5% |
| 70 | Jones County Estimated | 43 | +330% |
| 71 | Swain County Estimated | 39 | -68% |
| 72 | Perquimans County Estimated | 29 | -61.8% |
| 73 | Hertford County Estimated | 12 | +104.2% |
| 74 | Surry County Estimated | 5 | -98.2% |
| 75 | Graham County Estimated | -19 | -311.1% |
| 76 | Martin County Estimated | -21 | +91.3% |
| 77 | Hoke County Estimated | -50 | -110.8% |
| 78 | Tyrrell County Estimated | -51 | -134.2% |
| 79 | Stokes County Estimated | -67 | -378.6% |
| 80 | Yadkin County Estimated | -89 | -417.9% |
| 81 | Northampton County Estimated | -98 | +42.4% |
| 82 | Bertie County Estimated | -115 | -0.9% |
| 83 | Washington County Estimated | -123 | -38.2% |
| 84 | Columbus County Estimated | -140 | +17.2% |
| 85 | Montgomery County Estimated | -157 | -1,527.3% |
| 86 | Sampson County Estimated | -159 | +40.2% |
| 87 | Bladen County Estimated | -167 | -14.4% |
| 88 | Duplin County Estimated | -184 | +71.8% |
| 89 | Wilson County Estimated | -187 | -938.9% |
| 90 | Hyde County Estimated | -203 | -18.7% |
| 91 | Craven County Estimated | -247 | +43.1% |
| 92 | Wayne County Estimated | -290 | +83.7% |
| 93 | Onslow County Estimated | -311 | -65.4% |
| 94 | Anson County Estimated | -352 | -14.7% |
| 95 | Scotland County Estimated | -489 | -108.1% |
| 96 | Halifax County Estimated | -511 | -18% |
| 97 | Lenoir County Estimated | -536 | -4.3% |
| 98 | Cumberland County Estimated | -545 | +90.6% |
| 99 | Edgecombe County Estimated | -710 | -48.8% |
| 100 | Robeson County Estimated | -1,066 | +10.9% |
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, 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 North Carolina 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/north-carolina-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 North Carolina 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/north-carolina-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 North Carolina 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/north-carolina-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_north_carolina_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 North Carolina 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/north-carolina-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?
Wake County, with 9,248 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Robeson County, with -1,066 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.