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 2023, at 12,282. Cumberland County had the lowest, at -4,599. The median was 447 and the figure for North Carolina was 98,929. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County Estimated | 12,282 | +55.8% |
| 2 | Brunswick County Estimated | 7,362 | -9.9% |
| 3 | Union County Estimated | 5,777 | +48.3% |
| 4 | Johnston County Estimated | 5,551 | -9.9% |
| 5 | Iredell County Estimated | 3,162 | -2.9% |
| 6 | New Hanover County Estimated | 3,103 | -41% |
| 7 | Gaston County Estimated | 3,098 | +15.6% |
| 8 | Cabarrus County Estimated | 2,865 | -7.1% |
| 9 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 2,808 | -30.4% |
| 10 | Davidson County Estimated | 2,510 | +20% |
| 11 | Pender County Estimated | 2,465 | -3% |
| 12 | Lincoln County Estimated | 2,426 | -20.1% |
| 13 | Franklin County Estimated | 2,395 | +4.6% |
| 14 | Alamance County Estimated | 2,249 | -6.8% |
| 15 | Harnett County Estimated | 2,248 | +1.7% |
| 16 | Rowan County Estimated | 2,194 | +9.6% |
| 17 | Buncombe County Estimated | 2,111 | +2.1% |
| 18 | Forsyth County Estimated | 1,896 | -21.2% |
| 19 | Chatham County Estimated | 1,637 | -8.1% |
| 20 | Catawba County Estimated | 1,623 | -14.2% |
| 21 | Onslow County Estimated | 1,614 | +97.8% |
| 22 | Randolph County Estimated | 1,470 | +2.3% |
| 22 | Stanly County Estimated | 1,470 | +19.2% |
| 24 | Moore County Estimated | 1,396 | -43.2% |
| 25 | Henderson County Estimated | 1,354 | -18.8% |
| 26 | Lee County Estimated | 1,183 | -4.8% |
| 27 | Guilford County Estimated | 1,076 | -49.7% |
| 28 | Jackson County Estimated | 1,059 | -17.5% |
| 29 | Cleveland County Estimated | 1,029 | +43.7% |
| 30 | Rockingham County Estimated | 945 | -25.8% |
| 31 | Pitt County Estimated | 927 | +9.6% |
| 32 | Rutherford County Estimated | 904 | +14.7% |
| 33 | Nash County Estimated | 850 | +11.7% |
| 34 | Craven County Estimated | 792 | +10.6% |
| 35 | Wilson County Estimated | 765 | +116.7% |
| 36 | Robeson County Estimated | 751 | +233.8% |
| 37 | Carteret County Estimated | 737 | -34.7% |
| 38 | Haywood County Estimated | 734 | +34.7% |
| 39 | Burke County Estimated | 725 | -16.3% |
| 40 | Caldwell County Estimated | 703 | +74.4% |
| 40 | Cherokee County Estimated | 703 | +14.5% |
| 42 | Wayne County Estimated | 690 | +114.3% |
| 43 | Macon County Estimated | 642 | -15.6% |
| 44 | Stokes County Estimated | 627 | -20.3% |
| 45 | Davie County Estimated | 598 | -2.4% |
| 46 | Currituck County Estimated | 580 | -51.8% |
| 47 | Lenoir County Estimated | 552 | +321.4% |
| 48 | Edgecombe County Estimated | 541 | +214.5% |
| 49 | Granville County Estimated | 502 | +19% |
| 50 | Person County Estimated | 461 | +52.1% |
| 51 | Transylvania County Estimated | 432 | +38.9% |
| 52 | Wilkes County Estimated | 410 | +22% |
| 53 | Caswell County Estimated | 395 | +449.6% |
| 54 | Montgomery County Estimated | 371 | +271% |
| 55 | McDowell County Estimated | 366 | -22.3% |
| 56 | Yadkin County Estimated | 353 | -3% |
| 57 | Columbus County Estimated | 348 | +3% |
| 58 | Sampson County Estimated | 333 | +3,800% |
| 59 | Pasquotank County Estimated | 323 | -10.3% |
| 60 | Alexander County Estimated | 311 | +98.1% |
| 61 | Clay County Estimated | 304 | -1.9% |
| 62 | Beaufort County Estimated | 301 | +56.8% |
| 62 | Pamlico County Estimated | 301 | +840.6% |
| 64 | Duplin County Estimated | 281 | +86.1% |
| 65 | Surry County Estimated | 256 | -58.8% |
| 65 | Yancey County Estimated | 256 | +111.6% |
| 67 | Bladen County Estimated | 251 | +248.6% |
| 68 | Polk County Estimated | 247 | -50.1% |
| 69 | Jones County Estimated | 246 | +186% |
| 70 | Perquimans County Estimated | 240 | +26.3% |
| 71 | Greene County Estimated | 236 | +84.4% |
| 72 | Madison County Estimated | 230 | -8.4% |
| 73 | Ashe County Estimated | 208 | -59.1% |
| 74 | Hoke County Estimated | 204 | +558.1% |
| 75 | Alleghany County Estimated | 191 | +9.1% |
| 76 | Avery County Estimated | 174 | +70.6% |
| 77 | Bertie County Estimated | 151 | +198.1% |
| 78 | Martin County Estimated | 145 | +333.9% |
| 79 | Dare County Estimated | 138 | +7.8% |
| 80 | Warren County Estimated | 123 | +2,975% |
| 81 | Scotland County Estimated | 101 | -40.9% |
| 82 | Mitchell County Estimated | 96 | -54.3% |
| 83 | Anson County Estimated | 85 | -55.7% |
| 84 | Chowan County Estimated | 82 | -65.4% |
| 85 | Camden County Estimated | 75 | -73.4% |
| 86 | Vance County Estimated | 70 | +20.7% |
| 87 | Swain County Estimated | 53 | +145.3% |
| 88 | Gates County Estimated | 51 | +41.7% |
| 88 | Tyrrell County Estimated | 51 | -35.4% |
| 90 | Northampton County Estimated | 43 | +134.1% |
| 91 | Orange County Estimated | 32 | -96.1% |
| 92 | Graham County Estimated | 28 | -26.3% |
| 93 | Hyde County Estimated | 26 | +30% |
| 94 | Washington County Estimated | 19 | +337.5% |
| 95 | Watauga County Estimated | -2 | -101% |
| 96 | Richmond County Estimated | -174 | -500% |
| 97 | Hertford County Estimated | -248 | -0.4% |
| 98 | Halifax County Estimated | -359 | +12.7% |
| 99 | Durham County Estimated | -768 | -473.1% |
| 100 | Cumberland County Estimated | -4,599 | -17.8% |
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
APA 7
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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.
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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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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, 2023}},
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=2023. 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 12,282 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Cumberland County, with -4,599 in 2023.
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.