Counties in Virginia by net domestic migration, July to June
Chesterfield County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 133 counties in 2022, at 5,364. Fairfax County had the lowest, at -21,984. The median was 81 and the figure for Virginia was -26,089. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2022
- Under -600
- -600 to -100
- -100 to 0
- 0 to 100
- 100 to 300
- 300 and over
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesterfield County Estimated | 5,364 | +19.4% |
| 2 | Spotsylvania County Estimated | 2,110 | -30.5% |
| 3 | Suffolk city Estimated | 1,824 | +24.5% |
| 4 | James City County Estimated | 1,271 | -23.6% |
| 5 | Hanover County Estimated | 1,235 | -32.3% |
| 6 | Louisa County Estimated | 961 | -25.9% |
| 7 | New Kent County Estimated | 911 | +3.1% |
| 8 | Bedford County Estimated | 866 | -21.1% |
| 9 | Frederick County Estimated | 816 | -61.4% |
| 10 | Orange County Estimated | 812 | -9.3% |
| 11 | Rockingham County Estimated | 780 | +13.4% |
| 12 | Isle of Wight County Estimated | 717 | -5% |
| 13 | Goochland County Estimated | 660 | -17.3% |
| 14 | Augusta County Estimated | 565 | +6.8% |
| 15 | Roanoke County Estimated | 546 | +180% |
| 16 | Fauquier County Estimated | 536 | -42.1% |
| 17 | Washington County Estimated | 525 | +116.9% |
| 18 | Caroline County Estimated | 503 | -0.6% |
| 19 | Gloucester County Estimated | 497 | -16% |
| 20 | Clarke County Estimated | 400 | +124.7% |
| 21 | Warren County Estimated | 390 | +182.6% |
| 22 | Albemarle County Estimated | 384 | -65.8% |
| 23 | Powhatan County Estimated | 367 | -55.8% |
| 24 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 365 | +40.9% |
| 25 | Northumberland County Estimated | 358 | -4.8% |
| 26 | Stafford County Estimated | 331 | -88.5% |
| 27 | Fluvanna County Estimated | 330 | -38.9% |
| 28 | Botetourt County Estimated | 311 | -40.9% |
| 29 | Appomattox County Estimated | 298 | +31.9% |
| 30 | Williamsburg city Estimated | 297 | +471.2% |
| 31 | Salem city Estimated | 288 | +227.3% |
| 32 | Franklin County Estimated | 287 | -64.7% |
| 33 | Culpeper County Estimated | 281 | -64.5% |
| 33 | Pittsylvania County Estimated | 281 | +230.6% |
| 35 | Carroll County Estimated | 274 | +71.3% |
| 36 | Dinwiddie County Estimated | 259 | +8.4% |
| 37 | Middlesex County Estimated | 244 | -13.8% |
| 38 | Amherst County Estimated | 241 | +42.6% |
| 39 | King William County Estimated | 236 | -16.9% |
| 40 | King George County Estimated | 231 | -64.3% |
| 41 | Scott County Estimated | 225 | +84.4% |
| 42 | Staunton city Estimated | 219 | +272.4% |
| 43 | Floyd County Estimated | 194 | +42.6% |
| 44 | Radford city Estimated | 186 | -50.4% |
| 45 | Rockbridge County Estimated | 184 | -16% |
| 46 | Shenandoah County Estimated | 179 | -73.8% |
| 47 | Amelia County Estimated | 163 | +45.5% |
| 48 | Patrick County Estimated | 160 | -42.4% |
| 49 | Henry County Estimated | 154 | +505.3% |
| 50 | Grayson County Estimated | 146 | -27.4% |
| 50 | Wythe County Estimated | 146 | +35.2% |
| 52 | Halifax County Estimated | 144 | +114.9% |
| 53 | Martinsville city Estimated | 142 | +47.9% |
| 54 | Franklin city Estimated | 139 | +3,375% |
| 54 | Tazewell County Estimated | 139 | |
| 56 | Pulaski County Estimated | 137 | -48.5% |
| 57 | Danville city Estimated | 136 | +58.1% |
| 58 | Waynesboro city Estimated | 133 | -51.5% |
| 59 | Buckingham County Estimated | 124 | -40.7% |
| 60 | Essex County Estimated | 119 | +693.3% |
| 61 | Smyth County Estimated | 117 | +51.9% |
| 62 | Lee County Estimated | 104 | -9.6% |
| 63 | Galax city Estimated | 103 | +786.7% |
| 64 | King and Queen County Estimated | 99 | -30.3% |
| 65 | Colonial Heights city Estimated | 92 | +100% |
| 66 | Cumberland County Estimated | 85 | +16.4% |
| 67 | Page County Estimated | 81 | -69% |
| 68 | Campbell County Estimated | 80 | +100% |
| 68 | Westmoreland County Estimated | 80 | -77.8% |
| 70 | Russell County Estimated | 78 | +3,800% |
| 71 | Rappahannock County Estimated | 75 | -50.3% |
| 72 | Highland County Estimated | 72 | +414.3% |
| 73 | Madison County Estimated | 68 | -42.4% |
| 73 | Nottoway County Estimated | 68 | +209.1% |
| 75 | Richmond County Estimated | 54 | -69.1% |
| 76 | Lunenburg County Estimated | 49 | -45.6% |
| 77 | Prince Edward County Estimated | 44 | +266.7% |
| 78 | Lancaster County Estimated | 43 | -79.3% |
| 79 | Charles City County Estimated | 39 | +183% |
| 80 | Southampton County Estimated | 38 | -82.6% |
| 81 | Surry County Estimated | 30 | +650% |
| 82 | Bland County Estimated | 29 | +220.8% |
| 83 | Brunswick County Estimated | 27 | -89.3% |
| 84 | Mathews County Estimated | 24 | -80.3% |
| 85 | Giles County Estimated | 22 | +138.6% |
| 86 | Bristol city Estimated | 18 | +124.3% |
| 87 | Norton city Estimated | 15 | +250% |
| 88 | Greene County Estimated | 11 | -97.1% |
| 89 | Bath County Estimated | 4 | +107.3% |
| 90 | Poquoson city Estimated | 1 | -99.4% |
| 91 | Charlotte County Estimated | -1 | -104.8% |
| 92 | Dickenson County Estimated | -5 | +95% |
| 93 | Craig County Estimated | -6 | -118.8% |
| 94 | Buena Vista city Estimated | -9 | -800% |
| 94 | Northampton County Estimated | -9 | +75% |
| 94 | York County Estimated | -9 | -101.1% |
| 97 | Wise County Estimated | -16 | +84.6% |
| 98 | Lexington city Estimated | -23 | -125.3% |
| 99 | Prince George County Estimated | -24 | +81% |
| 100 | Alleghany County Estimated | -31 | -287.5% |
| 101 | Covington city Estimated | -35 | -3,600% |
| 102 | Hampton city Estimated | -44 | -114.4% |
| 103 | Petersburg city Estimated | -64 | +19% |
| 104 | Nelson County Estimated | -70 | -146.4% |
| 105 | Sussex County Estimated | -72 | -180% |
| 106 | Accomack County Estimated | -78 | -164.5% |
| 106 | Emporia city Estimated | -78 | -290% |
| 108 | Falls Church city Estimated | -90 | +57.1% |
| 108 | Fredericksburg city Estimated | -90 | -139.8% |
| 110 | Greensville County Estimated | -148 | -259.1% |
| 111 | Hopewell city Estimated | -158 | -205.3% |
| 112 | Lynchburg city Estimated | -215 | -7% |
| 113 | Buchanan County Estimated | -293 | -83.1% |
| 114 | Fairfax city Estimated | -300 | -12.8% |
| 115 | Winchester city Estimated | -311 | -1,513.6% |
| 116 | Chesapeake city Estimated | -324 | -127.2% |
| 117 | Richmond city Estimated | -336 | +60.6% |
| 118 | Montgomery County Estimated | -489 | +48.9% |
| 119 | Manassas Park city Estimated | -567 | -336.2% |
| 120 | Portsmouth city Estimated | -759 | -127.9% |
| 121 | Manassas city Estimated | -1,002 | -104.9% |
| 122 | Charlottesville city Estimated | -1,003 | +4.7% |
| 123 | Roanoke city Estimated | -1,083 | +1.3% |
| 124 | Harrisonburg city Estimated | -1,153 | -73.9% |
| 125 | Newport News city Estimated | -1,683 | +25.1% |
| 126 | Loudoun County Estimated | -1,797 | -203.6% |
| 127 | Henrico County Estimated | -1,881 | -32.9% |
| 128 | Alexandria city Estimated | -3,179 | +45.9% |
| 129 | Arlington County Estimated | -3,714 | +48.2% |
| 130 | Norfolk city Estimated | -3,858 | -2.1% |
| 131 | Prince William County Estimated | -5,800 | -132.7% |
| 132 | Virginia Beach city Estimated | -6,069 | -99.4% |
| 133 | Fairfax County Estimated | -21,984 | -34.2% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Estimated moves into an area from elsewhere in the same country minus moves out to the rest of the country, from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year.
More on how it is measured
- United States: states and counties.
- Canada: provinces and territories, net interprovincial migration (Statistics Canada).
- United Kingdom: local authorities, counting moves between any two UK local authorities, including across the borders of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (ONS internal migration).
- A negative value means more people left than arrived.
Sums to zero, or close to it, for each country 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 Virginia by net domestic migration, July to June, 2022) [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 Virginia by net domestic migration, July to June, 2022. 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/virginia-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
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 Virginia by net domestic migration, July to June, 2022. 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/virginia-counties?period=2022.
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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 Virginia by net domestic migration, July to June, 2022 [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/virginia-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_virginia_by_2022,
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 Virginia by net domestic migration, July to June, 2022}},
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/virginia-counties?period=2022. 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?
Chesterfield County, with 5,364 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Fairfax County, with -21,984 in 2022.
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.