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Counties in Kentucky by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2025

Nicholas County had the highest net domestic migration rate, July to June of 120 counties in 2025, at 22.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Christian County had the lowest, at -25.83 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 4.49 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Kentucky was 1.58 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest22.8Nicholas County
Lowest-25.83Christian County
Median4.49120 counties
Kentucky1.58History

Top 40 counties, 2025

Nicholas County: 22.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsNicholas County22.8Menifee County: 20.85 per 1,000 inhabitantsMenifee County20.85Simpson County: 18.35 per 1,000 inhabitantsSimpson County18.35Madison County: 17.98 per 1,000 inhabitantsMadison County17.98Allen County: 17.79 per 1,000 inhabitantsAllen County17.79Garrard County: 16.98 per 1,000 inhabitantsGarrard County16.98Bath County: 16.52 per 1,000 inhabitantsBath County16.52Henry County: 15.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsHenry County15.8Grant County: 14.52 per 1,000 inhabitantsGrant County14.52Spencer County: 13.81 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpencer County13.81McCreary County: 13.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsMcCreary County13.8Calloway County: 13.25 per 1,000 inhabitantsCalloway County13.25Owen County: 13.09 per 1,000 inhabitantsOwen County13.09Mercer County: 12.96 per 1,000 inhabitantsMercer County12.96Lyon County: 12.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsLyon County12.31Campbell County: 11.55 per 1,000 inhabitantsCampbell County11.55Green County: 11.47 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreen County11.47Owsley County: 11.45 per 1,000 inhabitantsOwsley County11.45Boyle County: 11.38 per 1,000 inhabitantsBoyle County11.38Breckinridge County: 11.27 per 1,000 inhabitantsBreckinridge County11.27Morgan County: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsMorgan County11.1Lincoln County: 11.07 per 1,000 inhabitantsLincoln County11.07Todd County: 10.64 per 1,000 inhabitantsTodd County10.64Harrison County: 10.33 per 1,000 inhabitantsHarrison County10.33Hart County: 9.94 per 1,000 inhabitantsHart County9.94Casey County: 9.42 per 1,000 inhabitantsCasey County9.42Laurel County: 9.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsLaurel County9.4Adair County: 9.11 per 1,000 inhabitantsAdair County9.11Wolfe County: 9.08 per 1,000 inhabitantsWolfe County9.08Lee County: 8.91 per 1,000 inhabitantsLee County8.91Estill County: 8.89 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstill County8.89Pulaski County: 8.83 per 1,000 inhabitantsPulaski County8.83Logan County: 8.82 per 1,000 inhabitantsLogan County8.82Martin County: 8.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsMartin County8.7Edmonson County: 8.34 per 1,000 inhabitantsEdmonson County8.34Bracken County: 8.25 per 1,000 inhabitantsBracken County8.25Hickman County: 8.22 per 1,000 inhabitantsHickman County8.22Gallatin County: 8.18 per 1,000 inhabitantsGallatin County8.18Clark County: 8.12 per 1,000 inhabitantsClark County8.12Warren County: 8.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsWarren County8.1
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2024
1Nicholas County Estimated22.8+18.79 pts
2Menifee County Estimated20.85+7.84 pts
3Simpson County Estimated18.35+12.69 pts
4Madison County Estimated17.98+1.9 pts
5Allen County Estimated17.79+7.63 pts
6Garrard County Estimated16.98+9.94 pts
7Bath County Estimated16.52+17.76 pts
8Henry County Estimated15.8+3.31 pts
9Grant County Estimated14.52+13.2 pts
10Spencer County Estimated13.81+4.54 pts
11McCreary County Estimated13.8+22.5 pts
12Calloway County Estimated13.25+5.27 pts
13Owen County Estimated13.09-0.51 pts
14Mercer County Estimated12.96-2.34 pts
15Lyon County Estimated12.31+16.36 pts
16Campbell County Estimated11.55+13.28 pts
17Green County Estimated11.47+0.34 pts
18Owsley County Estimated11.45+14.73 pts
19Boyle County Estimated11.38+4.19 pts
20Breckinridge County Estimated11.27+4.19 pts
21Morgan County Estimated11.1+23.97 pts
22Lincoln County Estimated11.07+1.96 pts
23Todd County Estimated10.64+0.78 pts
24Harrison County Estimated10.33+4.67 pts
25Hart County Estimated9.94+1.97 pts
26Casey County Estimated9.42+2.67 pts
27Laurel County Estimated9.4+9.43 pts
28Adair County Estimated9.11+13.26 pts
29Wolfe County Estimated9.08+15.43 pts
30Lee County Estimated8.91+1.92 pts
31Estill County Estimated8.89+0.2 pts
32Pulaski County Estimated8.83-2.82 pts
33Logan County Estimated8.82+1.77 pts
34Martin County Estimated8.7+24.89 pts
35Edmonson County Estimated8.34-8.14 pts
36Bracken County Estimated8.25+0.19 pts
37Hickman County Estimated8.22+4.81 pts
38Gallatin County Estimated8.18+11.94 pts
39Clark County Estimated8.12-2.32 pts
40Warren County Estimated8.1+0.74 pts
41Shelby County Estimated7.96+3.75 pts
42Anderson County Estimated7.73-1.1 pts
43Metcalfe County Estimated7.58+4.16 pts
44Monroe County Estimated7.52+13.68 pts
45Bullitt County Estimated7.48-0.3 pts
46Wayne County Estimated7.35+5.82 pts
47Fleming County Estimated7-6.4 pts
48Graves County Estimated6.96+4.29 pts
49Grayson County Estimated6.74-2.66 pts
50Franklin County Estimated6.64-4.33 pts
51Marshall County Estimated6.41+1.71 pts
52Jackson County Estimated6.16-8.89 pts
53Livingston County Estimated5.99+10.04 pts
54Meade County Estimated5.72-3.71 pts
55Jessamine County Estimated5.5+0.52 pts
56Boone County Estimated5.36+0.65 pts
57Trimble County Estimated5.07+5.31 pts
58Greenup County Estimated4.91+1.28 pts
59Nelson County Estimated4.69-4.24 pts
60Muhlenberg County Estimated4.61+1.83 pts
61Caldwell County Estimated4.37+2.14 pts
62Barren County Estimated4.31-1.93 pts
63Trigg County Estimated4.27-10.97 pts
64Carter County Estimated4.24+2.26 pts
65Mason County Estimated4.14-0.9 pts
66Washington County Estimated4.13+0.88 pts
67Hardin County Estimated4.07+5.13 pts
68Lawrence County Estimated4.05+7.32 pts
69Scott County Estimated4.05-6.77 pts
70Hancock County Estimated3.65-6.6 pts
71Russell County Estimated3.61-4.15 pts
72Hopkins County Estimated3.51+0.33 pts
73Larue County Estimated3.43+13.86 pts
74Ballard County Estimated3.16-2.5 pts
75Woodford County Estimated3.02+4.47 pts
76Ohio County Estimated3.01-3.7 pts
77Marion County Estimated2.99+2.64 pts
78Butler County Estimated2.96+0.31 pts
79McLean County Estimated2.76-5.19 pts
80Rockcastle County Estimated2.6-7.97 pts
81Oldham County Estimated2.56+3.22 pts
82Elliott County Estimated2.34-1.1 pts
83Lewis County Estimated2.09+5.26 pts
84Bell County Estimated1.88+3.48 pts
85Daviess County Estimated1.72+3.37 pts
86Pendleton County Estimated1.49-1.83 pts
87Kenton County Estimated1.44-2.28 pts
88Fulton County Estimated1.44+10 pts
89Powell County Estimated1.4+5.5 pts
90Whitley County Estimated1.26-5.24 pts
91Boyd County Estimated1.15-4.61 pts
92Johnson County Estimated0.91-3.43 pts
93Carlisle County Estimated0.63-7.15 pts
94Webster County Estimated0.62-2.27 pts
95Floyd County Estimated0.61+3.71 pts
96Carroll County Estimated0.45-6.79 pts
97Clay County Estimated0.36+0.66 pts
98Montgomery County Estimated0.21-9.38 pts
99Knox County Estimated-0.64-2.77 pts
100Clinton County Estimated-0.66+0.76 pts
101McCracken County Estimated-1.05-3.7 pts
102Rowan County Estimated-1.1-4.29 pts
103Cumberland County Estimated-1.16-16.64 pts
104Magoffin County Estimated-1.26-0.54 pts
105Knott County Estimated-2.02+3.52 pts
106Bourbon County Estimated-2.46-8.09 pts
107Taylor County Estimated-2.5-10.37 pts
108Robertson County Estimated-2.57-24.82 pts
109Henderson County Estimated-3.36-4.02 pts
110Fayette County Estimated-4.24+2.01 pts
111Pike County Estimated-4.47+0.27 pts
112Harlan County Estimated-4.74-2.44 pts
113Perry County Estimated-4.76+0.36 pts
114Leslie County Estimated-5.37+0.14 pts
115Letcher County Estimated-5.68-0.86 pts
116Breathitt County Estimated-7.43-1.12 pts
117Jefferson County Estimated-9.91-3.97 pts
118Crittenden County Estimated-16.65-16.53 pts
119Union County Estimated-18.1-24.97 pts
120Christian County Estimated-25.83-18.22 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Net domestic migration into a US state or county from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year per 1,000 residents, using the average of the population estimates at the two July 1 endpoints.

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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 Kentucky by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2025) [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 rate per 1,000 residents, 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 Kentucky by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2025. 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-rate-july-june/kentucky-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 Kentucky by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2025. 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-rate-july-june/kentucky-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 Kentucky by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-rate-july-june/kentucky-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest net domestic migration rate, July to June?

Nicholas County, with 22.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest net domestic migration rate, July to June?

Christian County, with -25.83 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025.

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