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Counties in North Carolina by net domestic migration rate, July to June

Brunswick County had the highest net domestic migration rate, July to June of 100 counties in 2017, at 38.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Hyde County had the lowest, at -32.07 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 4.38 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for North Carolina was 6.34 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest38.8Brunswick County
Lowest-32.07Hyde County
Median4.38100 counties
North Carolina6.34History

Map of counties, 2017

Alamance County: 16.65 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlexander County: 0.81 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlleghany County: 10.94 per 1,000 inhabitantsAnson County: -12.27 per 1,000 inhabitantsAshe County: 11.84 per 1,000 inhabitantsAvery County: 6.41 per 1,000 inhabitantsBeaufort County: -2.88 per 1,000 inhabitantsBertie County: -5.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsBladen County: -4.35 per 1,000 inhabitantsBrunswick County: 38.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsBuncombe County: 8.44 per 1,000 inhabitantsBurke County: 7.52 per 1,000 inhabitantsCabarrus County: 19.89 per 1,000 inhabitantsCaldwell County: 3.25 per 1,000 inhabitantsCamden County: 11.86 per 1,000 inhabitantsCarteret County: 4.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsCaswell County: -2.51 per 1,000 inhabitantsCatawba County: 7.11 per 1,000 inhabitantsChatham County: 23.91 per 1,000 inhabitantsCherokee County: 10.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsChowan County: -6.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsClay County: 28.05 per 1,000 inhabitantsCleveland County: 2.79 per 1,000 inhabitantsColumbus County: -3.01 per 1,000 inhabitantsCraven County: -4.22 per 1,000 inhabitantsCumberland County: -17.38 per 1,000 inhabitantsCurrituck County: 23.85 per 1,000 inhabitantsDare County: 10.12 per 1,000 inhabitantsDavidson County: 5.42 per 1,000 inhabitantsDavie County: 11.47 per 1,000 inhabitantsDuplin County: -11.05 per 1,000 inhabitantsDurham County: 0.71 per 1,000 inhabitantsEdgecombe County: -8.99 per 1,000 inhabitantsForsyth County: 7.79 per 1,000 inhabitantsFranklin County: 19.66 per 1,000 inhabitantsGaston County: 12.68 per 1,000 inhabitantsGates County: -3.64 per 1,000 inhabitantsGraham County: 1.05 per 1,000 inhabitantsGranville County: 11.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreene County: -4.52 per 1,000 inhabitantsGuilford County: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsHalifax County: -8.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsHarnett County: 5.38 per 1,000 inhabitantsHaywood County: 13.87 per 1,000 inhabitantsHenderson County: 18.17 per 1,000 inhabitantsHertford County: -11.88 per 1,000 inhabitantsHoke County: 8.67 per 1,000 inhabitantsHyde County: -32.07 per 1,000 inhabitantsIredell County: 14.84 per 1,000 inhabitantsJackson County: 12.86 per 1,000 inhabitantsJohnston County: 23.63 per 1,000 inhabitantsJones County: 1.05 per 1,000 inhabitantsLee County: 8.15 per 1,000 inhabitantsLenoir County: -9.02 per 1,000 inhabitantsLincoln County: 15.69 per 1,000 inhabitantsMcDowell County: 7.23 per 1,000 inhabitantsMacon County: 13.67 per 1,000 inhabitantsMadison County: 11.72 per 1,000 inhabitantsMartin County: -10.55 per 1,000 inhabitantsMecklenburg County: 5.89 per 1,000 inhabitantsMitchell County: 3.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsMontgomery County: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsMoore County: 19.32 per 1,000 inhabitantsNash County: -0.16 per 1,000 inhabitantsNew Hanover County: 15.07 per 1,000 inhabitantsNorthampton County: -8.49 per 1,000 inhabitantsOnslow County: -0.97 per 1,000 inhabitantsOrange County: -1.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsPamlico County: -3.78 per 1,000 inhabitantsPasquotank County: -2.94 per 1,000 inhabitantsPender County: 31.12 per 1,000 inhabitantsPerquimans County: 5.65 per 1,000 inhabitantsPerson County: 3.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsPitt County: 2.99 per 1,000 inhabitantsPolk County: 13.61 per 1,000 inhabitantsRandolph County: -0.71 per 1,000 inhabitantsRichmond County: -4.79 per 1,000 inhabitantsRobeson County: -8.99 per 1,000 inhabitantsRockingham County: -2.21 per 1,000 inhabitantsRowan County: 6.59 per 1,000 inhabitantsRutherford County: 6.44 per 1,000 inhabitantsSampson County: -4.21 per 1,000 inhabitantsScotland County: -6.67 per 1,000 inhabitantsStanly County: 10.27 per 1,000 inhabitantsStokes County: -0.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsSurry County: 3.95 per 1,000 inhabitantsSwain County: 8.57 per 1,000 inhabitantsTransylvania County: 17.13 per 1,000 inhabitantsTyrrell County: 36.39 per 1,000 inhabitantsUnion County: 17.63 per 1,000 inhabitantsVance County: -5.82 per 1,000 inhabitantsWake County: 11.29 per 1,000 inhabitantsWarren County: 3.78 per 1,000 inhabitantsWashington County: -7.41 per 1,000 inhabitantsWatauga County: 17.73 per 1,000 inhabitantsWayne County: -14.34 per 1,000 inhabitantsWilkes County: 0.06 per 1,000 inhabitantsWilson County: -0.22 per 1,000 inhabitantsYadkin County: 0.74 per 1,000 inhabitantsYancey County: 8.44 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2017. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. 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. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Brunswick County: 38.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsBrunswick County38.8Tyrrell County: 36.39 per 1,000 inhabitantsTyrrell County36.39Pender County: 31.12 per 1,000 inhabitantsPender County31.12Clay County: 28.05 per 1,000 inhabitantsClay County28.05Chatham County: 23.91 per 1,000 inhabitantsChatham County23.91Currituck County: 23.85 per 1,000 inhabitantsCurrituck County23.85Johnston County: 23.63 per 1,000 inhabitantsJohnston County23.63Cabarrus County: 19.89 per 1,000 inhabitantsCabarrus County19.89Franklin County: 19.66 per 1,000 inhabitantsFranklin County19.66Moore County: 19.32 per 1,000 inhabitantsMoore County19.32Henderson County: 18.17 per 1,000 inhabitantsHenderson County18.17Watauga County: 17.73 per 1,000 inhabitantsWatauga County17.73Union County: 17.63 per 1,000 inhabitantsUnion County17.63Transylvania County: 17.13 per 1,000 inhabitantsTransylvania County17.13Alamance County: 16.65 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlamance County16.65Lincoln County: 15.69 per 1,000 inhabitantsLincoln County15.69New Hanover County: 15.07 per 1,000 inhabitantsNew Hanover County15.07Iredell County: 14.84 per 1,000 inhabitantsIredell County14.84Haywood County: 13.87 per 1,000 inhabitantsHaywood County13.87Macon County: 13.67 per 1,000 inhabitantsMacon County13.67Polk County: 13.61 per 1,000 inhabitantsPolk County13.61Jackson County: 12.86 per 1,000 inhabitantsJackson County12.86Gaston County: 12.68 per 1,000 inhabitantsGaston County12.68Camden County: 11.86 per 1,000 inhabitantsCamden County11.86Ashe County: 11.84 per 1,000 inhabitantsAshe County11.84Madison County: 11.72 per 1,000 inhabitantsMadison County11.72Davie County: 11.47 per 1,000 inhabitantsDavie County11.47Granville County: 11.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsGranville County11.31Wake County: 11.29 per 1,000 inhabitantsWake County11.29Alleghany County: 10.94 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlleghany County10.94Cherokee County: 10.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsCherokee County10.31Stanly County: 10.27 per 1,000 inhabitantsStanly County10.27Dare County: 10.12 per 1,000 inhabitantsDare County10.12Hoke County: 8.67 per 1,000 inhabitantsHoke County8.67Swain County: 8.57 per 1,000 inhabitantsSwain County8.57Buncombe County: 8.44 per 1,000 inhabitantsBuncombe County8.44Yancey County: 8.44 per 1,000 inhabitantsYancey County8.44Lee County: 8.15 per 1,000 inhabitantsLee County8.15Forsyth County: 7.79 per 1,000 inhabitantsForsyth County7.79Burke County: 7.52 per 1,000 inhabitantsBurke County7.52Brunswick County: 38.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsBrunswick County38.8Tyrrell County: 36.39 per 1,000 inhabitantsTyrrell County36.39Pender County: 31.12 per 1,000 inhabitantsPender County31.12Clay County: 28.05 per 1,000 inhabitantsClay County28.05Chatham County: 23.91 per 1,000 inhabitantsChatham County23.91Currituck County: 23.85 per 1,000 inhabitantsCurrituck County23.85Johnston County: 23.63 per 1,000 inhabitantsJohnston County23.63Cabarrus County: 19.89 per 1,000 inhabitantsCabarrus County19.89Franklin County: 19.66 per 1,000 inhabitantsFranklin County19.66Moore County: 19.32 per 1,000 inhabitantsMoore County19.32Henderson County: 18.17 per 1,000 inhabitantsHenderson County18.17Watauga County: 17.73 per 1,000 inhabitantsWatauga County17.73Union County: 17.63 per 1,000 inhabitantsUnion County17.63Transylvania County: 17.13 per 1,000 inhabitantsTransylvania County17.13Alamance County: 16.65 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlamance County16.65Lincoln County: 15.69 per 1,000 inhabitantsLincoln County15.69New Hanover County: 15.07 per 1,000 inhabitantsNew Hanover County15.07Iredell County: 14.84 per 1,000 inhabitantsIredell County14.84Haywood County: 13.87 per 1,000 inhabitantsHaywood County13.87Macon County: 13.67 per 1,000 inhabitantsMacon County13.67Polk County: 13.61 per 1,000 inhabitantsPolk County13.61Jackson County: 12.86 per 1,000 inhabitantsJackson County12.86Gaston County: 12.68 per 1,000 inhabitantsGaston County12.68Camden County: 11.86 per 1,000 inhabitantsCamden County11.86Ashe County: 11.84 per 1,000 inhabitantsAshe County11.84Madison County: 11.72 per 1,000 inhabitantsMadison County11.72Davie County: 11.47 per 1,000 inhabitantsDavie County11.47Granville County: 11.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsGranville County11.31Wake County: 11.29 per 1,000 inhabitantsWake County11.29Alleghany County: 10.94 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlleghany County10.94Cherokee County: 10.31 per 1,000 inhabitantsCherokee County10.31Stanly County: 10.27 per 1,000 inhabitantsStanly County10.27Dare County: 10.12 per 1,000 inhabitantsDare County10.12Hoke County: 8.67 per 1,000 inhabitantsHoke County8.67Swain County: 8.57 per 1,000 inhabitantsSwain County8.57Buncombe County: 8.44 per 1,000 inhabitantsBuncombe County8.44Yancey County: 8.44 per 1,000 inhabitantsYancey County8.44Lee County: 8.15 per 1,000 inhabitantsLee County8.15Forsyth County: 7.79 per 1,000 inhabitantsForsyth County7.79Burke County: 7.52 per 1,000 inhabitantsBurke County7.52
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

RankCounties2017
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2016
1Brunswick County Estimated38.8+3.13 pts
2Tyrrell County Estimated36.39+64.35 pts
3Pender County Estimated31.12+9.14 pts
4Clay County Estimated28.05+10.97 pts
5Chatham County Estimated23.91+4.07 pts
6Currituck County Estimated23.85+4.2 pts
7Johnston County Estimated23.63-1.4 pts
8Cabarrus County Estimated19.89-0.59 pts
9Franklin County Estimated19.66+7.67 pts
10Moore County Estimated19.32+6.26 pts
11Henderson County Estimated18.17-0.15 pts
12Watauga County Estimated17.73-0.7 pts
13Union County Estimated17.63+3.31 pts
14Transylvania County Estimated17.13+5.81 pts
15Alamance County Estimated16.65-2.39 pts
16Lincoln County Estimated15.69+8.04 pts
17New Hanover County Estimated15.07-6.85 pts
18Iredell County Estimated14.84+0.89 pts
19Haywood County Estimated13.87-1.5 pts
20Macon County Estimated13.67+6.25 pts
21Polk County Estimated13.61+7.25 pts
22Jackson County Estimated12.86-16.45 pts
23Gaston County Estimated12.68-2.95 pts
24Camden County Estimated11.86+2.19 pts
25Ashe County Estimated11.84+7.25 pts
26Madison County Estimated11.72+0.26 pts
27Davie County Estimated11.47+2.52 pts
28Granville County Estimated11.31+3.35 pts
29Wake County Estimated11.29-2.47 pts
30Alleghany County Estimated10.94+1.12 pts
31Cherokee County Estimated10.31-20.06 pts
32Stanly County Estimated10.27+6.25 pts
33Dare County Estimated10.12+1.04 pts
34Hoke County Estimated8.67+18.32 pts
35Swain County Estimated8.57+18.74 pts
36Buncombe County Estimated8.44-2.78 pts
37Yancey County Estimated8.44+1.78 pts
38Lee County Estimated8.15+8.21 pts
39Forsyth County Estimated7.79+1.78 pts
40Burke County Estimated7.52+5.31 pts
41McDowell County Estimated7.23+9.29 pts
42Catawba County Estimated7.11+3.17 pts
43Rowan County Estimated6.59+0.87 pts
44Rutherford County Estimated6.44+5 pts
45Avery County Estimated6.41+5.26 pts
46Mecklenburg County Estimated5.89-2.81 pts
47Perquimans County Estimated5.65+4.91 pts
48Davidson County Estimated5.42+0.77 pts
49Harnett County Estimated5.38-6.87 pts
50Carteret County Estimated4.8+1.07 pts
51Surry County Estimated3.95+2.33 pts
52Warren County Estimated3.78+15.96 pts
53Mitchell County Estimated3.4+3.07 pts
54Caldwell County Estimated3.25-0.75 pts
55Person County Estimated3.1+0.07 pts
56Pitt County Estimated2.99+2.23 pts
57Cleveland County Estimated2.79+0.45 pts
58Guilford County Estimated1.4-5.95 pts
59Graham County Estimated1.05+5.02 pts
60Jones County Estimated1.05+17.9 pts
61Alexander County Estimated0.81-5.19 pts
62Yadkin County Estimated0.74-1.65 pts
63Durham County Estimated0.71-8.7 pts
64Montgomery County Estimated0.4+5.3 pts
65Wilkes County Estimated0.06-4.84 pts
66Nash County Estimated-0.16-1.88 pts
67Wilson County Estimated-0.22+1.85 pts
68Stokes County Estimated-0.31+2.65 pts
69Randolph County Estimated-0.71-3.39 pts
70Onslow County Estimated-0.97+22.14 pts
71Orange County Estimated-1.31-4.46 pts
72Rockingham County Estimated-2.21-0.58 pts
73Caswell County Estimated-2.51-2.69 pts
74Beaufort County Estimated-2.88-5.28 pts
75Pasquotank County Estimated-2.94-0.13 pts
76Columbus County Estimated-3.01+2.28 pts
77Gates County Estimated-3.64-7.28 pts
78Pamlico County Estimated-3.78-12.17 pts
79Sampson County Estimated-4.21+5.9 pts
80Craven County Estimated-4.22+2.57 pts
81Bladen County Estimated-4.35+6.69 pts
82Greene County Estimated-4.52-9.56 pts
83Richmond County Estimated-4.79+3.48 pts
84Vance County Estimated-5.82-5.33 pts
85Bertie County Estimated-5.9+29.73 pts
86Scotland County Estimated-6.67-4.91 pts
87Chowan County Estimated-6.8-7.58 pts
88Washington County Estimated-7.41+3.28 pts
89Halifax County Estimated-8.4-2.34 pts
90Northampton County Estimated-8.49+6.9 pts
91Edgecombe County Estimated-8.99-1.16 pts
92Robeson County Estimated-8.99+2.41 pts
93Lenoir County Estimated-9.02+2.56 pts
94Martin County Estimated-10.55-6.11 pts
95Duplin County Estimated-11.05-12.79 pts
96Hertford County Estimated-11.88-4.69 pts
97Anson County Estimated-12.27+2.06 pts
98Wayne County Estimated-14.34-7.86 pts
99Cumberland County Estimated-17.38-11.28 pts
100Hyde County Estimated-32.07-39.25 pts

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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 North Carolina by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2017) [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 North Carolina by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2017. 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/north-carolina-counties?period=2017. 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 North Carolina by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2017. 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/north-carolina-counties?period=2017.

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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 North Carolina by net domestic migration rate, July to June, 2017 [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/north-carolina-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Brunswick County, with 38.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Hyde County, with -32.07 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017.

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