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

Durham County had the highest net international migration rate, July to June of 100 counties in 2017, at 6.35 per 1,000 inhabitants. Washington County had the lowest, at -0.42 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 0.56 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for North Carolina was 2.09 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6.35Durham County

Lowest-0.42Washington County

Median0.56100 counties

North Carolina2.09History

Top 40 counties, 2017

per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: net international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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

Rank	Counties	2017 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2016
1	Durham County Estimated	6.35	+0.36 pts
2	Mecklenburg County Estimated	6.16	+0.45 pts
3	Orange County Estimated	4.48	+0.36 pts
4	Wake County Estimated	4.28	+0.25 pts
5	Guilford County Estimated	3.2	+0.2 pts
6	Cumberland County Estimated	2.65	-1.12 pts
7	Duplin County Estimated	2.45	+0.12 pts
8	Vance County Estimated	2.32	+0.32 pts
9	Wayne County Estimated	2.3	-0.27 pts
10	Sampson County Estimated	2.23	+0.12 pts
11	Lee County Estimated	1.73	+0.19 pts
12	Pasquotank County Estimated	1.73	+0.76 pts
13	Forsyth County Estimated	1.6	+0.07 pts
14	Dare County Estimated	1.58	-0.27 pts
15	Hoke County Estimated	1.49	-1.12 pts
16	Anson County Estimated	1.4	+0.14 pts
17	Iredell County Estimated	1.33	+0.13 pts
18	Catawba County Estimated	1.27	-0.14 pts
19	Franklin County Estimated	1.25	-0.1 pts
20	Harnett County Estimated	1.21	-0.55 pts
21	Johnston County Estimated	1.11	+0.01 pts
22	Watauga County Estimated	1.06	-0.06 pts
23	Davidson County Estimated	1.05	+0.19 pts
24	Moore County Estimated	1.01	-0.31 pts
25	Wilson County Estimated	0.97	-0.19 pts
26	Burke County Estimated	0.97	+0.04 pts
27	Macon County Estimated	0.96	-0.33 pts
28	Cabarrus County Estimated	0.92	-0.24 pts
29	Buncombe County Estimated	0.9	-0.06 pts
30	Craven County Estimated	0.84	-1.02 pts
31	Avery County Estimated	0.8	+0.29 pts
32	Polk County Estimated	0.78	+0.1 pts
33	Nash County Estimated	0.78	-0.12 pts
34	Caldwell County Estimated	0.76	-0.14 pts
35	Pitt County Estimated	0.75	+0.04 pts
36	Jackson County Estimated	0.75	-0.45 pts
37	Alleghany County Estimated	0.73	-0.56 pts
38	Cleveland County Estimated	0.72	-0.04 pts
39	Stokes County Estimated	0.72	+0.11 pts
40	Lincoln County Estimated	0.7	+0.19 pts
41	Bertie County Estimated	0.67	+0.07 pts
42	Mitchell County Estimated	0.67	-1.06 pts
43	Caswell County Estimated	0.66	+0.05 pts
44	Union County Estimated	0.64	+0.07 pts
45	New Hanover County Estimated	0.63	+0.01 pts
46	Hertford County Estimated	0.62	+0.09 pts
47	Madison County Estimated	0.6	-0.1 pts
48	Wilkes County Estimated	0.58	-0.1 pts
49	Beaufort County Estimated	0.57	+0.13 pts
50	Surry County Estimated	0.57	-0.18 pts
51	Northampton County Estimated	0.55	-0.04 pts
52	Gaston County Estimated	0.55	-0.03 pts
53	Scotland County Estimated	0.48	+0.09 pts
54	Robeson County Estimated	0.44	-0.08 pts
55	Alamance County Estimated	0.43	+0.03 pts
56	Rowan County Estimated	0.42	-0.02 pts
57	Carteret County Estimated	0.42	-0.35 pts
58	Pender County Estimated	0.42	+0.04 pts
59	Granville County Estimated	0.37	-0.11 pts
60	Halifax County Estimated	0.37	+0.08 pts
61	Edgecombe County Estimated	0.36	-0.02 pts
62	McDowell County Estimated	0.31	+0.02 pts
63	Camden County Estimated	0.29	-0.1 pts
64	Greene County Estimated	0.29	-0 pts
65	Person County Estimated	0.28	+0.08 pts
66	Randolph County Estimated	0.26	-0.21 pts
67	Haywood County Estimated	0.25	-0.12 pts
68	Lenoir County Estimated	0.25	-0.14 pts
69	Transylvania County Estimated	0.24	-0.09 pts
70	Cherokee County Estimated	0.21	+0.32 pts
71	Swain County Estimated	0.21	+0.07 pts
72	Jones County Estimated	0.21	+0.11 pts
73	Onslow County Estimated	0.17	-3.5 pts
74	Stanly County Estimated	0.15	-0 pts
75	Brunswick County Estimated	0.11	+0.08 pts
76	Columbus County Estimated	0.09	-0.28 pts
77	Martin County Estimated	0.09	0 pts
78	Gates County Estimated	0.09	0 pts
79	Currituck County Estimated	0.08	-0.08 pts
80	Henderson County Estimated	0.07	-0.18 pts
81	Yancey County Estimated	0.06	-0.06 pts
82	Alexander County Estimated	0.05	-0.05 pts
83	Rockingham County Estimated	0.02	-0.01 pts
84	Bladen County Estimated	0	-0.35 pts
84	Clay County Estimated	0	-0.28 pts
84	Tyrrell County Estimated	0	0 pts
87	Rutherford County Estimated	-0.06	-0.12 pts
88	Richmond County Estimated	-0.07	-0.27 pts
89	Montgomery County Estimated	-0.07	-0.18 pts
90	Yadkin County Estimated	-0.08	-0.21 pts
91	Chatham County Estimated	-0.11	+0.02 pts
92	Graham County Estimated	-0.12	-0.47 pts
93	Pamlico County Estimated	-0.16	-0.31 pts
94	Davie County Estimated	-0.19	-0.19 pts
95	Perquimans County Estimated	-0.22	-0 pts
96	Ashe County Estimated	-0.22	-0.07 pts
97	Warren County Estimated	-0.35	-0.1 pts
98	Chowan County Estimated	-0.35	-0.07 pts
99	Hyde County Estimated	-0.38	-0.01 pts
100	Washington County Estimated	-0.42	-0.09 pts

Other periods

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Net international migration 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.

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 international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 international 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 international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 international 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-international-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 international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 international 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-international-migration-rate-july-june/north-carolina-counties?period=2017.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: net international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 international 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-international-migration-rate-july-june/north-carolina-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Population Estimates Program: net international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 international migration rate, July to June, 2017}},
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  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-international-migration-rate-july-june/north-carolina-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net international migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 international migration rate, July to June?

Durham County, with 6.35 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Washington County, with -0.42 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017.

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