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

Mecklenburg County had the highest net international migration rate, July to June of 100 counties in 2021, at 2.81 per 1,000 inhabitants. Onslow County had the lowest, at -0.84 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 0.29 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for North Carolina was 0.94 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2.81Mecklenburg County

Lowest-0.84Onslow County

Median0.29100 counties

North Carolina0.94History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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	2021 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2020
1	Mecklenburg County Estimated	2.81	-0.94 pts
2	Durham County Estimated	2.78	-1.13 pts
3	Orange County Estimated	1.78	-0.86 pts
4	Duplin County Estimated	1.77	+0.19 pts
5	Wake County Estimated	1.71	-0.83 pts
6	Guilford County Estimated	1.39	-0.63 pts
7	Vance County Estimated	1.06	-0.37 pts
8	Forsyth County Estimated	0.81	-0.05 pts
9	Cumberland County Estimated	0.8	-0.87 pts
10	Sampson County Estimated	0.73	-0.63 pts
11	Alamance County Estimated	0.71	+0.5 pts
12	Union County Estimated	0.71	+0.38 pts
13	Franklin County Estimated	0.68	-0.17 pts
14	Iredell County Estimated	0.68	-0.07 pts
15	Buncombe County Estimated	0.67	+0.13 pts
16	Chatham County Estimated	0.65	+0.82 pts
17	Lincoln County Estimated	0.64	+0.29 pts
18	Montgomery County Estimated	0.62	+0.66 pts
19	Davidson County Estimated	0.62	+0.05 pts
20	Dare County Estimated	0.59	-0.57 pts
21	Pender County Estimated	0.53	+0.3 pts
22	Wilkes County Estimated	0.53	+0.09 pts
23	Gaston County Estimated	0.53	+0.22 pts
24	Wayne County Estimated	0.51	-1.16 pts
25	Johnston County Estimated	0.5	-0.08 pts
26	Camden County Estimated	0.47	+0.29 pts
27	Cabarrus County Estimated	0.47	+0.04 pts
28	Catawba County Estimated	0.46	-0.39 pts
29	Madison County Estimated	0.46	+0.14 pts
30	Hertford County Estimated	0.44	-0.03 pts
31	New Hanover County Estimated	0.42	+0.07 pts
32	Scotland County Estimated	0.42	+0.02 pts
33	Nash County Estimated	0.41	-0.07 pts
34	Pitt County Estimated	0.4	-0.01 pts
35	Rowan County Estimated	0.4	+0.26 pts
36	Greene County Estimated	0.39	+0.35 pts
37	Harnett County Estimated	0.39	-0.13 pts
38	Watauga County Estimated	0.38	-0.17 pts
39	Robeson County Estimated	0.38	+0.11 pts
40	Wilson County Estimated	0.38	-0.25 pts
41	Polk County Estimated	0.36	-0.02 pts
42	Swain County Estimated	0.35	+0.28 pts
43	Edgecombe County Estimated	0.35	+0.13 pts
44	Pasquotank County Estimated	0.35	-0.28 pts
45	McDowell County Estimated	0.34	+0.23 pts
46	Macon County Estimated	0.32	-0.24 pts
47	Craven County Estimated	0.31	-0.27 pts
48	Jackson County Estimated	0.31	-0.08 pts
49	Tyrrell County Estimated	0.3	+0.3 pts
50	Moore County Estimated	0.3	-0.34 pts
51	Hoke County Estimated	0.28	-0.4 pts
52	Avery County Estimated	0.28	-0.4 pts
53	Yancey County Estimated	0.27	+0.1 pts
54	Haywood County Estimated	0.24	+0.14 pts
55	Lenoir County Estimated	0.24	+0.08 pts
56	Surry County Estimated	0.22	+0.02 pts
57	Henderson County Estimated	0.22	+0.19 pts
58	Yadkin County Estimated	0.21	+0.32 pts
59	Transylvania County Estimated	0.21	+0.04 pts
60	Ashe County Estimated	0.19	+0.26 pts
61	Halifax County Estimated	0.19	-0.1 pts
62	Brunswick County Estimated	0.18	+0.16 pts
63	Stokes County Estimated	0.18	-0.32 pts
64	Clay County Estimated	0.18	+0.35 pts
65	Northampton County Estimated	0.17	-0.14 pts
66	Davie County Estimated	0.16	+0.42 pts
67	Columbus County Estimated	0.16	+0.05 pts
68	Lee County Estimated	0.16	-0.89 pts
69	Rockingham County Estimated	0.15	+0.15 pts
70	Burke County Estimated	0.15	-0.44 pts
71	Randolph County Estimated	0.13	+0.12 pts
72	Jones County Estimated	0.11	+0.11 pts
73	Granville County Estimated	0.1	-0.17 pts
74	Gates County Estimated	0.1	+0.01 pts
75	Stanly County Estimated	0.1	+0.05 pts
76	Rutherford County Estimated	0.09	+0.18 pts
77	Beaufort County Estimated	0.09	-0.29 pts
78	Caswell County Estimated	0.09	-0.49 pts
79	Caldwell County Estimated	0.09	-0.53 pts
80	Pamlico County Estimated	0.08	+0.24 pts
81	Carteret County Estimated	0.07	-0.21 pts
82	Cherokee County Estimated	0.07	-0 pts
83	Warren County Estimated	0.05	+0.26 pts
84	Person County Estimated	0.03	-0.23 pts
85	Cleveland County Estimated	0.02	-0.43 pts
86	Alexander County Estimated	0	0 pts
86	Alleghany County Estimated	0	-0.54 pts
86	Anson County Estimated	0	-1.22 pts
86	Bertie County Estimated	0	-0.42 pts
86	Chowan County Estimated	0	+0.14 pts
86	Hyde County Estimated	0	+0.41 pts
86	Martin County Estimated	0	0 pts
86	Washington County Estimated	0	+0.26 pts
94	Bladen County Estimated	-0.03	-0.09 pts
95	Currituck County Estimated	-0.03	-0.07 pts
96	Mitchell County Estimated	-0.07	-0.54 pts
97	Richmond County Estimated	-0.09	+0.02 pts
98	Graham County Estimated	-0.12	-0.01 pts
99	Perquimans County Estimated	-0.15	+0.07 pts
100	Onslow County Estimated	-0.84	-1.07 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (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, 2021}},
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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=2021. 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?

Mecklenburg County, with 2.81 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Onslow County, with -0.84 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.

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