North Carolina Net Migration By County in 2021
According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2021, the net migration for North Carolina was 113,126. Wake County had the highest net migration (16,111) followed by Johnston County (9,372), and Brunswick County (8,025). On the other hand, Onslow County had the lowest net migration (-3,583), followed by Hertford County (-1,623), and Wayne County (-438).
Net migration for a county refers to the difference between the number of migrants, both domestic and international, moving to the county and those leaving the county. Or to put it simply, the net migration for a given county is the inbound migration minus the outbound migration for that county.
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Hover over or click on the chart to see this information for each county. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
| County | Net Migration |
|---|---|
| Alamance | 2195 |
| Alexander | 115 |
| Alleghany | 255 |
| Anson | 348 |
| Ashe | 396 |
| Avery | -177 |
| Beaufort | 22 |
| Bertie | -274 |
| Bladen | 81 |
| Brunswick | 8025 |
| Buncombe | 3001 |
| Burke | 490 |
| Cabarrus | 3957 |
| Caldwell | 440 |
| Camden | 462 |
| Carteret | 1576 |
| Caswell | 183 |
| Catawba | 1379 |
| Chatham | 1766 |
| Cherokee | 594 |
| Chowan | 184 |
| Clay | 320 |
| Cleveland | 956 |
| Columbus | -226 |
| Craven | 363 |
| Cumberland | 450 |
| Currituck | 1375 |
| Dare | 1006 |
| Davidson | 2187 |
| Davie | 947 |
| Duplin | -67 |
| Durham | 2711 |
| Edgecombe | -159 |
| Forsyth | 2757 |
| Franklin | 2800 |
| Gaston | 3226 |
| Gates | 6 |
| Graham | 26 |
| Granville | 433 |
| Greene | -142 |
| Guilford | 2807 |
| Halifax | 163 |
| Harnett | 1316 |
| Haywood | 798 |
| Henderson | 1178 |
| Hertford | -1623 |
| Hoke | 550 |
| Hyde | 116 |
| Iredell | 4763 |
| Jackson | 457 |
| Johnston | 9372 |
| Jones | 161 |
| Lee | 658 |
| Lenoir | -86 |
| Lincoln | 3019 |
| McDowell | 249 |
| Macon | 686 |
| Madison | 572 |
| Martin | -37 |
| Mecklenburg | 1592 |
| Mitchell | 213 |
| Montgomery | 238 |
| Moore | 3044 |
| Nash | 286 |
| New Hanover | 4137 |
| Northampton | -155 |
| Onslow | -3583 |
| Orange | 5181 |
| Pamlico | 185 |
| Pasquotank | 235 |
| Pender | 2637 |
| Perquimans | 240 |
| Person | 88 |
| Pitt | 1491 |
| Polk | 556 |
| Randolph | 1073 |
| Richmond | 35 |
| Robeson | -89 |
| Rockingham | 684 |
| Rowan | 1275 |
| Rutherford | 610 |
| Sampson | 37 |
| Scotland | 196 |
| Stanly | 699 |
| Stokes | 374 |
| Surry | 253 |
| Swain | 143 |
| Transylvania | 507 |
| Tyrrell | 169 |
| Union | 4271 |
| Vance | -302 |
| Wake | 16111 |
| Warren | 383 |
| Washington | 24 |
| Watauga | 1031 |
| Wayne | -438 |
| Wilkes | 257 |
| Wilson | -277 |
| Yadkin | 194 |
| Yancey | 415 |
