Georgia Net Migration Rate By County in 2021

Updated on June 21, 2025.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2021, the net migration rate per 1,000 population for Georgia was 4.32. Dawson County had the highest net migration rate per 1,000 population (54.75), followed by Jackson County (46.97), and Jasper County (46.42). On the other hand, Stewart County had the lowest net migration rate per 1,000 population (-58.98), followed by Chattahoochee County (-57.64), and Dougherty County (-31.75).

Net migration rate 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 per 1,000 of the county's mid-year population. A positive rate is known as a net immigration rate, and a negative rate is known as a net emigration rate.

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Georgia Net Migration Rate By County in 2021
Georgia Net Migration Rate By County in 2021
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County Net Migration Rate
Appling 5.11
Atkinson 4.56
Bacon -2.43
Baker -3.17
Baldwin 0.91
Banks 27.93
Barrow 30.16
Bartow 14.58
Ben Hill 4.14
Berrien 2.81
Bibb -5.24
Bleckley -15.16
Brantley 7.91
Brooks 5.53
Bryan 38.91
Bulloch 6.75
Burke -10.85
Butts 27.68
Calhoun -0.54
Camden 11
Candler 2.09
Carroll 16.83
Catoosa 9.48
Charlton 29.02
Chatham 0.26
Chattahoochee -57.64
Chattooga 1.49
Cherokee 22.93
Clarke 1.61
Clay 21.06
Clayton -5.73
Clinch 0.15
Cobb -3.84
Coffee -1
Colquitt -2.31
Columbia 14.95
Cook 3.77
Coweta 21.96
Crawford 11.06
Crisp 4.59
Dade 6.04
Dawson 54.75
Decatur -6.74
DeKalb -12.01
Dodge -3.43
Dooly -16.06
Dougherty -31.75
Douglas 4.65
Early -6.06
Echols -4.58
Effingham 21.25
Elbert 2.04
Emanuel 3.45
Evans -3.53
Fannin 25.29
Fayette 12.06
Floyd 1.7
Forsyth 28.85
Franklin 6.17
Fulton -9.13
Gilmer 28.21
Glascock 9.67
Glynn 5.72
Gordon 10.47
Grady -11.63
Greene 36.13
Gwinnett 1.93
Habersham 14.88
Hall 15.49
Hancock 11.39
Haralson 22.66
Harris 22.1
Hart 23.71
Heard 10.45
Henry 11.12
Houston 15.54
Irwin -22.07
Jackson 46.97
Jasper 46.42
Jeff Davis 7.01
Jefferson -3.66
Jenkins 16.64
Johnson -10.23
Jones 4.72
Lamar 10.79
Lanier 9.51
Laurens 2.5
Lee -0.54
Liberty 11.04
Lincoln 12.81
Long 43.75
Lowndes 0.41
Lumpkin -17.66
McDuffie 3.52
McIntosh 17.33
Macon -10.39
Madison 21.09
Marion -6.28
Meriwether 13.01
Miller -8.27
Mitchell -13.72
Monroe 29.96
Montgomery 11.97
Morgan 26.97
Murray 1.9
Muscogee -10.39
Newton 22.05
Oconee 24.76
Oglethorpe 23.82
Paulding 22.38
Peach 9.84
Pickens 25.82
Pierce 16.21
Pike 34.45
Polk 11.36
Pulaski -23.65
Putnam 27.96
Quitman 13.89
Rabun 20.75
Randolph -9.03
Richmond -6.11
Rockdale 2.86
Schley -12.19
Screven 2.42
Seminole 8.09
Spalding 6.24
Stephens 3.99
Stewart -58.98
Sumter -14.77
Talbot 13.76
Taliaferro 12.8
Tattnall -5.7
Taylor -1.8
Telfair -3.23
Terrell -18.26
Thomas 3.21
Tift -6.01
Toombs -5.38
Towns 38.46
Treutlen 4.55
Troup 2.77
Turner -3.46
Twiggs -4.28
Union 45.83
Upson 4.29
Walker 14.26
Walton 29.6
Ware -13.73
Warren 9.78
Washington -2.47
Wayne 6.63
Webster 7.63
Wheeler 44.49
White 16.21
Whitfield -2.25
Wilcox 3.88
Wilkes 3.47
Wilkinson 2.27
Worth -5.33