Georgia Net Migration Rate By County in 2022

Updated on June 21, 2025.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2022, the net migration rate per 1,000 population for Georgia was 11.46. Long County had the highest net migration rate per 1,000 population (60.82), followed by Dawson County (53.99), and Lumpkin County (53.69). On the other hand, Wheeler County had the lowest net migration rate per 1,000 population (-62.6), followed by Stewart County (-55.51), and Chattahoochee County (-49.16).

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 2022
Georgia Net Migration Rate By County in 2022
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County Net Migration Rate
Appling 6.78
Atkinson -13.5
Bacon 12.5
Baker -2.49
Baldwin 3.96
Banks 41.16
Barrow 25.34
Bartow 16.04
Ben Hill 1.4
Berrien 9.02
Bibb 3.17
Bleckley 7.17
Brantley 9.31
Brooks 6.02
Bryan 21.98
Bulloch 26.51
Burke 4.39
Butts 24.15
Calhoun -5.27
Camden 17.83
Candler 7.56
Carroll 23.03
Catoosa 8.87
Charlton 2.42
Chatham 17.14
Chattahoochee -49.16
Chattooga 11.29
Cherokee 21.11
Clarke 4.23
Clay 6.63
Clayton -4.88
Clinch -1.94
Cobb 6.14
Coffee 6.35
Colquitt 5.26
Columbia 15.31
Cook 10.84
Coweta 18.45
Crawford 10.68
Crisp -9.96
Dade -1.92
Dawson 53.99
Decatur 0.76
DeKalb 1.93
Dodge 14.03
Dooly -17.75
Dougherty 9.66
Douglas 10.17
Early 0.38
Echols -5.14
Effingham 29.61
Elbert 20.5
Emanuel 7.15
Evans -1.22
Fannin 8.27
Fayette 14.78
Floyd 13.87
Forsyth 24.18
Franklin 29.45
Fulton 10.04
Gilmer 14.51
Glascock 16.85
Glynn 8.82
Gordon 12.99
Grady 9.21
Greene 34.32
Gwinnett 9.62
Habersham 18.49
Hall 24.9
Hancock -18.33
Haralson 26.74
Harris 19.97
Hart 24.81
Heard 20.73
Henry 12.67
Houston 13.52
Irwin -24
Jackson 41.33
Jasper 45.94
Jeff Davis 6.31
Jefferson -2.99
Jenkins -7
Johnson 26.95
Jones 7.94
Lamar 42.42
Lanier 14.12
Laurens 8.2
Lee 14.2
Liberty 5.99
Lincoln 18.31
Long 60.82
Lowndes 2.81
Lumpkin 53.69
McDuffie 5.77
McIntosh 21.58
Macon 0.51
Madison 17.52
Marion 12.76
Meriwether 12.49
Miller -1.89
Mitchell -2.92
Monroe 27.49
Montgomery 5.2
Morgan 20.57
Murray 12.96
Muscogee -13.11
Newton 21.26
Oconee 14.81
Oglethorpe 23.57
Paulding 23.71
Peach 12.48
Pickens 26.96
Pierce 14.15
Pike 24.72
Polk 10.32
Pulaski 42.71
Putnam 19.67
Quitman 16.92
Rabun 15.93
Randolph -13.53
Richmond 5.36
Rockdale 11.75
Schley 4.89
Screven 0.14
Seminole 5.58
Spalding 21.48
Stephens 6.58
Stewart -55.51
Sumter -0.35
Talbot 9.21
Taliaferro 36.63
Tattnall -1.12
Taylor 7.47
Telfair 12.05
Terrell -8.92
Thomas -1.86
Tift 7.98
Toombs 2.64
Towns 19.28
Treutlen 5.35
Troup 11.09
Turner -6.19
Twiggs -14.52
Union 39.65
Upson 20.01
Walker 11.2
Walton 32.02
Ware 7.36
Warren -1.73
Washington 5.61
Wayne 21.93
Webster -2.97
Wheeler -62.6
White 20.07
Whitfield 4.83
Wilcox 9.38
Wilkes 16.04
Wilkinson -4.58
Worth -1.46