North Carolina Net International Migration By County in 2023
According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2023, the net international migration for North Carolina was 57,839. Mecklenburg County had the highest net international migration (16,271) followed by Wake County (10,419), and Durham County (4,795). On the other hand, Polk County had the lowest net international migration (-8), followed by Perquimans County (-8), and Cherokee County (-8).
Net International migration for a given county refers to the difference between the number of people moving to the county from other parts of the world outside the borders of the United States (50 states and District of Columbia) and the number of people moving out of the county to other parts of the world outside the borders of the United States.
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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 International Migration |
|---|---|
| Alamance | 766 |
| Alexander | 11 |
| Alleghany | 7 |
| Anson | 17 |
| Ashe | 24 |
| Avery | 67 |
| Beaufort | -4 |
| Bertie | 34 |
| Bladen | 36 |
| Brunswick | 43 |
| Buncombe | 1036 |
| Burke | 122 |
| Cabarrus | 883 |
| Caldwell | 84 |
| Camden | 13 |
| Carteret | 126 |
| Caswell | 9 |
| Catawba | 385 |
| Chatham | 371 |
| Cherokee | -8 |
| Chowan | -1 |
| Clay | 3 |
| Cleveland | 75 |
| Columbus | 19 |
| Craven | 172 |
| Cumberland | 1905 |
| Currituck | 5 |
| Dare | 110 |
| Davidson | 328 |
| Davie | 62 |
| Duplin | 360 |
| Durham | 4795 |
| Edgecombe | 95 |
| Forsyth | 1988 |
| Franklin | 154 |
| Gaston | 868 |
| Gates | -4 |
| Graham | 1 |
| Granville | 47 |
| Greene | 6 |
| Guilford | 4106 |
| Halifax | 66 |
| Harnett | 339 |
| Haywood | 51 |
| Henderson | 379 |
| Hertford | 65 |
| Hoke | 196 |
| Hyde | 0 |
| Iredell | 696 |
| Jackson | 117 |
| Johnston | 937 |
| Jones | 3 |
| Lee | 434 |
| Lenoir | 110 |
| Lincoln | 238 |
| McDowell | 129 |
| Macon | 38 |
| Madison | 20 |
| Martin | 0 |
| Mecklenburg | 16271 |
| Mitchell | 18 |
| Montgomery | 83 |
| Moore | 302 |
| Nash | 112 |
| New Hanover | 764 |
| Northampton | 5 |
| Onslow | 557 |
| Orange | 1285 |
| Pamlico | 8 |
| Pasquotank | 76 |
| Pender | 155 |
| Perquimans | -8 |
| Person | 95 |
| Pitt | 561 |
| Polk | -8 |
| Randolph | 242 |
| Richmond | -6 |
| Robeson | 413 |
| Rockingham | 51 |
| Rowan | 412 |
| Rutherford | 1 |
| Sampson | 269 |
| Scotland | 102 |
| Stanly | 138 |
| Stokes | -3 |
| Surry | 77 |
| Swain | 19 |
| Transylvania | 122 |
| Tyrrell | 11 |
| Union | 1213 |
| Vance | 154 |
| Wake | 10419 |
| Warren | 35 |
| Washington | -1 |
| Watauga | 181 |
| Wayne | 465 |
| Wilkes | 94 |
| Wilson | 156 |
| Yadkin | 53 |
| Yancey | 12 |