Georgia Net Migration By County in 2016

Updated on January 22, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2016, the net migration for Georgia was 73,780. Fulton County had the highest net migration (11,843) followed by Gwinnett County (9,067), and Forsyth County (8,183). On the other hand, Muscogee County had the lowest net migration (-3,609), followed by Dougherty County (-1,404), and Bibb County (-1,290).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states and also for the US by state. You can also see links at the bottom of the page for the trend of the net migration for each county in Georgia.

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.

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Georgia Net Migration By County in 2016
Georgia Net Migration By County in 2016
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County Net Migration
Appling -15
Atkinson -93
Bacon 27
Baker -6
Baldwin -290
Banks -80
Barrow 1654
Bartow 934
Ben Hill -89
Berrien -41
Bibb -1290
Bleckley 164
Brantley -49
Brooks 77
Bryan 808
Bulloch 1173
Burke -89
Butts 227
Calhoun -155
Camden -435
Candler 2
Carroll 1114
Catoosa 446
Charlton -416
Chatham 1126
Chattahoochee -1189
Chattooga -68
Cherokee 5092
Clarke 610
Clay -55
Clayton 3747
Clinch -81
Cobb 4069
Coffee -248
Colquitt -180
Columbia 2603
Cook 71
Coweta 1741
Crawford -101
Crisp -131
Dade 91
Dawson 264
Decatur -432
DeKalb 5857
Dodge -256
Dooly -147
Dougherty -1404
Douglas 743
Early -156
Echols -107
Effingham 1240
Elbert -125
Emanuel -85
Evans -72
Fannin 721
Fayette 1114
Floyd 357
Forsyth 8183
Franklin 58
Fulton 11843
Gilmer 392
Glascock -31
Glynn 745
Gordon 450
Grady -321
Greene 274
Gwinnett 9067
Habersham 355
Hall 2649
Hancock 105
Haralson 184
Harris 466
Hart 112
Heard 42
Henry 3507
Houston 1251
Irwin 178
Jackson 1422
Jasper 53
Jeff Davis -75
Jefferson -155
Jenkins -62
Johnson -38
Jones 88
Lamar 230
Lanier 105
Laurens -290
Lee -116
Liberty -1152
Lincoln 131
Long 528
Lowndes 221
Lumpkin 125
McDuffie -85
McIntosh 54
Macon -199
Madison 338
Marion -82
Meriwether -67
Miller 56
Mitchell -22
Monroe 207
Montgomery 46
Morgan 152
Murray -210
Muscogee -3609
Newton 1097
Oconee 979
Oglethorpe -38
Paulding 2646
Peach -110
Pickens 541
Pierce -36
Pike -15
Polk 283
Pulaski -74
Putnam 217
Quitman 42
Rabun 329
Randolph 21
Richmond -366
Rockdale 251
Schley -50
Screven -57
Seminole -89
Spalding 659
Stephens 244
Stewart 190
Sumter -298
Talbot -98
Taliaferro -16
Tattnall -65
Taylor -34
Telfair -484
Terrell -147
Thomas 111
Tift -132
Toombs -115
Towns 291
Treutlen -100
Troup 153
Turner -43
Twiggs -58
Union 763
Upson 47
Walker 7
Walton 1262
Ware 289
Warren 11
Washington -371
Wayne 493
Webster -23
Wheeler 102
White 445
Whitfield 118
Wilcox -158
Wilkes -75
Wilkinson -31
Worth -18

Trend of Net Migration for Counties in Georgia

Use the links below to find the trend of the net migration for each county in Georgia.