Georgia Net Migration By County in 2017

Updated on January 22, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2017, the net migration for Georgia was 61,644. Fulton County had the highest net migration (10,274) followed by Forsyth County (7,166), and Gwinnett County (5,809). On the other hand, Muscogee County had the lowest net migration (-3,383), followed by DeKalb County (-1,937), and Dougherty County (-1,150).

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 2017
Georgia Net Migration By County in 2017
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County Net Migration
Appling -30
Atkinson -58
Bacon -102
Baker -11
Baldwin -178
Banks 264
Barrow 1532
Bartow 1232
Ben Hill -204
Berrien 111
Bibb -733
Bleckley -81
Brantley 378
Brooks -55
Bryan 930
Bulloch 1046
Burke -147
Butts 323
Calhoun 49
Camden 220
Candler -137
Carroll 931
Catoosa 235
Charlton -87
Chatham -556
Chattahoochee -11
Chattooga -67
Cherokee 4777
Clarke 1268
Clay -29
Clayton 2365
Clinch -97
Cobb -543
Coffee -195
Colquitt -90
Columbia 3254
Cook 54
Coweta 2078
Crawford 38
Crisp -250
Dade 55
Dawson 691
Decatur -40
DeKalb -1937
Dodge -55
Dooly -157
Dougherty -1150
Douglas 1054
Early 16
Echols -68
Effingham 1106
Elbert 1
Emanuel 115
Evans 78
Fannin 454
Fayette 1260
Floyd 646
Forsyth 7166
Franklin 547
Fulton 10274
Gilmer 575
Glascock 73
Glynn 569
Gordon 86
Grady -175
Greene 390
Gwinnett 5809
Habersham 448
Hall 1700
Hancock -48
Haralson 437
Harris 320
Hart 254
Heard 170
Henry 3348
Houston 660
Irwin 72
Jackson 2331
Jasper 98
Jeff Davis 16
Jefferson -130
Jenkins 26
Johnson 64
Jones -124
Lamar 128
Lanier -41
Laurens 10
Lee 117
Liberty -854
Lincoln 21
Long 232
Lowndes 411
Lumpkin 1359
McDuffie 2
McIntosh 48
Macon -200
Madison 368
Marion -54
Meriwether -1
Miller -22
Mitchell -138
Monroe 298
Montgomery 35
Morgan 246
Murray 324
Muscogee -3383
Newton 835
Oconee 1073
Oglethorpe 159
Paulding 3253
Peach 77
Pickens 930
Pierce 58
Pike 292
Polk 219
Pulaski -62
Putnam 196
Quitman 14
Rabun 127
Randolph -158
Richmond -1090
Rockdale 564
Schley 46
Screven -80
Seminole -127
Spalding 776
Stephens 166
Stewart 216
Sumter -502
Talbot -80
Taliaferro 5
Tattnall 74
Taylor -60
Telfair -9
Terrell -164
Thomas -386
Tift -234
Toombs -263
Towns 248
Treutlen 41
Troup -47
Turner -34
Twiggs 2
Union 890
Upson 10
Walker 716
Walton 1281
Ware 12
Warren -68
Washington -9
Wayne -210
Webster -15
Wheeler -73
White 610
Whitfield -737
Wilcox -65
Wilkes 97
Wilkinson -51
Worth -174

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.