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Migration to and from Powder River County, Montana

Where Powder River County residents came from and where they went over the 5-year window 2016-2020. Census ACS County-to-County Migration Flows, 2020 5-yr (frozen vintage).

Total inflow
103
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
405
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
-302
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Stark CountyNorth Dakota47
Gallatin CountyMontana10
Crawford CountyGeorgia8
Yellowstone CountyMontana7
Lawrence CountySouth Dakota7
Carter CountyMontana6
Deschutes CountyOregon5
Pennington CountySouth Dakota4
Lorain CountyOhio3
Lincoln CountyMontana2

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Lawrence CountySouth Dakota111
Barry CountyMissouri93
Duplin CountyNorth Carolina55
Rosebud CountyMontana38
Stillwater CountyMontana31
Laramie CountyWyoming30
Musselshell CountyMontana19
Yellowstone CountyMontana18
Park CountyWyoming4
Cooper CountyMissouri2

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Methodology

  • Counts represent the number of people aged 1+ who reported a different residence at the survey reference date than they did one year earlier, aggregated across the 5-year sample window 2016-2020.
  • Outbound (OUT) flows are reported less frequently than inbound (IN) because the survey captures the destination side of each move. Many county pairs have null OUT counts, which is normal.
  • "Total inflow" sums the published MOVEDIN counts across all origin counties, including foreign-region inflows (Africa, Asia, Central America, etc.). It is not the same as net population change.
  • Frozen vintage. The Census Bureau has not released a newer county-to-county migration flows file. The 2020 5-yr vintage (covering 2016-2020) is the latest available as of build date.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, County-to-County Migration Flows: 2016-2020. Vintage: 2020 5-yr. Generated: 2026-05-28. FIPS: 30075.