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Migration to and from Nassau County, New York

Where Nassau 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
46,366
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
51,427
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
-5,061
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Queens CountyNew York17,694
Suffolk CountyNew York4,194
Kings CountyNew York3,689
Asia2,111
New York CountyNew York2,011
Monroe CountyNew York1,512
Bronx CountyNew York1,151
Caribbean851
Philadelphia CountyPennsylvania714
Europe653

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Suffolk CountyNew York9,156
Queens CountyNew York5,605
New York CountyNew York3,494
Kings CountyNew York1,804
Palm Beach CountyFlorida1,499
Franklin CountyOhio1,006
Westchester CountyNew York974
Erie CountyNew York868
Onondaga CountyNew York657
Middlesex CountyMassachusetts488

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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: 36059.