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Migration to and from Forsyth County, North Carolina

Where Forsyth 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
25,753
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
20,357
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+5,396
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Guilford CountyNorth Carolina2,311
Davidson CountyNorth Carolina1,172
Asia956
Wake CountyNorth Carolina845
Durham CountyNorth Carolina801
Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina715
Davie CountyNorth Carolina482
Middlesex CountyMassachusetts479
Marlborough CityMiddlesex County, Massachusetts467
Stokes CountyNorth Carolina411

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Guilford CountyNorth Carolina2,704
Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina1,124
Stokes CountyNorth Carolina1,056
Davidson CountyNorth Carolina996
Gaston CountyNorth Carolina642
Wake CountyNorth Carolina600
Davie CountyNorth Carolina537
Rockingham CountyNorth Carolina475
Orange CountyNorth Carolina385
Franklin CountyNorth Carolina337

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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: 37067.