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Migration to and from Guilford County, North Carolina

Where Guilford 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
39,795
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
30,122
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+9,673
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Forsyth CountyNorth Carolina2,704
Davidson CountyNorth Carolina2,036
Alamance CountyNorth Carolina1,529
Wake CountyNorth Carolina1,360
Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina1,327
Randolph CountyNorth Carolina1,081
Durham CountyNorth Carolina1,001
Asia714
Cumberland CountyNorth Carolina687
Africa574

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Forsyth CountyNorth Carolina2,311
Randolph CountyNorth Carolina2,143
Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina1,911
Davidson CountyNorth Carolina1,841
Wake CountyNorth Carolina1,358
Rockingham CountyNorth Carolina1,197
Alamance CountyNorth Carolina948
New Hanover CountyNorth Carolina654
Durham CountyNorth Carolina569
Lee CountyFlorida474

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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: 37081.