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Migration to and from Wayne County, North Carolina

Where Wayne 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
8,563
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
8,164
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+399
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Lenoir CountyNorth Carolina542
Wake CountyNorth Carolina486
Vernon ParishLouisiana346
Europe313
Asia293
Duplin CountyNorth Carolina267
Fulton CountyGeorgia210
Brunswick CountyNorth Carolina190
Johnston CountyNorth Carolina190
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina170

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Lenoir CountyNorth Carolina565
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina367
Wake CountyNorth Carolina326
Onslow CountyNorth Carolina316
Johnston CountyNorth Carolina289
Ector CountyTexas259
Elmore CountyIdaho230
San Bernardino CountyCalifornia210
Duplin CountyNorth Carolina204
Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina198

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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: 37191.