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County-to-county migration · IRS SOI · filing years 2022-2023
Net migration: +227 tax returns · +695 people · +$24,939,000 AGI
| County | Returns | AGI |
|---|---|---|
| Catawba County, NC | 403 | $20,255,000 |
| Caldwell County, NC | 287 | $11,542,000 |
| McDowell County, NC | 169 | $8,586,000 |
| Mecklenburg County, NC | 79 | $5,237,000 |
| Buncombe County, NC | 66 | $4,447,000 |
| Lincoln County, NC | 38 | $1,534,000 |
| Rutherford County, NC | 35 | $1,585,000 |
| Iredell County, NC | 34 | $1,941,000 |
| Wake County, NC | 31 | $2,378,000 |
| Alexander County, NC | 30 | $1,163,000 |
| County | Returns | AGI |
|---|---|---|
| Catawba County, NC | 421 | $18,079,000 |
| Caldwell County, NC | 296 | $13,694,000 |
| McDowell County, NC | 92 | $4,959,000 |
| Mecklenburg County, NC | 59 | $5,279,000 |
| Buncombe County, NC | 57 | $2,990,000 |
| Wake County, NC | 45 | $3,114,000 |
| Lincoln County, NC | 30 | $1,421,000 |
| Cleveland County, NC | 29 | $903,000 |
| Rutherford County, NC | 24 | $1,026,000 |
| Iredell County, NC | 20 | $1,627,000 |
IRS migration data tracks where tax filers lived in consecutive years. A "return" is roughly a household; "AGI" is the adjusted gross income that moved with them. Net migration = inflow − outflow. Small county-pair flows are suppressed by the IRS for privacy and shown blank.
Source: IRS SOI Migration Data. License: CC0 1.0.