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Georgia migration

Where people move to and from Georgia, a county-by-county net-migration map, and the domestic / international / natural split over time. Sources: IRS SOI county-to-county migration and Census PEP. See also Population & Growth.
Latest data: —
Net domestic migration
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Latest year (PEP)
Net international migration
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Latest year (PEP)
Top origin state
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Most movers into GA (IRS)
Top destination state
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Most movers out of GA (IRS)
Net IRS exchange
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Out-of-state in − out
Non-metro counties
86
Outside the 14 MSAs

Where Georgians Move To & From

Out-of-state moves by tax returns (IRS SOI). Left: top states sending people into Georgia. Right: top states Georgians move to. Intrastate moves excluded.

Net Exchange by State

In minus out, by state. Teal = Georgia gains from that state; coral = Georgia loses to it. The states where the balance tips are the real story.

Migration vs. Natural Change

Annual components of Georgia's population change: domestic migration, international migration, and natural change (births minus deaths), plus total net migration. Census PEP.

Net Migration by County

All 159 counties — the 86 outside any metro included. Net domestic migration, cumulative over the period. Census PEP.

Source: Census PEP components of change, county domestic migration over the estimate window. Teal = net in-migration, coral = net out-migration.

Non-Metro Georgia

The 86 counties outside the 14 MSAs, aggregated. Net migration over the estimate window.

Which Metros Attract Movers

Net migration by metro — IRS SOI net exchange (latest year-pair) and Census PEP net migration (latest year). Click a header to sort.

Metro PEP net migration PEP domestic PEP international IRS net exchange
Source: roll-up of the 14 metro reports (IRS SOI + Census PEP). IRS net = out-of-MSA in minus out.

About this data

Two complementary sources. Census PEP components of change give annual domestic, international, and natural change for the state and a cumulative net-migration figure for every one of the 159 counties — used for the trend chart, the county map, and the non-metro aggregate. IRS SOI county-to-county migration, based on the addresses on filed tax returns, identifies where movers come from and go to; we aggregate it to Georgia statewide for the state-to-state flows and roll the metro figures up from the 14 metro reports. IRS data lags about 18 months and counts tax returns (roughly households), so its totals differ from PEP's person counts. The state components and county map cover 100% of Georgia, including the 86 non-metro counties. Sections show a stale badge when their source is more than ~14 months old.