Real IRS tax-return address changes, not a Census population estimate -- people who
actually filed from a different county the following year. Positive means more people
left than arrived; negative means the reverse. See the
reporting-vs-reality read of this same data
for how this compares against the Census's own population-change numbers.
2019→2020: 50,035 out, 56,906 in, net -6,871
2020→2021: 52,327 out, 60,066 in, net -7,739
2021→2022: 52,394 out, 58,155 in, net -5,761
2022→2023: 50,965 out, 57,410 in, net -6,445
Where Wake County, NC's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Wake County, NC to that one
county, in this one year -- not that county's own total gain from every source. Select it
in the picker above to see its own totals.
Johnston County (NC)6,568
Durham County (NC)4,950
Harnett County (NC)2,837
Franklin County (NC)2,774
Mecklenburg County (NC)1,708
Chatham County (NC)1,397
New Hanover County (NC)1,015
Guilford County (NC)962
Orange County (NC)903
Nash County (NC)881
Where Wake County, NC's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Wake County, NC,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.
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