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US Counties With the Lowest People Who Did Not Move

3,141 US counties ranked by people who did not move, from lowest to highest. First are Aleutians East Borough, AK (266.73), Crowley County, CO (347.05) and Ziebach County, SD (386.31). The middle one of the 3,141 has 759.27.

What this measures

Tax filers who filed from the same address in both years. Source: IRS county migration flows.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

RankCountyPer 1,000 residents
1Aleutians East Borough, AK266.73
2Crowley County, CO347.05
3Ziebach County, SD386.31
4Alpine County, CA409.44
5Wheeler County, GA424.40
6Trinity County, CA432.77
7North Slope Borough, AK441.10
8Chattahoochee County, GA448.64
9Lexington city, VA449.06
10Greensville County, VA462.14
11Williamsburg city, VA463.51
12Radford city, VA470.40
13Aleutians West Census Area, AK477.02
14Forest County, PA483.57
15Lee County, AR494.07
16Stewart County, GA494.17
17Saguache County, CO498.54
18Lincoln County, AR500.00
19Walker County, TX501.15
20Lake County, TN501.42
21McDowell County, WV505.02
22Martin County, KY505.41
23Bent County, CO510.68
24Wilcox County, GA512.86
25Charlton County, GA513.96
26West Feliciana Parish, LA514.53
27Concho County, TX517.72
28Lee County, KY522.31
29Macon County, AL522.98
30Harrisonburg city, VA524.33
31Dooly County, GA524.76
32East Carroll Parish, LA525.92
33Sioux County, ND526.26
34Telfair County, GA530.89
35Riley County, KS531.42
36Pershing County, NV531.44
37Clarke County, GA535.59
38Esmeralda County, NV536.38
39Dixie County, FL536.99
40Glades County, FL538.06
41Madison County, ID539.72
42Calhoun County, GA539.80
43Mitchell County, TX545.78
44Lassen County, CA548.22
45Greer County, OK551.11
46Northwest Arctic Borough, AK552.10
47Jenkins County, GA553.26
48Watauga County, NC555.75
49Prince Edward County, VA556.95
50Issaquena County, MS557.08
51Oktibbeha County, MS557.79
52Petersburg city, VA558.34
53Athens County, OH559.61
54Todd County, SD560.74
55Hancock County, GA561.41
56Montgomery County, VA561.76
57Orleans Parish, LA562.55
58Charlottesville city, VA563.05
59Jackson County, AR563.64
60Sussex County, VA564.25
61Johnson County, GA564.73
62Clay County, SD565.72
63Union County, FL566.07
64Gilmer County, WV566.16
65Whitman County, WA567.96
66Corson County, SD568.54
67Fulton County, KY570.65
68St. Louis city, MO571.39
69Franklin County, FL571.75
70Garza County, TX573.69
71Macon County, GA573.83
72Jones County, TX574.12
73Terrell County, TX575.79
74Richmond city, VA575.98
75Baltimore city, MD578.80
76Norfolk city, VA579.95
77Greene County, MS580.07
78Sunflower County, MS581.37
79Elliott County, KY581.52
80St. Francis County, AR583.47
81Hughes County, OK584.30
82Tattnall County, GA584.31
83Bee County, TX585.58
84Breathitt County, KY586.47
85Somerset County, MD586.55
86Yazoo County, MS586.99
87Liberty County, FL587.06
88Morgan County, KY587.17
89Lafayette County, FL587.31
90Catron County, NM588.33
91Taliaferro County, GA588.51
92Seminole County, GA589.23
93Jackson County, NC589.62
94Tompkins County, NY589.75
95McCreary County, KY591.13
96La Salle County, TX591.13
97Lincoln Parish, LA591.38
98Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK591.87
99Pulaski County, MO593.20
100Clay County, KY593.38

Every state, lowest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

RankStatePer 1,000 residents
1District of Columbia649.52
2Louisiana693.76
3Alabama702.38
4Mississippi707.65
5Georgia714.29
6Oklahoma715.72
7Arkansas718.35
8New Mexico727.55
9West Virginia727.95
10Kentucky731.92
11North Carolina742.26
12Oregon743.01
13Florida743.49
14Alaska744.13
15South Carolina746.19
16Arizona749.75
17New York750.79
18Virginia750.89
19Missouri753.63
20Hawaii754.54
21Tennessee754.64
22Maryland758.47
23Rhode Island760.67
24Texas763.62
25Massachusetts765.83
26Colorado767.61
27Nevada768.51
28California769.95
29Michigan772.42
30Delaware773.43
31Ohio777.11
32Illinois778.22
33Pennsylvania778.96
34Montana780.57
35Kansas781.46
36Washington781.88
37North Dakota785.58
38Maine786.05
39Indiana787.74
40New Jersey787.99
41Connecticut788.08
42Iowa788.97
43Vermont792.65
44Idaho798.82
45Wyoming801.00
46New Hampshire808.24
47Wisconsin812.06
48Minnesota812.20
49South Dakota813.02
50Utah815.11
51Nebraska816.87

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