Who's moving to and from Cobb County, Georgia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 46,502 people in, 49,160 out. Most were moving between Georgia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,658 people
−1,303 households
Arrivals' income
$73.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$80.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Cobb County went in Georgia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Georgia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Los Angeles County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Georgia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fulton County8,582
  2. DeKalb County3,337
  3. Cherokee County2,901
  4. Paulding County2,619
  5. Gwinnett County2,126
  6. Douglas County1,787
  7. Clayton County786
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,251

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Georgia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fulton County7,154
  2. Paulding County4,871
  3. Cherokee County4,355
  4. Douglas County2,651
  5. DeKalb County2,488
  6. Gwinnett County2,025
  7. Bartow County1,406
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,703

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
259 people
Left for abroad
396 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cobb usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,30322–23††‡†
Net migration of Cobb County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,305
2014–15 †+548
2015–16−35
2016–17 †−1,896
2017–18−2,049
2018–19 ‡−911
2019–20−1,462
2020–21−144
2021–22−1,174
2022–23 †−1,303

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Cobb County, Georgia?” movedwhere.com/county/cobb-county-ga. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.