Who's moving to and from Columbus County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,787 people in, 1,680 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+107 people
−7 households
Arrivals' income
$45.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$40.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Columbus County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Horry County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Brunswick County323
  2. Horry County, SC220
  3. Bladen County143
  4. New Hanover County114
  5. Robeson County79
  6. Cumberland County77
  7. Wake County48
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)783

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Horry County, SC230
  2. Brunswick County220
  3. Bladen County189
  4. Robeson County127
  5. New Hanover County91
  6. Cumberland County62
  7. Wake County58
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)669

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Guilford County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Columbus usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−722–23††‡†
Net migration of Columbus County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−92
2014–15 †−136
2015–16+19
2016–17 †−57
2017–18−12
2018–19 ‡−11
2019–20+49
2020–21+68
2021–22+166
2022–23 †−7

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 Columbus County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/columbus-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.