Who's moving to and from Covington County, Mississippi?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 792 people in, 809 out. Most were moving between Mississippi counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−17 people
−22 households
Arrivals' income
$40.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$40.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Covington County went in Mississippi

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Mississippi counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 9 in 10 already lived in Mississippi. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lamar County119
  2. Jones County99
  3. Simpson County90
  4. Forrest County88
  5. Smith County80
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)316

Where did people go?

About 9 in 10 who left stayed in Mississippi. People, 2022–23.

  1. Forrest County136
  2. Lamar County130
  3. Jones County78
  4. Simpson County77
  5. Smith County76
  6. Jefferson Davis County44
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)268

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 from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Jefferson Davis County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Covington usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2222–23††‡†
Net migration of Covington County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−53
2014–15 †+29
2015–16−17
2016–17 †−22
2017–18−43
2018–19 ‡−59
2019–20+8
2020–21+28
2021–22−33
2022–23 †−22

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 Covington County, Mississippi?” movedwhere.com/county/covington-county-ms. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.