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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 25,070 people in, 27,617 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,547 people
−738 households
Arrivals' income
$46.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$54.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Cumberland County went in North Carolina

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Harnett County1,569
  2. Hoke County1,466
  3. Robeson County904
  4. Wake County759
  5. Sampson County372
  6. El Paso County, CO339
  7. El Paso County, TX321
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,969

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Hoke County1,799
  2. Harnett County1,692
  3. Wake County1,010
  4. Robeson County950
  5. Moore County468
  6. Mecklenburg County467
  7. El Paso County, CO457
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)8,398

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,025 people
Left for abroad
871 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cumberland usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−73822–23††‡†
Net migration of Cumberland County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,240
2014–15 †−687
2015–16−489
2016–17 †−2,724
2017–18−242
2018–19 ‡−803
2019–20−816
2020–21−580
2021–22−463
2022–23 †−738

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Cumberland County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/cumberland-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.