Who's moving to and from Perry County, Kentucky?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 747 people in, 815 out. Most were moving between Kentucky counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−68 people
−62 households
Arrivals' income
$46.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$51.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Perry County went in Kentucky

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Knott County231
  2. Leslie County84
  3. Breathitt County63
  4. Fayette County41
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)328

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Knott County180
  2. Breathitt County76
  3. Fayette County64
  4. Laurel County46
  5. Leslie County42
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)407

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 West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Laurel County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Perry usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−6222–23††‡†
Net migration of Perry County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−73
2014–15 †−88
2015–16−111
2016–17 †−226
2017–18−82
2018–19 ‡−79
2019–20−75
2020–21−75
2021–22−58
2022–23 †−62

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 Perry County, Kentucky?” movedwhere.com/county/perry-county-ky. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.