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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,629 people in, 2,320 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+309 people
+65 households
Arrivals' income
$42.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$42.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Sampson 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Cumberland County451
  2. Harnett County291
  3. Duplin County227
  4. Johnston County212
  5. Wake County125
  6. Wayne County116
  7. Bladen County66
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,055

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cumberland County372
  2. Duplin County215
  3. Johnston County206
  4. Harnett County205
  5. Wayne County150
  6. Wake County127
  7. Bladen County78
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)809

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
Net moves with Pender County
withheld
Net moves with Onslow County
withheld
Net moves with Guilford County
withheld
Net moves with Mecklenburg County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Sampson 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+6522–23††‡†
Net migration of Sampson County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−515
2014–15 †−297
2015–16−187
2016–17 †−66
2017–18−24
2018–19 ‡−68
2019–20+10
2020–21+71
2021–22−2
2022–23 †+65

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