Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

Cook County, ILNorth Carolina

Reported tax-filing households, individuals, and adjusted gross income that moved from Cook County, IL to North Carolina, 2022–2023.

Households moved

1,232

People moved

1,916

Reported AGI moved

$155.66M

Avg. AGI per migrating return

$126,343

Avg. household size

1.56

Reported county-pair flows

13

County-by-county breakdown

OriginDestinationHouseholdsPeopleReported AGI
Cook County, ILMecklenburg County, NC403615$58.73M
Cook County, ILWake County, NC256417$30.26M
Cook County, ILBuncombe County, NC101144$17.71M
Cook County, ILDurham County, NC120174$13.65M
Cook County, ILIredell County, NC2033$6.83M
Cook County, ILForsyth County, NC5591$5.48M
Cook County, ILUnion County, NC3174$5.42M
Cook County, ILNew Hanover County, NC4459$4.65M
Cook County, ILGuilford County, NC5789$4.17M
Cook County, ILOrange County, NC4354$3.03M
Cook County, ILCumberland County, NC5077$2.43M
Cook County, ILCabarrus County, NC2444$2.17M
Cook County, ILOnslow County, NC2845$1.10M

IRS migration data does not represent every U.S. resident (non-filers are underrepresented), a mailing address does not always equal a physical residence, and AGI reflects Year 2 tax returns without proving income was earned after arrival. Use “income moved” or “reported AGI moved,” not “economic impact created.”