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Charlotte Core
Mecklenburg, Union, Gaston, Cabarrus (NC) - immediate urban/suburban core of the Charlotte MSA. Membership editable in admin/config. Region totals sum reported member-county flows only — they do not recover county-pair flows the IRS suppressed for privacy.
In the IRS's 2022–2023 Statistics of Income migration data, Charlotte Core recorded 39,792 households (62,848 people) moving in and 33,752 households (56,525 people) moving out — a net gained of 6,040 households and $265.82M in reported adjusted gross income.
The single largest recorded source of newcomers was York County, SC: 1,990 households (3,239 people) moved from there, representing $126.57M in reported income.
At the state level, no state sent more newcomers into Charlotte Core than North Carolina, which accounted for 12,399 households and $794.82M in reported AGI.
Inbound (reported)
$3.24B
39,792 households · 62,848 people
Outbound (reported)
$2.97B
33,752 households · 56,525 people
Net (reported)
$265.82M
6,040 households · 6,323 people
States sending newcomers
Shaded by reported AGI coming from each state. Hover a state for numbers. County-to-county detail below.
Top origin counties
| County | Households | People | Reported AGI |
|---|---|---|---|
| York County, SC | 1,990 | 3,239 | $126.57M |
| Iredell County, NC | 1,365 | 2,240 | $115.38M |
| Wake County, NC | 1,517 | 2,202 | $114.24M |
| Guilford County, NC | 1,055 | 1,552 | $69.19M |
| Cook County, IL | 458 | 733 | $66.33M |
| Lancaster County, SC | 687 | 1,222 | $61.54M |
| Lincoln County, NC | 803 | 1,385 | $55.28M |
| Rowan County, NC | 1,158 | 1,997 | $54.50M |
| New York County, NY | 291 | 419 | $50.12M |
| Maricopa County, AZ | 434 | 751 | $48.34M |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 493 | 839 | $46.06M |
| Charleston County, SC | 309 | 436 | $45.97M |
| Forsyth County, NC | 668 | 993 | $42.84M |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 439 | 718 | $41.23M |
| Fulton County, GA | 411 | 565 | $40.11M |
| Durham County, NC | 497 | 722 | $35.98M |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 311 | 495 | $32.93M |
| Broward County, FL | 459 | 784 | $32.80M |
| King County, WA | 191 | 336 | $31.75M |
| Suffolk County, NY | 399 | 689 | $31.68M |
“Where newcomers came from” excludes moves within Charlotte Core itself. Switch to outbound to see the other direction.