East Central Reporter

In 2019, 127 people moved to Lawrence County from elsewhere in the U.S., according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a decrease from the year before, when 148 people migrated to Lawrence County from across the U.S.

The number of people moving to Lawrence County is offset by the 270 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 266 people who left the year before.

Migration data for the U.S. is based on year-to-year address changes reported on individual income tax returns filed with the IRS.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, most U.S. regions saw its population shrink.

The Northeast region of the U.S. suffered the greatest losses, while the Midwest saw population growth.

The U.S. Census Bureau found migration within the country mainly flows to the South, with many people moving to areas of Florida and Texas.

Years	Inflow	Outflow	Domestic Migration
2017-2018	121	314	-193
2018-2019	148	266	-118
2019-2020	127	270	-143