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Fayetteville, North Carolina, saw 11,602 more people move out of the metro area than move in between 2010 and 2018.
- Although the South is the fastest growing of the four main US regions, population growth is not evenly spread out.
- Several Southern cities saw large parts of their population move away since the start of the decade.
- We found the 20 metro areas in the South with the most net outmigration between 2010 and 2018, adjusted by the size of the 2010 population.
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Although the South is the fastest growing of the four main US regions, population growth is not evenly spread out.
Using data from the Census Bureau's Population Estimates program, we found the metropolitan areas located in the Southern states with the most negative net migration between 2010 and 2018, adjusted by the size of the 2010 metro area population.
Net migration measures the number of people who moved into the metro area from some other part of the US or another country, minus the number of people who left the metro area over that period. That means the cities on our list saw many more people move out since 2010 than move in.
Here are the 20 Southern cities with the most net outmigration as a share of 2010 population: