Eastern Shore Times

In 2019, 846 people moved to Accomack County from across the U.S and other countries, according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is an increase over the year before, when 696 people migrated to Accomack County.

The number of people moving to Accomack County is offset by the 751 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 739 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 their numbers 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	696	765	-69
2018-2019	696	739	-43
2019-2020	846	751	95