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In 2019, 16,053 people moved to Franklin County from within the state, according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a decrease from the year before, when 16,215 people migrated to Franklin County from elsewhere in the state.

The number of people moving to Franklin County is offset by the 34,476 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 31,227 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	16,217	32,930	-16,713
2018-2019	16,215	31,227	-15,012
2019-2020	16,053	34,476	-18,423