Galesburg Reporter

In 2019, 509 people moved to Knox County from within the state, according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a decrease from the year before, when 511 people migrated to Knox County from elsewhere in the state.

The number of people moving to Knox County is offset by the 1,139 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 984 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	554	1,073	-519
2018-2019	511	984	-473
2019-2020	509	1,139	-630