Migration by the numbers

So last week I got to thinking about migration patterns in West Virginia, as I tend to do. Here are some numbers some people might find interesting. They say something about the different counties we have. They are based on Internal Revenue Service numbers derived from comparing counties of residency in 2004 and 2005. Numbers are for dependents claimed on income tax returns. Only counties with movements of 10 or more people in either direction are counted:

Cabell:
Net loss of 99 people to Kentucky.
Net loss of 263 to Ohio, including the net loss of 239 to Lawrence County.
Net gain of 88 from elsewhere in West Virginia.

Berkeley:
Net gain of 1,416 from Maryland.
Net gain of 889 from Virginia.
Net gain of 553 from elsewhere in West Virginia.

Putnam:
-6 NC
+27 OH
+557 WV (includes net gain of 378 from Kanawha County)

Kanawha
-198 FL
-120 NC
-303 WV (includes net loss of 378 to Putnam County)

Monongalia
-33 MD
-61 PA
-65 VA
+159 WV

Which tells me the growth in Putnam County comes mainly from people moving out of Kanawha County. In fact, if you want the breakdown of Putnam County, here are the top five WV counties contributing to Putnam's growth:
Kanawha 378
Logan 45
Cabell 37
Raleigh 36
Wood 26

And here are the three WV counties that Putnam County loses the most people to:
Mason -11
Jackson -15
Boone -24.