NW Ohio Times

In 2019, 68 people moved to Putnam County from elsewhere in the U.S., according to migration data from the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a decrease from the year before, when 94 people migrated to Putnam County from across the U.S.

The number of people moving to Putnam County is offset by the 536 residents who left the area during the same year.

There were 526 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 its population 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	79	563	-484
2018-2019	94	526	-432
2019-2020	68	536	-468