2003 Revised County Population Estimates |
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County | July 2003 Estimate | April 2000 Estimate Base | Amount | Percent | Total Births, A2000 - J2003 | Total Deaths, A2000 - J2003 | Natural Growth, A2000 - J2003 | Amount | Percent |
Alamance | 136,245 | 130,750 | 5,495 | 4.2 | 6,059 | 4,264 | 1,795 | 3,700 | 2.8 |
Alexander | 34,346 | 33,566 | 780 | 2.3 | 1,373 | 920 | 453 | 327 | 1.0 |
Alleghany | 10,677 | 10,672 | 5 | 0.0 | 339 | 455 | -116 | 121 | 1.1 |
Anson | 25,690 | 25,268 | 422 | 1.7 | 1,089 | 957 | 132 | 290 | 1.1 |
Ashe | 25,127 | 24,394 | 733 | 3.0 | 823 | 944 | -121 | 854 | 3.5 |
Avery | 17,887 | 17,149 | 738 | 4.3 | 572 | 605 | -33 | 771 | 4.5 |
Beaufort | 45,269 | 44,916 | 353 | 0.8 | 2,041 | 1,773 | 268 | 85 | 0.2 |
Bertie | 20,013 | 19,765 | 248 | 1.3 | 842 | 869 | -27 | 275 | 1.4 |
Bladen | 33,282 | 32,252 | 1,030 | 3.2 | 1,503 | 1,280 | 223 | 807 | 2.5 |
Brunswick | 80,915 | 73,121 | 7,794 | 10.7 | 2,797 | 2,389 | 408 | 7,386 | 10.1 |
Buncombe | 214,046 | 206,365 | 7,681 | 3.7 | 8,254 | 7,191 | 1,063 | 6,618 | 3.2 |
Burke | 88,738 | 89,163 | -425 | -0.5 | 3,463 | 2,690 | 773 | -1,198 | -1.3 |
Cabarrus | 143,196 | 131,043 | 12,153 | 9.3 | 7,108 | 3,706 | 3,402 | 8,751 | 6.7 |
Caldwell | 78,803 | 77,747 | 1,056 | 1.4 | 3,145 | 2,525 | 620 | 436 | 0.6 |
Camden | 7,865 | 6,884 | 981 | 14.3 | 257 | 209 | 48 | 933 | 13.6 |
Carteret | 60,779 | 59,334 | 1,445 | 2.4 | 1,926 | 2,228 | -302 | 1,747 | 2.9 |
Caswell | 23,738 | 23,474 | 264 | 1.1 | 832 | 801 | 31 | 233 | 1.0 |
Catawba | 145,155 | 141,700 | 3,455 | 2.4 | 6,751 | 4,230 | 2,521 | 934 | 0.7 |
Chatham | 53,791 | 49,396 | 4,395 | 8.9 | 2,186 | 1,583 | 603 | 3,792 | 7.7 |
Cherokee | 25,196 | 24,261 | 935 | 3.9 | 868 | 1,024 | -156 | 1,091 | 4.5 |
Chowan | 14,439 | 14,522 | -83 | -0.6 | 602 | 594 | 8 | -91 | -0.6 |
Clay | 9,363 | 8,778 | 585 | 6.7 | 264 | 364 | -100 | 685 | 7.8 |
Cleveland | 96,752 | 96,129 | 623 | 0.6 | 4,106 | 3,270 | 836 | -213 | -0.2 |
Columbus | 54,943 | 54,758 | 185 | 0.3 | 3,052 | 2,075 | 977 | -792 | -1.4 |
Craven | 93,681 | 91,526 | 2,155 | 2.4 | 5,102 | 2,726 | 2,376 | -221 | -0.2 |
Cumberland | 304,616 | 302,978 | 1,638 | 0.5 | 17,634 | 6,549 | 11,085 | -9,447 | -3.1 |
Currituck | 20,352 | 18,179 | 2,173 | 12.0 | 715 | 530 | 185 | 1,988 | 10.9 |
Dare | 33,085 | 29,959 | 3,126 | 10.4 | 1,185 | 848 | 337 | 2,789 | 9.3 |
Davidson | 151,824 | 147,248 | 4,576 | 3.1 | 6,280 | 4,537 | 1,743 | 2,833 | 1.9 |
Davie | 36,774 | 34,841 | 1,933 | 5.5 | 1,450 | 1,110 | 340 | 1,593 | 4.6 |
Duplin | 51,819 | 49,054 | 2,765 | 5.6 | 2,577 | 1,626 | 951 | 1,814 | 3.7 |
Durham | 235,006 | 223,270 | 11,736 | 5.3 | 12,493 | 5,456 | 7,037 | 4,699 | 2.1 |
Edgecombe | 55,583 | 55,604 | -21 | -0.0 | 2,552 | 2,008 | 544 | -565 | -1.0 |
Forsyth | 316,323 | 306,274 | 10,049 | 3.3 | 14,919 | 8,947 | 5,972 | 4,077 | 1.3 |
Franklin | 51,663 | 47,284 | 4,379 | 9.3 | 2,138 | 1,428 | 710 | 3,669 | 7.8 |
Gaston | 190,052 | 190,445 | -393 | -0.2 | 8,436 | 6,386 | 2,050 | -2,443 | -1.3 |
Gates | 10,870 | 10,521 | 349 | 3.3 | 361 | 413 | -52 | 401 | 3.8 |
Graham | 8,152 | 7,996 | 156 | 2.0 | 322 | 335 | -13 | 169 | 2.1 |
Granville | 52,947 | 48,486 | 4,461 | 9.2 | 1,950 | 1,443 | 507 | 3,954 | 8.2 |
Greene | 19,629 | 18,957 | 672 | 3.5 | 790 | 561 | 229 | 443 | 2.3 |
Guilford | 432,981 | 420,848 | 12,133 | 2.9 | 19,263 | 11,308 | 7,955 | 4,178 | 1.0 |
Halifax | 56,533 | 57,444 | -911 | -1.6 | 2,485 | 2,183 | 302 | -1,213 | -2.1 |
Harnett | 96,696 | 90,978 | 5,718 | 6.3 | 4,707 | 2,408 | 2,299 | 3,419 | 3.8 |
Haywood | 55,907 | 54,025 | 1,882 | 3.5 | 1,834 | 2,097 | -263 | 2,145 | 4.0 |
Henderson | 94,417 | 89,184 | 5,233 | 5.9 | 3,530 | 3,630 | -100 | 5,333 | 6.0 |
Hertford | 23,626 | 22,588 | 1,038 | 4.6 | 911 | 971 | -60 | 1,098 | 4.9 |
Hoke | 36,581 | 33,708 | 2,873 | 8.5 | 2,195 | 797 | 1,398 | 1,475 | 4.4 |
Hyde | 5,854 | 5,817 | 37 | 0.6 | 192 | 220 | -28 | 65 | 1.1 |
Iredell | 133,121 | 122,631 | 10,490 | 8.6 | 5,988 | 3,618 | 2,370 | 8,120 | 6.6 |
Jackson | 35,594 | 33,103 | 2,491 | 7.5 | 1,181 | 1,001 | 180 | 2,311 | 7.0 |
Johnston | 135,033 | 121,998 | 13,035 | 10.7 | 6,836 | 3,164 | 3,672 | 9,363 | 7.7 |
Jones | 10,025 | 10,311 | -286 | -2.8 | 297 | 402 | -105 | -181 | -1.8 |
Lee | 51,420 | 49,196 | 2,224 | 4.5 | 2,689 | 1,544 | 1,145 | 1,079 | 2.2 |
Lenoir | 59,419 | 59,636 | -217 | -0.4 | 2,634 | 2,331 | 303 | -520 | -0.9 |
Lincoln | 67,543 | 63,810 | 3,733 | 5.9 | 2,854 | 1,872 | 982 | 2,751 | 4.3 |
Macon | 31,070 | 29,802 | 1,268 | 4.3 | 1,011 | 1,236 | -225 | 1,493 | 5.0 |
Madison | 19,819 | 19,612 | 207 | 1.1 | 709 | 710 | -1 | 208 | 1.1 |
Martin | 24,940 | 25,549 | -609 | -2.4 | 1,027 | 1,035 | -8 | -601 | -2.4 |
McDowell | 43,013 | 42,134 | 879 | 2.1 | 1,703 | 1,437 | 266 | 613 | 1.5 |
Mecklenburg | 754,436 | 695,348 | 59,088 | 8.5 | 39,772 | 14,968 | 24,804 | 34,284 | 4.9 |
Mitchell | 15,770 | 15,687 | 83 | 0.5 | 538 | 673 | -135 | 218 | 1.4 |
Montgomery | 27,190 | 26,797 | 393 | 1.5 | 1,304 | 878 | 426 | -33 | -0.1 |
Moore | 77,927 | 74,772 | 3,155 | 4.2 | 2,924 | 2,877 | 47 | 3,108 | 4.2 |
Nash | 88,723 | 87,378 | 1,345 | 1.5 | 4,001 | 2,868 | 1,133 | 212 | 0.2 |
New Hanover | 171,665 | 160,315 | 11,350 | 7.1 | 6,630 | 4,604 | 2,026 | 9,324 | 5.8 |
Northampton | 21,909 | 22,051 | -142 | -0.6 | 787 | 926 | -139 | -3 | -0.0 |
Onslow | 155,761 | 150,418 | 5,343 | 3.6 | 10,323 | 2,490 | 7,833 | -2,490 | -1.7 |
Orange | 120,368 | 115,589 | 4,779 | 4.1 | 4,252 | 2,241 | 2,011 | 2,768 | 2.4 |
Pamlico | 12,981 | 12,896 | 85 | 0.7 | 334 | 477 | -143 | 228 | 1.8 |
Pasquotank | 35,978 | 34,890 | 1,088 | 3.1 | 1,523 | 1,179 | 344 | 744 | 2.1 |
Pender | 42,972 | 41,071 | 1,901 | 4.6 | 1,573 | 1,220 | 353 | 1,548 | 3.8 |
Perquimans | 11,743 | 11,369 | 374 | 3.3 | 391 | 496 | -105 | 479 | 4.2 |
Person | 37,073 | 35,603 | 1,470 | 4.1 | 1,500 | 1,249 | 251 | 1,219 | 3.4 |
Pitt | 141,029 | 133,759 | 7,270 | 5.4 | 6,496 | 3,415 | 3,081 | 4,189 | 3.1 |
Polk | 19,071 | 18,299 | 772 | 4.2 | 568 | 902 | -334 | 1,106 | 6.0 |
Randolph | 133,771 | 130,503 | 3,268 | 2.5 | 5,995 | 3,687 | 2,308 | 960 | 0.7 |
Richmond | 46,053 | 46,597 | -544 | -1.2 | 2,096 | 1,732 | 364 | -908 | -1.9 |
Robeson | 125,394 | 123,170 | 2,224 | 1.8 | 6,744 | 3,860 | 2,884 | -660 | -0.5 |
Rockingham | 92,687 | 92,018 | 669 | 0.7 | 3,746 | 3,359 | 387 | 282 | 0.3 |
Rowan | 131,903 | 130,364 | 1,539 | 1.2 | 5,471 | 4,350 | 1,121 | 418 | 0.3 |
Rutherford | 64,248 | 62,923 | 1,325 | 2.1 | 2,617 | 2,449 | 168 | 1,157 | 1.8 |
Sampson | 61,199 | 60,157 | 1,042 | 1.7 | 2,974 | 2,047 | 927 | 115 | 0.2 |
Scotland | 35,089 | 35,952 | -863 | -2.4 | 1,593 | 1,156 | 437 | -1,300 | -3.6 |
Stanly | 58,739 | 58,092 | 647 | 1.1 | 2,422 | 1,936 | 486 | 161 | 0.3 |
Stokes | 45,553 | 44,640 | 913 | 2.0 | 1,633 | 1,356 | 277 | 636 | 1.4 |
Surry | 71,531 | 71,208 | 323 | 0.5 | 3,061 | 2,508 | 553 | -230 | -0.3 |
Swain | 13,334 | 12,980 | 354 | 2.7 | 565 | 538 | 27 | 327 | 2.5 |
Transylvania | 29,879 | 29,316 | 563 | 1.9 | 891 | 1,172 | -281 | 844 | 2.9 |
Tyrrell | 4,286 | 4,143 | 143 | 3.5 | 143 | 161 | -18 | 161 | 3.9 |
Union | 144,139 | 123,834 | 20,305 | 16.4 | 7,494 | 2,837 | 4,657 | 15,648 | 12.6 |
Vance | 44,134 | 42,946 | 1,188 | 2.8 | 2,329 | 1,561 | 768 | 420 | 1.0 |
Wake | 699,267 | 627,906 | 71,361 | 11.4 | 34,954 | 10,926 | 24,028 | 47,333 | 7.5 |
Warren | 20,252 | 19,861 | 391 | 2.0 | 650 | 759 | -109 | 500 | 2.5 |
Washington | 13,507 | 13,730 | -223 | -1.6 | 557 | 549 | 8 | -231 | -1.7 |
Watauga | 44,566 | 42,684 | 1,882 | 4.4 | 1,126 | 941 | 185 | 1,697 | 4.0 |
Wayne | 115,080 | 113,449 | 1,631 | 1.4 | 5,574 | 3,407 | 2,167 | -536 | -0.5 |
Wilkes | 67,168 | 65,630 | 1,538 | 2.3 | 2,847 | 2,171 | 676 | 862 | 1.3 |
Wilson | 75,597 | 73,810 | 1,787 | 2.4 | 3,497 | 2,369 | 1,128 | 659 | 0.9 |
Yadkin | 36,752 | 36,352 | 400 | 1.1 | 1,552 | 1,229 | 323 | 77 | 0.2 |
Yancey | 17,546 | 17,758 | -212 | -1.2 | 607 | 604 | 3 | -215 | -1.2 |
STATE | 8,418,493 | 8,046,668 | 371,825 | 4.6 | 385,242 | 232,929 | 152,313 | 219,512 | 2.7 |
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Last updated 31AUG2011 |