2015 Revised County Population Estimates |
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Total Population | Population Change | Components of Change | ||||||
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Area | April 1, 2010 Estimate Base | July 1, 2015 Estimate | Numeric | Percent | Births | Deaths | Natural Increase | Net Migration |
Alamance | 151,198 | 156,820 | 5,622 | 3.7 | 9,265 | 8,046 | 1,219 | 4,403 |
Alexander | 37,192 | 37,647 | 455 | 1.2 | 1,872 | 1,916 | -44 | 499 |
Alleghany | 11,154 | 11,241 | 87 | 0.8 | 492 | 725 | -233 | 320 |
Anson | 26,928 | 26,044 | -884 | -3.3 | 1,350 | 1,511 | -161 | -723 |
Ashe | 27,238 | 27,065 | -173 | -0.6 | 1,262 | 1,743 | -481 | 308 |
Avery | 17,806 | 17,755 | -51 | -0.3 | 754 | 1,031 | -277 | 226 |
Beaufort | 47,763 | 47,640 | -123 | -0.3 | 2,590 | 3,064 | -474 | 351 |
Bertie | 21,280 | 20,450 | -830 | -3.9 | 965 | 1,386 | -421 | -409 |
Bladen | 35,182 | 34,935 | -247 | -0.7 | 1,891 | 2,116 | -225 | -22 |
Brunswick | 107,431 | 123,097 | 15,666 | 14.6 | 5,494 | 6,297 | -803 | 16,469 |
Buncombe | 238,328 | 253,924 | 15,596 | 6.5 | 13,632 | 13,037 | 595 | 15,001 |
Burke | 90,838 | 89,012 | -1,826 | -2.0 | 4,548 | 5,174 | -626 | -1,200 |
Cabarrus | 178,086 | 195,278 | 17,192 | 9.7 | 12,213 | 7,593 | 4,620 | 12,572 |
Caldwell | 83,047 | 82,735 | -312 | -0.4 | 4,223 | 4,723 | -500 | 188 |
Camden | 9,980 | 10,209 | 229 | 2.3 | 475 | 395 | 80 | 149 |
Carteret | 66,463 | 69,723 | 3,260 | 4.9 | 3,248 | 4,113 | -865 | 4,125 |
Caswell | 23,748 | 23,482 | -266 | -1.1 | 1,092 | 1,379 | -287 | 21 |
Catawba | 154,758 | 156,157 | 1,399 | 0.9 | 9,327 | 8,228 | 1,099 | 300 |
Chatham | 63,479 | 69,404 | 5,925 | 9.3 | 3,290 | 3,381 | -91 | 6,016 |
Cherokee | 27,441 | 27,761 | 320 | 1.2 | 1,150 | 1,842 | -692 | 1,012 |
Chowan | 14,793 | 14,452 | -341 | -2.3 | 805 | 1,004 | -199 | -142 |
Clay | 10,591 | 10,998 | 407 | 3.8 | 429 | 722 | -293 | 700 |
Cleveland | 98,030 | 97,787 | -243 | -0.2 | 5,677 | 5,818 | -141 | -102 |
Columbus | 58,107 | 57,199 | -908 | -1.6 | 3,338 | 3,663 | -325 | -583 |
Craven | 103,503 | 103,215 | -288 | -0.3 | 8,280 | 5,510 | 2,770 | -3,058 |
Cumberland | 319,433 | 329,304 | 9,871 | 3.1 | 30,079 | 12,761 | 17,318 | -7,447 |
Currituck | 23,547 | 25,537 | 1,990 | 8.5 | 1,269 | 1,103 | 166 | 1,824 |
Dare | 33,920 | 35,803 | 1,883 | 5.6 | 1,903 | 1,539 | 364 | 1,519 |
Davidson | 162,833 | 164,563 | 1,730 | 1.1 | 9,065 | 8,538 | 527 | 1,203 |
Davie | 41,221 | 41,668 | 447 | 1.1 | 1,997 | 2,107 | -110 | 557 |
Duplin | 58,404 | 59,942 | 1,538 | 2.6 | 4,028 | 2,883 | 1,145 | 393 |
Durham | 269,984 | 297,278 | 27,294 | 10.1 | 22,556 | 10,069 | 12,487 | 14,807 |
Edgecombe | 56,545 | 54,310 | -2,235 | -4.0 | 3,439 | 3,357 | 82 | -2,317 |
Forsyth | 350,674 | 365,827 | 15,153 | 4.3 | 23,965 | 16,445 | 7,520 | 7,633 |
Franklin | 60,558 | 64,103 | 3,545 | 5.9 | 3,541 | 2,732 | 809 | 2,736 |
Gaston | 206,117 | 212,405 | 6,288 | 3.1 | 13,274 | 11,450 | 1,824 | 4,464 |
Gates | 12,186 | 11,824 | -362 | -3.0 | 564 | 675 | -111 | -251 |
Graham | 8,861 | 8,747 | -114 | -1.3 | 477 | 566 | -89 | -25 |
Granville | 57,522 | 58,295 | 773 | 1.3 | 2,950 | 2,788 | 162 | 611 |
Greene | 21,359 | 21,049 | -310 | -1.5 | 1,162 | 1,008 | 154 | -464 |
Guilford | 488,418 | 516,644 | 28,226 | 5.8 | 32,017 | 21,473 | 10,544 | 17,682 |
Halifax | 54,634 | 52,253 | -2,381 | -4.4 | 3,073 | 3,494 | -421 | -1,960 |
Harnett | 114,697 | 127,055 | 12,358 | 10.8 | 9,595 | 4,715 | 4,880 | 7,478 |
Haywood | 59,034 | 60,465 | 1,431 | 2.4 | 2,920 | 3,803 | -883 | 2,314 |
Henderson | 106,705 | 111,945 | 5,240 | 4.9 | 5,613 | 7,170 | -1,557 | 6,797 |
Hertford | 24,671 | 24,477 | -194 | -0.8 | 1,250 | 1,480 | -230 | 36 |
Hoke | 46,889 | 51,800 | 4,911 | 10.5 | 4,963 | 1,576 | 3,387 | 1,524 |
Hyde | 5,817 | 5,572 | -245 | -4.2 | 266 | 323 | -57 | -188 |
Iredell | 159,462 | 169,906 | 10,444 | 6.5 | 9,336 | 7,584 | 1,752 | 8,692 |
Jackson | 40,276 | 41,656 | 1,380 | 3.4 | 2,058 | 1,865 | 193 | 1,187 |
Johnston | 168,872 | 183,914 | 15,042 | 8.9 | 11,772 | 6,590 | 5,182 | 9,860 |
Jones | 10,166 | 10,199 | 33 | 0.3 | 527 | 666 | -139 | 172 |
Lee | 57,858 | 58,783 | 925 | 1.6 | 4,228 | 2,878 | 1,350 | -425 |
Lenoir | 59,518 | 58,291 | -1,227 | -2.1 | 3,496 | 3,825 | -329 | -898 |
Lincoln | 77,966 | 81,094 | 3,128 | 4.0 | 4,093 | 3,847 | 246 | 2,882 |
Macon | 33,917 | 34,727 | 810 | 2.4 | 1,750 | 2,293 | -543 | 1,353 |
Madison | 20,789 | 21,734 | 945 | 4.5 | 1,006 | 1,249 | -243 | 1,188 |
Martin | 24,512 | 23,603 | -909 | -3.7 | 1,275 | 1,702 | -427 | -482 |
McDowell | 44,996 | 45,474 | 478 | 1.1 | 2,422 | 2,575 | -153 | 631 |
Mecklenburg | 919,650 | 1,035,317 | 115,667 | 12.6 | 73,658 | 29,685 | 43,973 | 71,694 |
Mitchell | 15,576 | 15,221 | -355 | -2.3 | 743 | 1,117 | -374 | 19 |
Montgomery | 27,784 | 27,790 | 6 | 0.0 | 1,702 | 1,450 | 252 | -246 |
Moore | 88,246 | 94,131 | 5,885 | 6.7 | 5,186 | 5,729 | -543 | 6,428 |
Nash | 95,829 | 94,293 | -1,536 | -1.6 | 5,749 | 5,323 | 426 | -1,962 |
New Hanover | 202,683 | 219,847 | 17,164 | 8.5 | 11,834 | 9,337 | 2,497 | 14,667 |
Northampton | 22,101 | 21,180 | -921 | -4.2 | 973 | 1,493 | -520 | -401 |
Onslow | 177,799 | 194,067 | 16,268 | 9.1 | 22,781 | 5,211 | 17,570 | -1,302 |
Orange | 133,688 | 140,841 | 7,153 | 5.4 | 6,517 | 4,153 | 2,364 | 4,789 |
Pamlico | 13,143 | 13,149 | 6 | 0.0 | 476 | 822 | -346 | 352 |
Pasquotank | 40,661 | 39,534 | -1,127 | -2.8 | 2,628 | 2,032 | 596 | -1,723 |
Pender | 52,198 | 57,797 | 5,599 | 10.7 | 3,175 | 2,620 | 555 | 5,044 |
Perquimans | 13,453 | 13,698 | 245 | 1.8 | 682 | 828 | -146 | 391 |
Person | 39,472 | 39,531 | 59 | 0.1 | 2,175 | 2,270 | -95 | 154 |
Pitt | 168,166 | 175,590 | 7,424 | 4.4 | 11,239 | 6,523 | 4,716 | 2,708 |
Polk | 20,520 | 20,890 | 370 | 1.8 | 730 | 1,586 | -856 | 1,226 |
Randolph | 141,801 | 142,838 | 1,037 | 0.7 | 8,436 | 7,303 | 1,133 | -96 |
Richmond | 46,642 | 45,370 | -1,272 | -2.7 | 2,888 | 2,889 | -1 | -1,271 |
Robeson | 134,233 | 133,530 | -703 | -0.5 | 9,936 | 6,754 | 3,182 | -3,885 |
Rockingham | 93,631 | 92,065 | -1,566 | -1.7 | 4,914 | 5,812 | -898 | -668 |
Rowan | 138,518 | 139,640 | 1,122 | 0.8 | 8,135 | 7,640 | 495 | 627 |
Rutherford | 67,816 | 67,608 | -208 | -0.3 | 3,587 | 4,429 | -842 | 634 |
Sampson | 63,469 | 63,914 | 445 | 0.7 | 4,464 | 3,407 | 1,057 | -612 |
Scotland | 36,157 | 35,710 | -447 | -1.2 | 2,400 | 2,171 | 229 | -676 |
Stanly | 60,586 | 61,232 | 646 | 1.1 | 3,465 | 3,462 | 3 | 643 |
Stokes | 47,417 | 46,552 | -865 | -1.8 | 2,115 | 2,695 | -580 | -285 |
Surry | 73,748 | 72,581 | -1,167 | -1.6 | 4,029 | 4,541 | -512 | -655 |
Swain | 13,981 | 14,856 | 875 | 6.3 | 1,045 | 984 | 61 | 814 |
Transylvania | 33,087 | 33,749 | 662 | 2.0 | 1,421 | 2,162 | -741 | 1,403 |
Tyrrell | 4,407 | 4,219 | -188 | -4.3 | 221 | 246 | -25 | -163 |
Union | 201,349 | 219,578 | 18,229 | 9.1 | 12,467 | 6,582 | 5,885 | 12,344 |
Vance | 45,419 | 44,995 | -424 | -0.9 | 3,015 | 2,560 | 455 | -879 |
Wake | 901,059 | 1,007,641 | 106,582 | 11.8 | 65,802 | 25,160 | 40,642 | 65,940 |
Warren | 21,024 | 20,568 | -456 | -2.2 | 975 | 1,243 | -268 | -188 |
Washington | 13,214 | 12,543 | -671 | -5.1 | 678 | 843 | -165 | -506 |
Watauga | 51,064 | 53,846 | 2,782 | 5.4 | 1,856 | 1,818 | 38 | 2,744 |
Wayne | 122,646 | 125,284 | 2,638 | 2.2 | 8,973 | 6,347 | 2,626 | 12 |
Wilkes | 69,303 | 69,474 | 171 | 0.2 | 3,567 | 3,978 | -411 | 582 |
Wilson | 81,230 | 81,343 | 113 | 0.1 | 5,060 | 4,477 | 583 | -470 |
Yadkin | 38,409 | 37,745 | -664 | -1.7 | 2,052 | 2,174 | -122 | -542 |
Yancey | 17,817 | 17,932 | 115 | 0.6 | 900 | 1,146 | -246 | 361 |
State | 9,535,721 | 10,041,966 | 506,245 | 5.3 | 632,230 | 442,546 | 189,684 | 316,561 |
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2017 |
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Last updated December 3, 2018 |