2017 Certified County Population Estimates - Ranked by Population Size |
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Total Population | Population Change | Components of Change | ||||||
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County | April 2010 Estimate Base | July 2017 Estimate | Numeric | Percent | Births | Deaths | Natural Increase | Net Migration |
State | 9,535,721 | 10,283,255 | 747,534 | 7.8 | 873,457 | 620,469 | 252,988 | 494,546 |
Mecklenburg | 919,650 | 1,074,596 | 154,946 | 16.8 | 103,332 | 41,766 | 61,566 | 93,380 |
Wake | 901,059 | 1,052,120 | 151,061 | 16.8 | 91,596 | 35,738 | 55,858 | 95,203 |
Guilford | 488,418 | 527,922 | 39,504 | 8.1 | 44,431 | 30,001 | 14,430 | 25,074 |
Forsyth | 350,674 | 373,625 | 22,951 | 6.5 | 32,816 | 22,997 | 9,819 | 13,132 |
Cumberland | 319,433 | 329,017 | 9,584 | 3.0 | 40,985 | 17,822 | 23,163 | -13,579 |
Durham | 269,984 | 307,007 | 37,023 | 13.7 | 31,109 | 14,024 | 17,085 | 19,938 |
Buncombe | 238,328 | 259,317 | 20,989 | 8.8 | 18,735 | 18,213 | 522 | 20,467 |
New Hanover | 202,683 | 229,501 | 26,818 | 13.2 | 16,363 | 13,136 | 3,227 | 23,591 |
Union | 201,349 | 228,492 | 27,143 | 13.5 | 17,253 | 9,368 | 7,885 | 19,258 |
Gaston | 206,117 | 218,754 | 12,637 | 6.1 | 18,355 | 16,006 | 2,349 | 10,288 |
Cabarrus | 178,086 | 205,204 | 27,118 | 15.2 | 17,215 | 10,712 | 6,503 | 20,615 |
Onslow | 177,799 | 196,793 | 18,994 | 10.7 | 30,857 | 7,277 | 23,580 | -4,586 |
Johnston | 168,872 | 194,271 | 25,399 | 15.0 | 16,401 | 9,382 | 7,019 | 18,380 |
Pitt | 168,166 | 178,017 | 9,851 | 5.9 | 15,369 | 9,061 | 6,308 | 3,543 |
Iredell | 159,462 | 176,229 | 16,767 | 10.5 | 13,156 | 10,698 | 2,458 | 14,309 |
Davidson | 162,833 | 166,716 | 3,883 | 2.4 | 12,592 | 12,104 | 488 | 3,395 |
Alamance | 151,198 | 163,339 | 12,141 | 8.0 | 12,982 | 11,313 | 1,669 | 10,472 |
Catawba | 154,758 | 157,376 | 2,618 | 1.7 | 12,694 | 11,528 | 1,166 | 1,452 |
Randolph | 141,801 | 143,690 | 1,889 | 1.3 | 11,603 | 10,223 | 1,380 | 509 |
Orange | 133,688 | 142,830 | 9,142 | 6.8 | 8,876 | 5,767 | 3,109 | 6,033 |
Rowan | 138,518 | 141,371 | 2,853 | 2.1 | 11,380 | 10,825 | 555 | 2,298 |
Robeson | 134,233 | 132,231 | -2,002 | -1.5 | 13,487 | 9,423 | 4,064 | -6,066 |
Brunswick | 107,431 | 131,887 | 24,456 | 22.8 | 7,497 | 9,103 | -1,606 | 26,062 |
Harnett | 114,697 | 131,645 | 16,948 | 14.8 | 13,299 | 6,667 | 6,632 | 10,316 |
Wayne | 122,646 | 124,227 | 1,581 | 1.3 | 12,230 | 8,760 | 3,470 | -1,889 |
Henderson | 106,705 | 115,659 | 8,954 | 8.4 | 7,756 | 10,040 | -2,284 | 11,238 |
Craven | 103,503 | 103,557 | 54 | 0.1 | 11,139 | 7,606 | 3,533 | -3,479 |
Cleveland | 98,030 | 98,427 | 397 | 0.4 | 7,811 | 8,184 | -373 | 770 |
Moore | 88,246 | 97,554 | 9,308 | 10.5 | 7,402 | 8,030 | -628 | 9,936 |
Nash | 95,829 | 95,063 | -766 | -0.8 | 7,846 | 7,386 | 460 | -1,226 |
Rockingham | 93,631 | 91,502 | -2,129 | -2.3 | 6,733 | 8,098 | -1,365 | -764 |
Burke | 90,838 | 90,776 | -62 | -0.1 | 6,362 | 7,306 | -944 | 882 |
Lincoln | 77,966 | 83,318 | 5,352 | 6.9 | 5,700 | 5,412 | 288 | 5,064 |
Caldwell | 83,047 | 83,230 | 183 | 0.2 | 5,837 | 6,654 | -817 | 1,000 |
Wilson | 81,230 | 81,674 | 444 | 0.5 | 6,979 | 6,202 | 777 | -333 |
Surry | 73,748 | 73,116 | -632 | -0.9 | 5,496 | 6,296 | -800 | 168 |
Chatham | 63,479 | 72,736 | 9,257 | 14.6 | 4,594 | 4,828 | -234 | 9,491 |
Carteret | 66,463 | 70,216 | 3,753 | 5.6 | 4,384 | 5,753 | -1,369 | 5,122 |
Wilkes | 69,303 | 69,870 | 567 | 0.8 | 4,942 | 5,612 | -670 | 1,237 |
Rutherford | 67,816 | 68,259 | 443 | 0.7 | 4,931 | 6,150 | -1,219 | 1,662 |
Franklin | 60,558 | 66,643 | 6,085 | 10.0 | 4,946 | 3,901 | 1,045 | 5,040 |
Sampson | 63,469 | 63,845 | 376 | 0.6 | 6,126 | 4,763 | 1,363 | -987 |
Stanly | 60,586 | 62,727 | 2,141 | 3.5 | 4,860 | 4,858 | 2 | 2,139 |
Haywood | 59,034 | 62,464 | 3,430 | 5.8 | 4,143 | 5,339 | -1,196 | 4,626 |
Pender | 52,198 | 60,905 | 8,707 | 16.7 | 4,462 | 3,717 | 745 | 7,962 |
Granville | 57,522 | 60,213 | 2,691 | 4.7 | 4,110 | 3,856 | 254 | 2,437 |
Duplin | 58,404 | 59,747 | 1,343 | 2.3 | 5,434 | 4,010 | 1,424 | -81 |
Lee | 57,858 | 59,729 | 1,871 | 3.2 | 5,780 | 4,020 | 1,760 | 111 |
Lenoir | 59,518 | 57,346 | -2,172 | -3.6 | 4,768 | 5,289 | -521 | -1,651 |
Columbus | 58,107 | 56,649 | -1,458 | -2.5 | 4,520 | 5,096 | -576 | -882 |
Watauga | 51,064 | 56,418 | 5,354 | 10.5 | 2,599 | 2,526 | 73 | 5,281 |
Hoke | 46,889 | 53,435 | 6,546 | 14.0 | 6,816 | 2,217 | 4,599 | 1,947 |
Edgecombe | 56,545 | 53,156 | -3,389 | -6.0 | 4,640 | 4,616 | 24 | -3,413 |
Halifax | 54,634 | 52,041 | -2,593 | -4.7 | 4,216 | 4,847 | -631 | -1,962 |
Beaufort | 47,763 | 47,504 | -259 | -0.5 | 3,499 | 4,272 | -773 | 514 |
Stokes | 47,417 | 46,605 | -812 | -1.7 | 2,903 | 3,756 | -853 | 41 |
McDowell | 44,996 | 46,171 | 1,175 | 2.6 | 3,339 | 3,641 | -302 | 1,477 |
Richmond | 46,642 | 45,147 | -1,495 | -3.2 | 3,972 | 3,986 | -14 | -1,481 |
Vance | 45,419 | 45,129 | -290 | -0.6 | 4,107 | 3,574 | 533 | -823 |
Jackson | 40,276 | 43,639 | 3,363 | 8.3 | 2,836 | 2,618 | 218 | 3,145 |
Davie | 41,221 | 42,686 | 1,465 | 3.6 | 2,795 | 3,010 | -215 | 1,680 |
Person | 39,472 | 39,880 | 408 | 1.0 | 2,999 | 3,139 | -140 | 548 |
Pasquotank | 40,661 | 39,842 | -819 | -2.0 | 3,600 | 2,820 | 780 | -1,599 |
Yadkin | 38,409 | 38,226 | -183 | -0.5 | 2,833 | 3,038 | -205 | 22 |
Alexander | 37,192 | 38,206 | 1,014 | 2.7 | 2,575 | 2,706 | -131 | 1,145 |
Dare | 33,920 | 36,722 | 2,802 | 8.3 | 2,568 | 2,193 | 375 | 2,427 |
Scotland | 36,157 | 35,794 | -363 | -1.0 | 3,304 | 2,975 | 329 | -692 |
Macon | 33,917 | 35,596 | 1,679 | 5.0 | 2,435 | 3,228 | -793 | 2,472 |
Transylvania | 33,087 | 34,575 | 1,488 | 4.5 | 1,947 | 3,042 | -1,095 | 2,583 |
Bladen | 35,182 | 34,507 | -675 | -1.9 | 2,562 | 2,952 | -390 | -285 |
Cherokee | 27,441 | 28,941 | 1,500 | 5.5 | 1,628 | 2,615 | -987 | 2,487 |
Montgomery | 27,784 | 27,845 | 61 | 0.2 | 2,291 | 2,044 | 247 | -186 |
Ashe | 27,238 | 27,418 | 180 | 0.7 | 1,686 | 2,442 | -756 | 936 |
Currituck | 23,547 | 26,666 | 3,119 | 13.2 | 1,790 | 1,573 | 217 | 2,902 |
Anson | 26,928 | 25,460 | -1,468 | -5.5 | 1,859 | 2,118 | -259 | -1,209 |
Hertford | 24,671 | 24,029 | -642 | -2.6 | 1,708 | 2,069 | -361 | -281 |
Martin | 24,512 | 23,394 | -1,118 | -4.6 | 1,769 | 2,364 | -595 | -523 |
Caswell | 23,748 | 23,255 | -493 | -2.1 | 1,493 | 1,942 | -449 | -44 |
Madison | 20,789 | 22,247 | 1,458 | 7.0 | 1,407 | 1,726 | -319 | 1,777 |
Greene | 21,359 | 21,356 | -3 | -0.0 | 1,573 | 1,409 | 164 | -167 |
Polk | 20,520 | 21,319 | 799 | 3.9 | 1,020 | 2,164 | -1,144 | 1,943 |
Northampton | 22,101 | 20,908 | -1,193 | -5.4 | 1,362 | 2,048 | -686 | -507 |
Warren | 21,024 | 20,234 | -790 | -3.8 | 1,333 | 1,727 | -394 | -396 |
Bertie | 21,280 | 19,802 | -1,478 | -6.9 | 1,325 | 1,903 | -578 | -900 |
Yancey | 17,817 | 18,314 | 497 | 2.8 | 1,230 | 1,617 | -387 | 884 |
Avery | 17,806 | 17,953 | 147 | 0.8 | 1,031 | 1,437 | -406 | 553 |
Mitchell | 15,576 | 15,244 | -332 | -2.1 | 1,027 | 1,550 | -523 | 191 |
Swain | 13,981 | 14,730 | 749 | 5.4 | 1,400 | 1,368 | 32 | 717 |
Chowan | 14,793 | 14,243 | -550 | -3.7 | 1,068 | 1,380 | -312 | -238 |
Perquimans | 13,453 | 13,690 | 237 | 1.8 | 922 | 1,167 | -245 | 482 |
Pamlico | 13,143 | 13,288 | 145 | 1.1 | 653 | 1,150 | -497 | 642 |
Washington | 13,214 | 12,324 | -890 | -6.7 | 930 | 1,158 | -228 | -662 |
Gates | 12,186 | 12,043 | -143 | -1.2 | 779 | 917 | -138 | -5 |
Clay | 10,591 | 11,487 | 896 | 8.5 | 616 | 1,021 | -405 | 1,301 |
Alleghany | 11,154 | 11,387 | 233 | 2.1 | 690 | 1,005 | -315 | 548 |
Camden | 9,980 | 10,358 | 378 | 3.8 | 655 | 562 | 93 | 285 |
Jones | 10,166 | 10,100 | -66 | -0.6 | 708 | 933 | -225 | 159 |
Graham | 8,861 | 8,763 | -98 | -1.1 | 638 | 795 | -157 | 59 |
Hyde | 5,817 | 5,466 | -351 | -6.0 | 347 | 443 | -96 | -255 |
Tyrrell | 4,407 | 4,310 | -97 | -2.2 | 311 | 342 | -31 | -66 |
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2017 |
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Last updated December 3, 2018 |