2016 Certified County Population Estimates - Ranked by Percentage Change |
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Total Population | Population Change | Components of Change | ||||||
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County | April 2010 Estimate Base | July 2016 Estimate | Numeric | Percent | Births | Deaths | Natural Increase | Net Migration |
Brunswick | 107,431 | 127,750 | 20,319 | 18.9 | 6,505 | 7,660 | -1,155 | 21,474 |
Chatham | 63,504 | 73,286 | 9,782 | 15.4 | 3,943 | 4,090 | -147 | 9,929 |
Mecklenburg | 919,637 | 1,053,545 | 133,908 | 14.6 | 88,521 | 35,631 | 52,890 | 81,018 |
Wake | 901,037 | 1,026,748 | 125,711 | 14.0 | 78,745 | 30,349 | 48,396 | 77,315 |
Pender | 52,195 | 59,459 | 7,264 | 13.9 | 3,808 | 3,153 | 655 | 6,609 |
Cabarrus | 178,112 | 200,663 | 22,551 | 12.7 | 14,680 | 9,127 | 5,553 | 16,998 |
Harnett | 114,707 | 128,783 | 14,076 | 12.3 | 11,425 | 5,672 | 5,753 | 8,323 |
Johnston | 168,904 | 189,460 | 20,556 | 12.2 | 14,074 | 7,955 | 6,119 | 14,437 |
Durham | 270,055 | 301,520 | 31,465 | 11.7 | 26,845 | 12,028 | 14,817 | 16,648 |
Hoke | 46,880 | 52,214 | 5,334 | 11.4 | 5,908 | 1,892 | 4,016 | 1,318 |
Union | 201,350 | 223,915 | 22,565 | 11.2 | 14,854 | 7,947 | 6,907 | 15,658 |
Currituck | 23,547 | 26,101 | 2,554 | 10.8 | 1,530 | 1,335 | 195 | 2,359 |
New Hanover | 202,688 | 223,608 | 20,920 | 10.3 | 14,110 | 11,204 | 2,906 | 18,014 |
Onslow | 177,787 | 193,914 | 16,127 | 9.1 | 26,847 | 6,224 | 20,623 | -4,496 |
Moore | 88,250 | 96,102 | 7,852 | 8.9 | 6,281 | 6,866 | -585 | 8,437 |
Iredell | 159,470 | 173,391 | 13,921 | 8.7 | 11,266 | 9,120 | 2,146 | 11,775 |
Buncombe | 238,352 | 258,406 | 20,054 | 8.4 | 16,242 | 15,594 | 648 | 19,406 |
Franklin | 60,538 | 65,445 | 4,907 | 8.1 | 4,245 | 3,300 | 945 | 3,962 |
Watauga | 51,079 | 54,992 | 3,913 | 7.7 | 2,217 | 2,171 | 46 | 3,867 |
Dare | 33,920 | 36,387 | 2,467 | 7.3 | 2,237 | 1,861 | 376 | 2,091 |
Henderson | 106,692 | 114,385 | 7,693 | 7.2 | 6,692 | 8,579 | -1,887 | 9,580 |
Clay | 10,594 | 11,320 | 726 | 6.9 | 521 | 870 | -349 | 1,075 |
State | 9,535,688 | 10,155,942 | 620,254 | 6.5 | 753,025 | 530,327 | 222,698 | 397,556 |
Guilford | 488,464 | 520,230 | 31,766 | 6.5 | 38,193 | 25,692 | 12,501 | 19,265 |
Swain | 13,981 | 14,852 | 871 | 6.2 | 1,239 | 1,178 | 61 | 810 |
Madison | 20,777 | 21,979 | 1,202 | 5.8 | 1,221 | 1,484 | -263 | 1,465 |
Jackson | 40,275 | 42,574 | 2,299 | 5.7 | 2,454 | 2,234 | 220 | 2,079 |
Orange | 133,627 | 140,853 | 7,226 | 5.4 | 7,703 | 4,955 | 2,748 | 4,478 |
Forsyth | 350,704 | 369,144 | 18,440 | 5.3 | 28,382 | 19,683 | 8,699 | 9,741 |
Lincoln | 77,936 | 82,033 | 4,097 | 5.3 | 4,893 | 4,614 | 279 | 3,818 |
Alamance | 151,144 | 159,054 | 7,910 | 5.2 | 11,084 | 9,655 | 1,429 | 6,481 |
Carteret | 66,468 | 69,881 | 3,413 | 5.1 | 3,827 | 4,924 | -1,097 | 4,510 |
Haywood | 59,032 | 61,771 | 2,739 | 4.6 | 3,527 | 4,556 | -1,029 | 3,768 |
Pitt | 168,152 | 175,885 | 7,733 | 4.6 | 13,332 | 7,778 | 5,554 | 2,179 |
Gaston | 206,101 | 215,489 | 9,388 | 4.6 | 15,799 | 13,700 | 2,099 | 7,289 |
Cherokee | 27,441 | 28,591 | 1,150 | 4.2 | 1,389 | 2,223 | -834 | 1,984 |
Macon | 33,915 | 35,047 | 1,132 | 3.3 | 2,099 | 2,754 | -655 | 1,787 |
Granville | 57,527 | 59,433 | 1,906 | 3.3 | 3,525 | 3,310 | 215 | 1,691 |
Cumberland | 319,431 | 329,824 | 10,393 | 3.3 | 35,509 | 15,271 | 20,238 | -9,845 |
Transylvania | 33,090 | 34,139 | 1,049 | 3.2 | 1,690 | 2,596 | -906 | 1,955 |
Camden | 9,980 | 10,287 | 307 | 3.1 | 565 | 476 | 89 | 218 |
Alexander | 37,183 | 38,284 | 1,101 | 3.0 | 2,215 | 2,304 | -89 | 1,190 |
Polk | 20,512 | 21,030 | 518 | 2.5 | 870 | 1,877 | -1,007 | 1,525 |
Lee | 57,853 | 59,244 | 1,391 | 2.4 | 4,996 | 3,444 | 1,552 | -161 |
Davie | 41,220 | 42,211 | 991 | 2.4 | 2,401 | 2,546 | -145 | 1,136 |
Davidson | 162,843 | 166,137 | 3,294 | 2.0 | 10,825 | 10,285 | 540 | 2,754 |
Duplin | 58,416 | 59,597 | 1,181 | 2.0 | 4,755 | 3,440 | 1,315 | -134 |
Jones | 10,150 | 10,354 | 204 | 2.0 | 614 | 800 | -186 | 390 |
Stanly | 60,585 | 61,751 | 1,166 | 1.9 | 4,149 | 4,153 | -4 | 1,170 |
Yancey | 17,817 | 18,142 | 325 | 1.8 | 1,068 | 1,380 | -312 | 637 |
Rowan | 138,502 | 140,970 | 2,468 | 1.8 | 9,761 | 9,209 | 552 | 1,916 |
Wayne | 122,638 | 124,808 | 2,170 | 1.8 | 10,606 | 7,554 | 3,052 | -882 |
Avery | 17,795 | 18,098 | 303 | 1.7 | 902 | 1,232 | -330 | 633 |
Pamlico | 13,144 | 13,336 | 192 | 1.5 | 567 | 982 | -415 | 607 |
Randolph | 141,779 | 143,711 | 1,932 | 1.4 | 10,015 | 8,743 | 1,272 | 660 |
McDowell | 44,994 | 45,510 | 516 | 1.1 | 2,888 | 3,099 | -211 | 727 |
Catawba | 154,771 | 156,473 | 1,702 | 1.1 | 11,036 | 9,861 | 1,175 | 527 |
Wilkes | 69,305 | 70,027 | 722 | 1.0 | 4,272 | 4,782 | -510 | 1,232 |
Perquimans | 13,453 | 13,561 | 108 | 0.8 | 799 | 992 | -193 | 301 |
Person | 39,460 | 39,728 | 268 | 0.7 | 2,577 | 2,701 | -124 | 392 |
Wilson | 81,237 | 81,758 | 521 | 0.6 | 6,028 | 5,335 | 693 | -172 |
Alleghany | 11,154 | 11,202 | 48 | 0.4 | 592 | 863 | -271 | 319 |
Ashe | 27,234 | 27,344 | 110 | 0.4 | 1,474 | 2,088 | -614 | 724 |
Greene | 21,362 | 21,421 | 59 | 0.3 | 1,367 | 1,205 | 162 | -103 |
Craven | 103,501 | 103,737 | 236 | 0.2 | 9,726 | 6,551 | 3,175 | -2,939 |
Cleveland | 98,065 | 98,244 | 179 | 0.2 | 6,749 | 6,983 | -234 | 413 |
Sampson | 63,468 | 63,499 | 31 | 0.0 | 5,295 | 4,078 | 1,217 | -1,186 |
Montgomery | 27,784 | 27,768 | -16 | -0.1 | 2,008 | 1,745 | 263 | -279 |
Rutherford | 67,808 | 67,703 | -105 | -0.2 | 4,257 | 5,282 | -1,025 | 920 |
Caswell | 23,748 | 23,689 | -59 | -0.2 | 1,289 | 1,657 | -368 | 309 |
Graham | 8,861 | 8,835 | -26 | -0.3 | 557 | 679 | -122 | 96 |
Caldwell | 83,038 | 82,793 | -245 | -0.3 | 5,034 | 5,680 | -646 | 401 |
Beaufort | 47,779 | 47,610 | -169 | -0.4 | 3,048 | 3,660 | -612 | 443 |
Pasquotank | 40,661 | 40,284 | -377 | -0.9 | 3,114 | 2,423 | 691 | -1,068 |
Scotland | 36,157 | 35,789 | -368 | -1.0 | 2,849 | 2,574 | 275 | -643 |
Vance | 45,419 | 44,945 | -474 | -1.0 | 3,550 | 3,061 | 489 | -963 |
Burke | 90,822 | 89,814 | -1,008 | -1.1 | 5,448 | 6,227 | -779 | -229 |
Robeson | 134,240 | 132,657 | -1,583 | -1.2 | 11,709 | 8,072 | 3,637 | -5,220 |
Surry | 73,748 | 72,843 | -905 | -1.2 | 4,765 | 5,415 | -650 | -255 |
Stokes | 47,407 | 46,751 | -656 | -1.4 | 2,511 | 3,222 | -711 | 55 |
Bladen | 35,177 | 34,667 | -510 | -1.4 | 2,233 | 2,528 | -295 | -215 |
Nash | 95,838 | 94,421 | -1,417 | -1.5 | 6,783 | 6,346 | 437 | -1,854 |
Columbus | 58,111 | 57,182 | -929 | -1.6 | 3,935 | 4,377 | -442 | -487 |
Yadkin | 38,406 | 37,725 | -681 | -1.8 | 2,441 | 2,602 | -161 | -520 |
Rockingham | 93,611 | 91,891 | -1,720 | -1.8 | 5,835 | 6,944 | -1,109 | -611 |
Mitchell | 15,581 | 15,266 | -315 | -2.0 | 889 | 1,334 | -445 | 130 |
Gates | 12,186 | 11,891 | -295 | -2.4 | 674 | 796 | -122 | -173 |
Hertford | 24,670 | 24,038 | -632 | -2.6 | 1,481 | 1,763 | -282 | -350 |
Chowan | 14,793 | 14,410 | -383 | -2.6 | 945 | 1,191 | -246 | -137 |
Hyde | 5,810 | 5,621 | -189 | -3.3 | 310 | 381 | -71 | -118 |
Lenoir | 59,531 | 57,587 | -1,944 | -3.3 | 4,136 | 4,556 | -420 | -1,524 |
Martin | 24,505 | 23,606 | -899 | -3.7 | 1,526 | 2,030 | -504 | -395 |
Richmond | 46,641 | 44,912 | -1,729 | -3.7 | 3,426 | 3,436 | -10 | -1,719 |
Warren | 21,037 | 20,121 | -916 | -4.4 | 1,156 | 1,482 | -326 | -590 |
Halifax | 54,624 | 52,160 | -2,464 | -4.5 | 3,640 | 4,167 | -527 | -1,937 |
Anson | 26,931 | 25,628 | -1,303 | -4.8 | 1,598 | 1,809 | -211 | -1,092 |
Edgecombe | 56,545 | 53,502 | -3,043 | -5.4 | 4,041 | 3,983 | 58 | -3,101 |
Northampton | 22,094 | 20,788 | -1,306 | -5.9 | 1,162 | 1,769 | -607 | -699 |
Washington | 13,218 | 12,425 | -793 | -6.0 | 800 | 1,000 | -200 | -593 |
Tyrrell | 4,407 | 4,136 | -271 | -6.1 | 266 | 294 | -28 | -243 |
Bertie | 21,285 | 19,847 | -1,438 | -6.8 | 1,144 | 1,645 | -501 | -937 |
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2016. |
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Last updated September 27, 2017 |