Estimates of the Municipal and Non-Municipal Population
of North Carolina and North Carolina Counties for July 1, 2018
by Percent Municipal
Standard Population Estimates
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County Total 2018 Population Non-Municipal Population Municipal Population Percent Municipal
North Carolina 10,389,148 4,554,560 5,834,588 56.2
Mecklenburg 1,088,350 60,898 1,027,452 94.4
Durham 311,163 41,837 269,326 86.6
Forsyth 376,309 62,080 314,229 83.5
Guilford 534,346 94,637 439,709 82.3
Wake 1,070,197 206,187 864,010 80.7
Cabarrus 209,150 54,920 154,230 73.7
Cumberland 331,764 88,489 243,275 73.3
Union 232,465 75,090 157,375 67.7
Wilson 81,949 27,528 54,421 66.4
Pitt 178,440 64,335 114,105 63.9
Gaston 221,006 81,413 139,593 63.2
Alamance 166,638 62,700 103,938 62.4
Orange 145,574 55,316 90,258 62.0
Edgecombe 52,724 21,631 31,093 59.0
New Hanover 232,248 99,436 132,812 57.2
Craven 103,594 44,565 59,029 57.0
Nash 95,327 41,910 53,417 56.0
Lee 60,878 29,637 31,241 51.3
Moore 99,390 48,581 50,809 51.1
Dare 36,997 18,157 18,840 50.9
Brunswick 137,103 69,956 67,147 49.0
Scotland 35,744 18,358 17,386 48.6
Stanly 63,328 32,959 30,369 48.0
Caldwell 83,291 44,147 39,144 47.0
Catawba 158,483 86,191 72,292 45.6
Rowan 141,802 78,094 63,708 44.9
Pasquotank 39,790 22,103 17,687 44.5
Buncombe 261,065 146,210 114,855 44.0
Carteret 70,696 40,312 30,384 43.0
Halifax 51,552 29,636 21,916 42.5
Onslow 198,740 115,612 83,128 41.8
Lenoir 56,856 33,217 23,639 41.6
Cleveland 99,140 58,245 40,895 41.2
Rockingham 91,746 54,039 37,707 41.1
Pamlico 13,359 7,914 5,445 40.8
Anson 25,288 15,042 10,246 40.5
Richmond 45,199 27,193 18,006 39.8
Iredell 178,730 107,829 70,901 39.7
Hertford 24,093 14,699 9,394 39.0
Randolph 144,085 89,211 54,874 38.1
Watauga 57,067 35,527 21,540 37.7
Granville 60,700 38,410 22,290 36.7
Martin 23,264 14,723 8,541 36.7
Davidson 168,093 107,193 60,900 36.2
Washington 12,153 7,779 4,374 36.0
Burke 91,402 59,928 31,474 34.4
Vance 45,764 30,474 15,290 33.4
Wayne 124,703 83,489 41,214 33.0
Chowan 14,173 9,533 4,640 32.7
Henderson 116,857 81,194 35,663 30.5
Bertie 19,709 13,737 5,972 30.3
Northampton 20,618 14,603 6,015 29.2
Johnston 199,790 142,274 57,516 28.8
Columbus 56,424 40,229 16,195 28.7
Robeson 131,600 94,788 36,812 28.0
Montgomery 27,621 19,937 7,684 27.8
Rutherford 68,423 49,463 18,960 27.7
Beaufort 47,475 34,367 13,108 27.6
Haywood 62,839 45,613 17,226 27.4
Transylvania 35,115 26,327 8,788 25.0
Duplin 59,772 45,379 14,393 24.1
Surry 73,232 55,917 17,315 23.6
Bladen 34,566 26,775 7,791 22.5
Chatham 74,264 58,009 16,255 21.9
Davie 42,976 33,913 9,063 21.1
Person 40,208 32,027 8,181 20.3
McDowell 46,373 37,027 9,346 20.2
Perquimans 13,652 10,948 2,704 19.8
Tyrrell 4,260 3,427 833 19.6
Harnett 133,172 108,016 25,156 18.9
Yadkin 38,100 31,065 7,035 18.5
Sampson 64,087 52,267 11,820 18.4
Mitchell 15,223 12,578 2,645 17.4
Stokes 46,472 38,665 7,807 16.8
Jones 10,196 8,522 1,674 16.4
Polk 21,535 18,011 3,524 16.4
Madison 22,361 18,732 3,629 16.2
Alleghany 11,422 9,623 1,799 15.8
Avery 18,057 15,240 2,817 15.6
Macon 36,101 31,042 5,059 14.0
Lincoln 84,751 74,183 10,568 12.5
Franklin 68,012 59,564 8,448 12.4
Wilkes 69,913 61,445 8,468 12.1
Cherokee 29,275 25,766 3,509 12.0
Pender 62,168 54,777 7,391 11.9
Ashe 27,606 24,580 3,026 11.0
Greene 21,024 18,829 2,195 10.4
Swain 14,442 12,954 1,488 10.3
Warren 20,066 18,033 2,033 10.1
Caswell 23,679 21,484 2,195 9.3
Yancey 18,455 16,746 1,709 9.3
Hoke 53,992 49,044 4,948 9.2
Jackson 43,819 40,111 3,708 8.5
Graham 8,686 7,982 704 8.1
Alexander 38,303 36,172 2,131 5.6
Clay 11,658 11,286 372 3.2
Gates 12,094 11,776 318 2.6
Camden 10,490 10,446 44 0.4
Currituck 27,099 27,099 0 0.0
Hyde 5,198 5,198 0 0.0
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2018
Note: Municipal refers to active incorporated municipalities.

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Last updated September 16, 2019