County Population Change Estimates

County Population Change 2020 to 2021

County 1-Jul-20 1-Jul-21 Numeric Change Percent Change
Alamance 171,753 174,212 2459 1.4
Alexander 36,464 36,325 -139 -0.4
Alleghany 10,909 11,120 211 1.9
Anson 22,054 21,586 -468 -2.1
Ashe 26,582 26,701 119 0.4
Avery 17,907 17,951 44 0.2
Beaufort 44,669 44,561 -108 -0.2
Bertie 17,905 17,214 -691 -3.9
Bladen 29,618 29,402 -216 -0.7
Brunswick 137,789 143,550 5761 4.2
Buncombe 269,797 271,454 1657 0.6
Burke 87,619 87,812 193 0.2
Cabarrus 226,641 231,230 4589 2.0
Caldwell 80,620 80,820 200 0.2
Camden 10,385 10,663 278 2.7
Carteret 67,739 68,284 545 0.8
Caswell 22,736 22,402 -334 -1.5
Catawba 160,792 161,736 944 0.6
Chatham 76,544 77,420 876 1.1
Cherokee 28,852 28,964 112 0.4
Chowan 13,692 13,707 15 0.1
Clay 11,115 11,258 143 1.3
Cleveland 99,684 100,934 1250 1.3
Columbus 50,580 50,369 -211 -0.4
Craven 102,266 101,988 -278 -0.3
Cumberland 335,970 342,082 6112 1.8
Currituck 28,298 29,602 1304 4.6
Dare 37,025 37,481 456 1.2
Davidson 169,178 170,907 1729 1.0
Davie 42,802 43,280 478 1.1
Duplin 48,729 48,754 25 0.1
Durham 325,573 327,957 2384 0.7
Edgecombe 48,820 48,311 -509 -1.0
Forsyth 382,944 384,063 1119 0.3
Franklin 68,902 71,220 2318 3.4
Gaston 228,264 232,789 4525 2.0
Gates 10,476 10,393 -83 -0.8
Graham 8,024 8,044 20 0.2
Granville 61,059 61,150 91 0.1
Greene 20,461 20,124 -337 -1.6
Guilford 541,685 542,451 766 0.1
Halifax 48,581 48,214 -367 -0.8
Harnett 133,784 136,820 3036 2.3
Haywood 62,146 62,495 349 0.6
Henderson 116,519 116,710 191 0.2
Hertford 21,516 19,803 -1713 -8.0
Hoke 52,206 53,773 1567 3.0
Hyde 4,572 4,603 31 0.7
Iredell 187,329 191,752 4423 2.4
Jackson 43,163 42,613 -550 -1.3
Johnston 217,033 226,661 9628 4.4
Jones 9,178 9,202 24 0.3
Lee 63,396 64,068 672 1.1
Lenoir 55,094 54,851 -243 -0.4
Lincoln 87,108 89,556 2448 2.8
Macon 37,070 37,347 277 0.7
Madison 21,215 21,446 231 1.1
Martin 22,012 21,661 -351 -1.6
McDowell 44,591 44,688 97 0.2
Mecklenburg 1,117,834 1,121,482 3648 0.3
Mitchell 14,895 14,933 38 0.3
Montgomery 25,742 25,782 40 0.2
Moore 100,024 102,517 2493 2.5
Nash 95,546 95,465 -81 -0.1
New Hanover 226,077 229,943 3866 1.7
Northampton 17,471 17,116 -355 -2.0
Onslow 204,798 206,530 1732 0.8
Orange 148,911 148,197 -714 -0.5
Pamlico 12,291 12,334 43 0.3
Pasquotank 40,788 40,629 -159 -0.4
Pender 60,441 62,978 2537 4.2
Perquimans 13,006 13,251 245 1.9
Person 39,163 39,486 323 0.8
Pitt 172,254 172,014 -240 -0.1
Polk 19,366 19,559 193 1.0
Randolph 144,346 145,044 698 0.5
Richmond 42,915 42,522 -393 -0.9
Robeson 116,500 116,485 -15 0.0
Rockingham 91,147 91,706 559 0.6
Rowan 147,043 147,799 756 0.5
Rutherford 64,472 64,263 -209 -0.3
Sampson 59,056 59,019 -37 -0.1
Scotland 34,156 33,292 -864 -2.5
Stanly 62,607 62,659 52 0.1
Stokes 44,561 44,884 323 0.7
Surry 71,326 71,401 75 0.1
Swain 14,106 14,284 178 1.3
Transylvania 33,020 33,361 341 1.0
Tyrrell 3,240 3,226 -14 -0.4
Union 238,980 242,948 3968 1.7
Vance 42,587 42,270 -317 -0.7
Wake 1,132,620 1,150,722 18102 1.6
Warren 18,634 18,850 216 1.2
Washington 10,984 10,789 -195 -1.8
Watauga 54,483 54,361 -122 -0.2
Wayne 117,340 117,662 322 0.3
Wilkes 65,983 65,809 -174 -0.3
Wilson 79,374 78,559 -815 -1.0
Yadkin 37,218 37,164 -54 -0.1
Yancey 18,486 18,470 -16 -0.1
State of North Carolina 10,463,226 10,556,299 93073 0.9
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