County Population Change Estimates

County Population Change 2021 to 2022

County July 1, 2021 July 1, 2022 Numeric Change Percent Change
Alamance 175,029 178,232 3,203 1.8
Alexander 36,172 36,230 58 0.2
Alleghany 11,057 11,324 267 2.4
Anson 22,028 22,160 132 0.6
Ashe 26,506 26,814 308 1.2
Avery 17,347 17,395 48 0.3
Beaufort 44,150 43,993 -157 -0.4
Bertie 17,302 16,954 -348 -2
Bladen 29,171 29,008 -163 -0.6
Brunswick 144,821 152,515 7,694 5.3
Buncombe 271,638 273,403 1,765 0.6
Burke 88,398 89,078 680 0.8
Cabarrus 232,873 238,599 5,726 2.5
Caldwell 81,319 81,587 268 0.3
Camden 10,537 10,813 276 2.6
Carteret 69,039 69,721 682 1
Caswell 22,400 22,178 -222 -1
Catawba 162,841 164,642 1,801 1.1
Chatham 77,095 79,083 1,988 2.6
Cherokee 28,738 28,947 209 0.7
Chowan 13,646 13,760 114 0.8
Clay 11,238 11,547 309 2.7
Cleveland 99,332 100,022 690 0.7
Columbus 49,795 50,051 256 0.5
Craven 102,568 103,193 625 0.6
Cumberland 341,793 340,748 -1,045 -0.3
Currituck 29,385 30,814 1,429 4.9
Dare 37,817 37,865 48 0.1
Davidson 171,752 174,101 2,349 1.4
Davie 43,127 43,694 567 1.3
Duplin 48,249 48,728 479 1
Durham 331,347 334,379 3,032 0.9
Edgecombe 48,604 48,246 -358 -0.7
Forsyth 387,703 390,541 2,838 0.7
Franklin 70,655 74,709 4,054 5.7
Gaston 233,387 237,536 4,149 1.8
Gates 10,324 10,422 98 0.9
Graham 7,935 7,850 -85 -1.1
Granville 60,720 61,686 966 1.6
Greene 19,978 20,022 44 0.2
Guilford 545,484 548,632 3,148 0.6
Halifax 47,859 47,251 -608 -1.3
Harnett 134,986 138,324 3,338 2.5
Haywood 62,831 63,297 466 0.7
Henderson 117,429 118,835 1,406 1.2
Hertford 20,374 19,933 -441 -2.2
Hoke 53,783 54,585 802 1.5
Hyde 4,595 4,593 -2 0
Iredell 192,986 197,886 4,900 2.5
Jackson 41,919 43,188 1,269 3
Johnston 224,833 233,616 8,783 3.9
Jones 9,076 9,091 15 0.2
Lee 64,360 65,648 1,288 2
Lenoir 54,323 54,105 -218 -0.4
Lincoln 88,742 92,170 3,428 3.9
McDowell 44,151 44,369 218 0.5
Macon 37,041 37,636 595 1.6
Madison 21,146 21,348 202 1
Martin 21,503 21,327 -176 -0.8
Mecklenburg 1,128,426 1,143,390 14,964 1.3
Mitchell 14,783 14,834 51 0.3
Montgomery 25,485 25,496 11 0
Moore 102,966 105,650 2,684 2.6
Nash 96,101 96,726 625 0.7
New Hanover 230,423 235,502 5,079 2.2
Northampton 16,953 16,612 -341 -2
Onslow 207,928 209,492 1,564 0.8
Orange 148,331 148,707 376 0.3
Pamlico 12,215 12,217 2 0
Pasquotank 40,966 40,938 -28 -0.1
Pender 62,250 64,971 2,721 4.4
Perquimans 13,049 13,112 63 0.5
Person 39,048 39,184 136 0.3
Pitt 173,536 173,481 -55 0
Polk 19,461 19,559 98 0.5
Randolph 143,325 144,836 1,511 1.1
Richmond 43,006 42,681 -325 -0.8
Robeson 115,899 116,450 551 0.5
Rockingham 90,457 91,649 1,192 1.3
Rowan 148,565 150,714 2,149 1.4
Rutherford 63,870 64,176 306 0.5
Sampson 58,371 58,978 607 1
Scotland 33,662 33,603 -59 -0.2
Stanly 62,143 63,228 1,085 1.7
Stokes 44,422 45,237 815 1.8
Surry 70,573 71,250 677 1
Swain 14,046 13,892 -154 -1.1
Transylvania 32,825 32,917 92 0.3
Tyrrell 3,315 3,358 43 1.3
Union 244,960 250,814 5,854 2.4
Vance 41,665 41,298 -367 -0.9
Wake 1,154,170 1,171,331 17,161 1.5
Warren 18,621 18,680 59 0.3
Washington 10,708 10,595 -113 -1.1
Watauga 54,804 54,736 -68 -0.1
Wayne 115,895 116,614 719 0.6
Wilkes 65,151 65,691 540 0.8
Wilson 79,078 78,636 -442 -0.6
Yadkin 36,925 37,329 404 1.1
Yancey 18,320 18,415 95 0.5
State of North Carolina 10,571,934 10,705,403 133,469 1.3
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