County Population Estimates

2021 Certified County Population Estimates

County April 1, 2020 Census Base July 1, 2020 July 1, 2021
Alamance 171,415 171,753 174,212
Alexander 36,444 36,464 36,325
Alleghany 10,888 10,909 11,120
Anson 22,055 22,054 21,586
Ashe 26,577 26,582 26,701
Avery 17,806 17,907 17,951
Beaufort 44,652 44,669 44,561
Bertie 17,934 17,905 17,214
Bladen 29,606 29,618 29,402
Brunswick 136,693 137,789 143,550
Buncombe 269,452 269,797 271,454
Burke 87,570 87,619 87,812
Cabarrus 225,804 226,641 231,230
Caldwell 80,652 80,620 80,820
Camden 10,355 10,385 10,663
Carteret 67,686 67,739 68,284
Caswell 22,736 22,736 22,402
Catawba 160,610 160,792 161,736
Chatham 76,285 76,544 77,420
Cherokee 28,774 28,852 28,964
Chowan 13,708 13,692 13,707
Clay 11,089 11,115 11,258
Cleveland 99,519 99,684 100,934
Columbus 50,623 50,580 50,369
Craven 100,720 102,266 101,988
Cumberland 334,728 335,970 342,082
Currituck 28,100 28,298 29,602
Dare 36,915 37,025 37,481
Davidson 168,930 169,178 170,907
Davie 42,712 42,802 43,280
Duplin 48,715 48,729 48,754
Durham 324,833 325,573 327,957
Edgecombe 48,900 48,820 48,311
Forsyth 382,590 382,944 384,063
Franklin 68,573 68,902 71,220
Gaston 227,943 228,264 232,789
Gates 10,478 10,476 10,393
Graham 8,030 8,024 8,044
Granville 60,992 61,059 61,150
Greene 20,451 20,461 20,124
Guilford 541,299 541,685 542,451
Halifax 48,622 48,581 48,214
Harnett 133,568 133,784 136,820
Haywood 62,089 62,146 62,495
Henderson 116,281 116,519 116,710
Hertford 21,552 21,516 19,803
Hoke 52,082 52,206 53,773
Hyde 4,589 4,572 4,603
Iredell 186,693 187,329 191,752
Jackson 43,109 43,163 42,613
Johnston 215,999 217,033 226,661
Jones 9,172 9,178 9,202
Lee 63,285 63,396 64,068
Lenoir 55,122 55,094 54,851
Lincoln 86,810 87,108 89,556
Macon 37,014 37,070 37,347
Madison 21,193 21,215 21,446
Martin 22,031 22,012 21,661
McDowell 44,578 44,591 44,688
Mecklenburg 1,115,482 1,117,834 1,121,482
Mitchell 14,903 14,895 14,933
Montgomery 25,751 25,742 25,782
Moore 99,727 100,024 102,517
Nash 94,970 95,546 95,465
New Hanover 225,702 226,077 229,943
Northampton 17,471 17,471 17,116
Onslow 204,576 204,798 206,530
Orange 148,696 148,911 148,197
Pamlico 12,276 12,291 12,334
Pasquotank 40,568 40,788 40,629
Pender 60,203 60,441 62,978
Perquimans 13,005 13,006 13,251
Person 39,097 39,163 39,486
Pitt 170,243 172,254 172,014
Polk 19,328 19,366 19,559
Randolph 144,171 144,346 145,044
Richmond 42,946 42,915 42,522
Robeson 116,530 116,500 116,485
Rockingham 91,096 91,147 91,706
Rowan 146,875 147,043 147,799
Rutherford 64,444 64,472 64,263
Sampson 59,036 59,056 59,019
Scotland 34,174 34,156 33,292
Stanly 62,504 62,607 62,659
Stokes 44,520 44,561 44,884
Surry 71,359 71,326 71,401
Swain 14,117 14,106 14,284
Transylvania 32,986 33,020 33,361
Tyrrell 3,245 3,240 3,226
Union 238,267 238,980 242,948
Vance 42,578 42,587 42,270
Wake 1,129,410 1,132,620 1,150,722
Warren 18,642 18,634 18,850
Washington 11,003 10,984 10,789
Watauga 54,086 54,483 54,361
Wayne 117,333 117,340 117,662
Wilkes 65,969 65,983 65,809
Wilson 78,784 79,374 78,559
Yadkin 37,214 37,218 37,164
Yancey 18,470 18,486 18,470
State of North Carolina 10,439,388 10,463,226 10,556,299
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