Population Growth 2010-2020

County population growth: 2010-2020

Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2021 and Population Projections, Vintage 2022

County April 1, 2010 Population July 1, 2020 Population Estimate Numeric Change Percent Change Net Migration Natural Increase Births Deaths
Alamance 151,160 171,753 20,593 13.6 18,786 1,807 18,603 16,796
Alexander 37,182 36,464 -718 -1.9 -339 -379 3,642 4,021
Alleghany 11,150 10,909 -241 -2.2 211 -452 963 1,415
Anson 26,929 22,054 -4,875 -18.1 -4,386 -489 2,651 3,140
Ashe 27,239 26,582 -657 -2.4 517 -1,174 2,320 3,494
Avery 17,805 17,907 102 0.6 723 -621 1,457 2,078
Beaufort 47,784 44,669 -3,115 -6.5 -1,836 -1,279 4,780 6,059
Bertie 21,197 17,905 -3,292 -15.5 -2,554 -738 1,852 2,590
Bladen 35,038 29,618 -5,420 -15.5 -4,859 -561 3,626 4,187
Brunswick 107,429 137,789 30,360 28.3 33,708 -3,348 10,524 13,872
Buncombe 238,315 269,797 31,482 13.2 31,740 -258 25,941 26,199
Burke 90,824 87,619 -3,205 -3.5 -1,550 -1,655 8,987 10,642
Cabarrus 178,116 226,641 48,525 27.2 39,469 9,056 24,777 15,721
Caldwell 83,049 80,620 -2,429 -2.9 -843 -1,586 8,251 9,837
Camden 9,980 10,385 405 4.1 330 75 951 876
Carteret 66,463 67,739 1,276 1.9 3,534 -2,258 5,947 8,205
Caswell 23,727 22,736 -991 -4.2 -258 -733 2,116 2,849
Catawba 154,742 160,792 6,050 3.9 5,476 574 17,619 17,045
Chatham 63,486 76,544 13,058 20.6 13,505 -447 6,469 6,916
Cherokee 27,447 28,852 1,405 5.1 2,805 -1,400 2,377 3,777
Chowan 14,793 13,692 -1,101 -7.4 -616 -485 1,474 1,959
Clay 10,591 11,115 524 4.9 1,133 -609 878 1,487
Cleveland 98,034 99,684 1,650 1.7 2,761 -1,111 11,222 12,333
Columbus 58,129 50,580 -7,549 -13 -6,591 -958 6,240 7,198
Craven 103,498 102,266 -1,232 -1.2 -5,447 4,215 15,203 10,988
Cumberland 319,455 335,970 16,515 5.2 -15,976 32,491 58,103 25,612
Currituck 23,547 28,298 4,751 20.2 4,451 300 2,591 2,291
Dare 33,920 37,025 3,105 9.2 2,920 185 3,530 3,345
Davidson 162,824 169,178 6,354 3.9 6,859 -505 17,831 18,336
Davie 41,218 42,802 1,584 3.8 2,281 -697 3,967 4,664
Duplin 58,412 48,729 -9,683 -16.6 -11,560 1,877 7,432 5,555
Durham 269,998 325,573 55,575 20.6 32,148 23,427 43,506 20,079
Edgecombe 56,511 48,820 -7,691 -13.6 -7,492 -199 6,444 6,643
Forsyth 350,635 382,944 32,309 9.2 20,530 11,779 45,621 33,842
Franklin 60,564 68,902 8,338 13.8 7,112 1,226 7,157 5,931
Gaston 206,100 228,264 22,164 10.8 19,603 2,561 26,044 23,483
Gates 12,185 10,476 -1,709 -14 -1,543 -166 1,079 1,245
Graham 8,858 8,024 -834 -9.4 -619 -215 900 1,115
Granville 57,550 61,059 3,509 6.1 3,126 383 5,857 5,474
Greene 21,351 20,461 -890 -4.2 -1,025 135 2,194 2,059
Guilford 488,455 541,685 53,230 10.9 34,445 18,785 62,752 43,967
Halifax 54,631 48,581 -6,050 -11.1 -5,017 -1,033 5,864 6,897
Harnett 114,693 133,784 19,091 16.6 10,099 8,992 18,901 9,909
Haywood 59,030 62,146 3,116 5.3 5,207 -2,091 5,785 7,876
Henderson 106,716 116,519 9,803 9.2 13,155 -3,352 10,814 14,166
Hertford 24,684 21,516 -3,168 -12.8 -2,467 -701 2,362 3,063
Hoke 46,889 52,206 5,317 11.3 -761 6,078 9,460 3,382
Hyde 5,817 4,572 -1,245 -21.4 -1,065 -180 454 634
Iredell 159,465 187,329 27,864 17.5 24,757 3,107 18,789 15,682
Jackson 40,273 43,163 2,890 7.2 2,748 142 3,976 3,834
Johnston 168,879 217,033 48,154 28.5 38,967 9,187 23,509 14,322
Jones 10,163 9,178 -985 -9.7 -636 -349 986 1,335
Lee 57,849 63,396 5,547 9.6 3,414 2,133 8,071 5,938
Lenoir 59,511 55,094 -4,417 -7.4 -3,625 -792 6,650 7,442
Lincoln 78,001 87,108 9,107 11.7 8,852 255 8,252 7,997
Macon 33,925 37,070 3,145 9.3 4,415 -1,270 3,405 4,675
Madison 20,803 21,215 412 2 917 -505 1,986 2,491
Martin 24,515 22,012 -2,503 -10.2 -1,689 -814 2,487 3,301
McDowell 45,002 44,591 -411 -0.9 316 -727 4,618 5,345
Mecklenburg 919,675 1,117,834 198,159 21.5 111,580 86,579 147,058 60,479
Mitchell 15,581 14,895 -686 -4.4 122 -808 1,447 2,255
Montgomery 27,782 25,742 -2,040 -7.3 -2,074 34 3,096 3,062
Moore 88,250 100,024 11,774 13.3 12,202 -428 10,885 11,313
Nash 95,858 95,546 -312 -0.3 -689 377 11,071 10,694
New Hanover 202,683 226,077 23,394 11.5 19,811 3,583 22,866 19,283
Northampton 22,104 17,471 -4,633 -21 -3,764 -869 1,891 2,760
Onslow 177,801 204,798 26,997 15.2 -4,647 31,644 42,787 11,143
Orange 133,692 148,911 15,219 11.4 11,015 4,204 12,280 8,076
Pamlico 13,143 12,291 -852 -6.5 -73 -779 898 1,677
Pasquotank 40,661 40,788 127 0.3 -636 763 5,046 4,283
Pender 52,195 60,441 8,246 15.8 7,581 665 6,314 5,649
Perquimans 13,452 13,006 -446 -3.3 -18 -428 1,274 1,702
Person 39,479 39,163 -316 -0.8 -119 -197 4,278 4,475
Pitt 168,173 172,254 4,081 2.4 -4,593 8,674 21,597 12,923
Polk 20,514 19,366 -1,148 -5.6 296 -1,444 1,473 2,917
Randolph 141,825 144,346 2,521 1.8 1,664 857 16,135 15,278
Richmond 46,647 42,915 -3,732 -8 -3,708 -24 5,691 5,715
Robeson 134,205 116,500 -17,705 -13.2 -22,501 4,796 18,660 13,864
Rockingham 93,663 91,147 -2,516 -2.7 -172 -2,344 9,419 11,763
Rowan 138,493 147,043 8,550 6.2 8,788 -238 16,235 16,473
Rutherford 67,819 64,472 -3,347 -4.9 -1,534 -1,813 6,943 8,756
Sampson 63,471 59,056 -4,415 -7 -5,971 1,556 8,466 6,910
Scotland 36,160 34,156 -2,004 -5.5 -2,526 522 4,626 4,104
Stanly 60,585 62,607 2,022 3.3 2,311 -289 6,899 7,188
Stokes 47,400 44,561 -2,839 -6 -1,393 -1,446 4,068 5,514
Surry 73,752 71,326 -2,426 -3.3 -819 -1,607 7,731 9,338
Swain 13,978 14,106 128 0.9 193 -65 1,915 1,980
Transylvania 33,089 33,020 -69 -0.2 1,448 -1,517 2,732 4,249
Tyrrell 4,407 3,240 -1,167 -26.5 -1,113 -54 410 464
Union 201,328 238,980 37,652 18.7 27,474 10,178 24,226 14,048
Vance 45,412 42,587 -2,825 -6.2 -3,410 585 5,813 5,228
Wake 901,036 1,132,620 231,584 25.7 155,988 75,596 129,507 53,911
Warren 21,016 18,634 -2,382 -11.3 -1,696 -686 1,823 2,509
Washington 13,193 10,984 -2,209 -16.7 -1,910 -299 1,323 1,622
Watauga 51,061 54,483 3,422 6.7 3,299 123 3,629 3,506
Wayne 122,665 117,340 -5,325 -4.3 -9,945 4,620 17,063 12,443
Wilkes 69,311 65,983 -3,328 -4.8 -1,992 -1,336 6,958 8,294
Wilson 81,225 79,374 -1,851 -2.3 -2,841 990 9,855 8,865
Yadkin 38,412 37,218 -1,194 -3.1 -665 -529 3,920 4,449
Yancey 17,817 18,486 669 3.8 1,269 -600 1,764 2,364
State 9,535,762 10,463,226 927,464 9.7 604,285 323,179 1,230,307 907,128