Municipal and Non-Municipal Population

Estimates of the Municipal and Non-Municipal Population of North Carolina and North Carolina Counties for July 1, 2021

Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2021

Note: Municipal population includes population living in all active incorporated municipalities.

County	County Total	Municipal Population	Percent Municipal	Unincorporated Population	Percent Unincorporated
North Carolina	10,556,299	6,098,663	57.8	4,457,636	42.2
Alamance	174,212	114,490	65.7	59,722	34.3
Alexander	36,325	2,323	6.4	34,002	93.6
Alleghany	11,120	1,888	17	9,232	83
Anson	21,586	8,490	39.3	13,096	60.7
Ashe	26,701	3,115	11.7	23,586	88.3
Avery	17,951	3,360	18.7	14,591	81.3
Beaufort	44,561	13,173	29.6	31,388	70.4
Bertie	17,214	5,359	31.1	11,855	68.9
Bladen	29,402	7,113	24.2	22,289	75.8
Brunswick	143,550	75,362	52.5	68,188	47.5
Buncombe	271,454	118,618	43.7	152,836	56.3
Burke	87,812	31,611	36	56,201	64
Cabarrus	231,230	179,411	77.6	51,819	22.4
Caldwell	80,820	39,529	48.9	41,291	51.1
Camden	10,663	38	0.4	10,625	99.6
Carteret	68,284	31,186	45.7	37,098	54.3
Caswell	22,402	2,093	9.3	20,309	90.7
Catawba	161,736	76,493	47.3	85,243	52.7
Chatham	77,420	16,450	21.2	60,970	78.8
Cherokee	28,964	3,279	11.3	25,685	88.7
Chowan	13,707	4,476	32.7	9,231	67.3
Clay	11,258	466	4.1	10,792	95.9
Cleveland	100,934	43,490	43.1	57,444	56.9
Columbus	50,369	14,249	28.3	36,120	71.7
Craven	101,988	58,990	57.8	42,998	42.2
Cumberland	342,082	250,274	73.2	91,808	26.8
Currituck	29,602	-	0	29,602	100
Dare	37,481	20,257	54	17,224	46
Davidson	170,907	62,681	36.7	108,226	63.3
Davie	43,280	10,172	23.5	33,108	76.5
Duplin	48,754	12,396	25.4	36,358	74.6
Durham	327,957	291,326	88.8	36,631	11.2
Edgecombe	48,311	29,408	60.9	18,903	39.1
Forsyth	384,063	323,634	84.3	60,429	15.7
Franklin	71,220	9,770	13.7	61,450	86.3
Gaston	232,789	153,986	66.1	78,803	33.9
Gates	10,393	264	2.5	10,129	97.5
Graham	8,044	651	8.1	7,393	91.9
Granville	61,150	23,325	38.1	37,825	61.9
Greene	20,124	2,069	10.3	18,055	89.7
Guilford	542,451	448,953	82.8	93,498	17.2
Halifax	48,214	21,021	43.6	27,193	56.4
Harnett	136,820	24,724	18.1	112,096	81.9
Haywood	62,495	17,935	28.7	44,560	71.3
Henderson	116,710	36,532	31.3	80,178	68.7
Hertford	19,803	8,294	41.9	11,509	58.1
Hoke	53,773	4,610	8.6	49,163	91.4
Hyde	4,603	-	0	4,603	100
Iredell	191,752	86,748	45.2	105,004	54.8
Jackson	42,613	3,354	7.9	39,259	92.1
Johnston	226,661	65,725	29	160,936	71
Jones	9,202	1,346	14.6	7,856	85.4
Lee	64,068	32,045	50	32,023	50
Lenoir	54,851	22,966	41.9	31,885	58.1
Lincoln	89,556	11,207	12.5	78,349	87.5
Macon	37,347	5,291	14.2	32,056	85.8
Madison	21,446	3,500	16.3	17,946	83.7
Martin	21,661	7,899	36.5	13,762	63.5
McDowell	44,688	8,439	18.9	36,249	81.1
Mecklenburg	1,121,482	1,053,926	94	67,556	6
Mitchell	14,933	2,680	17.9	12,253	82.1
Montgomery	25,782	7,562	29.3	18,220	70.7
Moore	102,517	57,019	55.6	45,498	44.4
Nash	95,465	54,090	56.7	41,375	43.3
New	229,943	129,329	56.2	100,614	43.8
Northampton	17,116	5,232	30.6	11,884	69.4
Onslow	206,530	83,886	40.6	122,644	59.4
Orange	148,197	92,957	62.7	55,240	37.3
Pamlico	12,334	5,051	41	7,283	59
Pasquotank	40,629	18,923	46.6	21,706	53.4
Pender	62,978	9,446	15	53,532	85
Perquimans	13,251	2,549	19.2	10,702	80.8
Person	39,486	8,183	20.7	31,303	79.3
Pitt	172,014	114,992	66.9	57,022	33.1
Polk	19,559	3,257	16.7	16,302	83.3
Randolph	145,044	57,675	39.8	87,369	60.2
Richmond	42,522	17,131	40.3	25,391	59.7
Robeson	116,485	33,237	28.5	83,248	71.5
Rockingham	91,706	38,641	42.1	53,065	57.9
Rowan	147,799	66,653	45.1	81,146	54.9
Rutherford	64,263	18,066	28.1	46,197	71.9
Sampson	59,019	11,715	19.8	47,304	80.2
Scotland	33,292	16,299	49	16,993	51
Stanly	62,659	31,198	49.8	31,461	50.2
Stokes	44,884	8,530	19	36,354	81
Surry	71,401	17,626	24.7	53,775	75.3
Swain	14,284	1,556	10.9	12,728	89.1
Transylvania	33,361	8,624	25.9	24,737	74.1
Tyrrell	3,226	574	17.8	2,652	82.2
Union	242,948	167,321	68.9	75,627	31.1
Vance	42,270	14,986	35.5	27,284	64.5
Wake	1,150,722	944,564	82.1	206,158	17.9
Warren	18,850	1,891	10	16,959	90
Washington	10,789	3,925	36.4	6,864	63.6
Watauga	54,361	21,822	40.1	32,539	59.9
Wayne	117,662	41,532	35.3	76,130	64.7
Wilkes	65,809	8,493	12.9	57,316	87.1
Wilson	78,559	52,963	67.4	25,596	32.6
Yadkin	37,164	7,108	19.1	30,056	80.9
Yancey	18,470	1,597	8.6	16,873	91.4

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