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