Municipal and Non-Municipal Population

Estimates of the Municipal and Non-Municipal Population of North Carolina and North Carolina Counties for July 1, 2025

Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2025

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

County Total Population Municipal Population Percent Municipal Non-Municipal Population Percent Non-Municipal
North Carolina 11,197,163 6,562,028 58.6 4,635,135 41.4
Alamance 187,982 125,575 66.8 62,407 33.2
Alexander 36,732 2,486 6.8 34,246 93.2
Alleghany 11,638 1,935 16.6 9,703 83.4
Anson 21,968 9,185 41.8 12,783 58.2
Ashe 27,014 3,224 11.9 23,790 88.1
Avery 17,538 3,429 19.6 14,109 80.4
Beaufort 44,396 13,381 30.1 31,015 69.9
Bertie 16,107 4,873 30.3 11,234 69.7
Bladen 29,567 7,172 24.3 22,395 75.7
Brunswick 176,619 93,787 53.1 82,832 46.9
Buncombe 278,235 122,058 43.9 156,177 56.1
Burke 90,346 32,711 36.2 57,635 63.8
Cabarrus 251,342 195,551 77.8 55,791 22.2
Caldwell 82,192 40,482 49.3 41,710 50.7
Camden 11,296 40 0.4 11,256 99.6
Carteret 71,659 33,184 46.3 38,475 53.7
Caswell 22,588 2,110 9.3 20,478 90.7
Catawba 171,604 82,022 47.8 89,582 52.2
Chatham 84,505 18,973 22.5 65,532 77.5
Cherokee 30,645 3,588 11.7 27,057 88.3
Chowan 13,931 4,518 32.4 9,413 67.6
Clay 12,344 471 3.8 11,873 96.2
Cleveland 102,115 44,791 43.9 57,324 56.1
Columbus 50,341 14,341 28.5 36,000 71.5
Craven 108,175 62,907 58.2 45,268 41.8
Cumberland 341,048 248,818 73.0 92,230 27.0
Currituck 33,337 - 0.0 33,337 100.0
Dare 38,842 20,854 53.7 17,988 46.3
Davidson 181,248 65,751 36.3 115,497 63.7
Davie 45,698 11,174 24.5 34,524 75.5
Duplin 50,548 12,831 25.4 37,717 74.6
Durham 345,085 310,874 90.1 34,211 9.9
Edgecombe 48,448 29,664 61.2 18,784 38.8
Forsyth 400,766 337,261 84.2 63,505 15.8
Franklin 82,732 12,895 15.6 69,837 84.4
Gaston 249,916 167,696 67.1 82,220 32.9
Gates 10,140 264 2.6 9,876 97.4
Graham 8,074 689 8.5 7,385 91.5
Granville 61,020 23,508 38.5 37,512 61.5
Greene 20,362 2,200 10.8 18,162 89.2
Guilford 557,963 462,999 83.0 94,964 17.0
Halifax 46,088 20,180 43.8 25,908 56.2
Harnett 149,841 30,805 20.6 119,036 79.4
Haywood 64,522 18,791 29.1 45,731 70.9
Henderson 123,440 38,982 31.6 84,458 68.4
Hertford 18,667 7,807 41.8 10,860 58.2
Hoke 56,642 4,764 8.4 51,878 91.6
Hyde 4,436 - 0.0 4,436 100.0
Iredell 214,151 101,999 47.6 112,152 52.4
Jackson 44,294 3,436 7.8 40,858 92.2
Johnston 257,598 74,836 29.1 182,762 70.9
Jones 9,336 1,481 15.9 7,855 84.1
Lee 70,161 35,035 49.9 35,126 50.1
Lenoir 54,904 22,969 41.8 31,935 58.2
Lincoln 98,409 12,188 12.4 86,221 87.6
Macon 39,288 5,533 14.1 33,755 85.9
Madison 21,884 3,602 16.5 18,282 83.5
Martin 21,412 7,801 36.4 13,611 63.6
McDowell 44,938 8,464 18.8 36,474 81.2
Mecklenburg 1,224,717 1,149,592 93.9 75,125 6.1
Mitchell 14,877 2,680 18.0 12,197 82.0
Montgomery 26,572 7,948 29.9 18,624 70.1
Moore 112,063 62,705 56.0 49,358 44.0
Nash 100,148 56,409 56.3 43,739 43.7
New Hanover 245,917 137,987 56.1 107,930 43.9
Northampton 16,216 4,964 30.6 11,252 69.4
Onslow 217,827 84,808 38.9 133,019 61.1
Orange 151,404 96,136 63.5 55,268 36.5
Pamlico 13,225 5,635 42.6 7,590 57.4
Pasquotank 42,528 20,464 48.1 22,064 51.9
Pender 71,328 10,072 14.1 61,256 85.9
Perquimans 13,512 2,604 19.3 10,908 80.7
Person 40,338 8,288 20.5 32,050 79.5
Pitt 182,281 124,136 68.1 58,145 31.9
Polk 20,386 3,355 16.5 17,031 83.5
Randolph 148,941 59,563 40.0 89,378 60.0
Richmond 42,075 16,982 40.4 25,093 59.6
Robeson 118,295 34,986 29.6 83,309 70.4
Rockingham 94,004 39,374 41.9 54,630 58.1
Rowan 155,298 70,997 45.7 84,301 54.3
Rutherford 65,089 18,635 28.6 46,454 71.4
Sampson 61,009 12,146 19.9 48,863 80.1
Scotland 32,225 15,422 47.9 16,803 52.1
Stanly 68,617 34,730 50.6 33,887 49.4
Stokes 46,303 9,189 19.8 37,114 80.2
Surry 72,264 18,089 25.0 54,175 75.0
Swain 13,760 1,479 10.7 12,281 89.3
Transylvania 33,826 8,859 26.2 24,967 73.8
Tyrrell 3,444 593 17.2 2,851 82.8
Union 271,383 187,643 69.1 83,740 30.9
Vance 41,968 15,300 36.5 26,668 63.5
Wake 1,259,530 1,066,395 84.7 193,135 15.3
Warren 18,697 1,886 10.1 16,811 89.9
Washington 10,436 3,785 36.3 6,651 63.7
Watauga 55,213 22,217 40.2 32,996 59.8
Wayne 120,861 43,456 36.0 77,405 64.0
Wilkes 65,995 8,646 13.1 57,349 86.9
Wilson 81,209 55,898 68.8 25,311 31.2
Yadkin 38,371 7,379 19.2 30,992 80.8
Yancey 18,894 1,651 8.7 17,243 91.3
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