Certified County Population Estimates

2023 Certified County Population Estimates

County April 1, 2020 Census Base July 1, 2020 July 1, 2021 July 1, 2022 July 1, 2023
Alamance 171,426 172,348 175,114 178,334 181,097
Alexander 36,444 36,343 36,040 36,001 36,231
Alleghany 10,883 10,928 11,061 11,310 11,513
Anson 22,054 21,953 21,650 21,712 21,619
Ashe 26,582 26,558 26,484 26,783 26,694
Avery 17,810 17,692 17,339 17,410 17,510
Beaufort 44,659 44,529 44,137 44,089 44,003
Bertie 17,934 17,765 17,256 16,900 16,856
Bladen 29,619 29,497 29,129 28,958 29,153
Brunswick 136,695 138,756 144,938 152,549 160,440
Buncombe 269,431 270,046 271,889 273,599 277,047
Burke 87,551 87,761 88,389 89,051 89,974
Cabarrus 225,791 227,580 232,948 238,638 242,880
Caldwell 80,678 80,836 81,311 81,416 81,960
Camden 10,357 10,402 10,538 10,726 10,737
Carteret 67,685 68,032 69,072 69,662 70,268
Caswell 22,733 22,640 22,360 22,122 22,461
Catawba 160,597 161,130 162,728 164,332 166,196
Chatham 76,260 76,457 77,046 79,079 81,248
Cherokee 28,769 28,758 28,724 28,964 29,691
Chowan 13,707 13,684 13,613 13,717 13,710
Clay 11,084 11,128 11,258 11,453 11,725
Cleveland 99,526 99,452 99,231 99,799 100,498
Columbus 50,629 50,419 49,788 50,073 50,389
Craven 100,782 101,229 102,751 103,430 103,605
Cumberland 334,733 336,668 342,472 340,909 337,970
Currituck 28,104 28,421 29,373 30,704 31,396
Dare 36,913 37,151 37,865 37,975 38,019
Davidson 168,927 169,620 171,699 173,823 176,388
Davie 42,720 42,820 43,121 43,687 44,249
Duplin 48,703 48,567 48,160 48,590 49,178
Durham 324,846 326,546 331,647 334,509 337,263
Edgecombe 48,898 48,833 48,637 48,400 48,491
Forsyth 382,599 383,952 388,012 390,794 393,062
Franklin 68,621 69,121 70,621 74,323 77,561
Gaston 227,943 229,299 233,367 237,273 240,820
Gates 10,478 10,438 10,316 10,257 10,297
Graham 8,028 8,005 7,936 7,934 7,985
Granville 61,003 60,913 60,643 61,380 62,174
Greene 20,454 20,333 19,971 19,977 20,153
Guilford 541,297 542,304 545,323 547,762 550,202
Halifax 48,625 48,422 47,814 47,179 46,616
Harnett 133,571 133,851 134,689 137,842 140,984
Haywood 62,088 62,281 62,858 63,313 63,949
Henderson 116,310 116,631 117,595 119,054 120,597
Hertford 21,553 21,073 19,633 19,306 18,772
Hoke 52,074 52,502 53,785 54,575 55,054
Hyde 4,588 4,593 4,606 4,620 4,671
Iredell 186,685 188,250 192,945 197,801 202,038
Jackson 43,108 42,811 41,919 43,231 44,274
Johnston 215,994 218,141 224,580 233,290 241,049
Jones 9,174 9,147 9,064 9,073 9,208
Lee 63,280 63,544 64,336 65,621 67,308
Lenoir 55,123 54,911 54,274 53,948 53,966
Lincoln 86,829 87,299 88,708 92,111 94,819
McDowell 44,602 44,451 44,056 44,232 44,521
Macon 37,019 37,015 37,001 37,556 38,152
Madison 21,192 21,197 21,213 21,393 21,753
Martin 22,032 21,896 21,486 21,299 21,183
Mecklenburg 1,115,534 1,118,967 1,129,281 1,144,176 1,162,168
Mitchell 14,899 14,862 14,750 14,770 14,721
Montgomery 25,760 25,690 25,480 25,448 25,833
Moore 99,745 100,585 103,104 105,708 107,861
Nash 94,967 95,267 96,168 96,834 97,802
New Hanover 225,707 226,927 230,587 235,771 239,514
Northampton 17,469 17,345 16,973 16,673 16,503
Onslow 204,576 205,746 209,255 210,646 213,447
Orange 148,717 148,695 148,629 149,096 150,913
Pamlico 12,270 12,254 12,205 12,197 12,521
Pasquotank 40,567 40,685 41,037 41,086 41,417
Pender 60,199 60,680 62,124 64,794 67,464
Perquimans 13,008 13,014 13,030 13,113 13,278
Person 39,088 39,065 38,994 39,109 39,461
Pitt 170,242 171,103 173,685 173,694 174,842
Polk 19,335 19,370 19,473 19,583 19,742
Randolph 144,147 143,899 143,156 144,587 146,496
Richmond 42,948 42,958 42,987 42,592 42,068
Robeson 116,514 116,310 115,698 116,222 116,438
Rockingham 91,104 90,910 90,328 91,541 92,416
Rowan 146,884 147,296 148,531 150,667 152,450
Rutherford 64,446 64,286 63,807 64,087 64,692
Sampson 59,042 58,849 58,268 58,804 59,514
Scotland 34,177 34,069 33,745 33,651 33,567
Stanly 62,505 62,402 62,091 63,292 64,999
Stokes 44,524 44,486 44,372 45,171 45,493
Surry 71,367 71,158 70,531 71,201 71,774
Swain 14,117 14,096 14,034 13,870 13,827
Transylvania 32,984 32,943 32,818 32,927 33,193
Tyrrell 3,249 3,268 3,326 3,470 3,480
Union 238,234 239,925 244,996 250,810 257,682
Vance 42,569 42,338 41,645 41,307 41,263
Wake 1,129,352 1,135,576 1,154,249 1,171,082 1,194,900
Warren 18,639 18,633 18,614 18,713 18,615
Washington 11,004 10,929 10,703 10,575 10,548
Watauga 54,077 54,271 54,851 54,744 54,972
Wayne 117,321 116,930 115,757 116,353 117,748
Wilkes 65,973 65,748 65,072 65,528 65,987
Wilson 78,789 78,859 79,067 78,585 78,792
Yadkin 37,216 37,138 36,904 37,314 37,722
Yancey 18,474 18,432 18,305 18,375 18,524
State of North Carolina 10,439,539 10,472,893 10,573,149 10,702,014 10,846,274