Population Growth 2010-2020
County population growth: 2010-2020
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2022 and Population Projections, Vintage 2023
| County | April 1, 2010 Estimate Base | July 1, 2020 Estimate | Numeric Change | Percent Change | Births | Deaths | Natural Increase | Net Migration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 151,160 | 172,329 | 21,169 | 14 | 18,688 | 16,796 | 1,892 | 19,277 |
| Alexander | 37,182 | 36,373 | -809 | -2.2 | 3,637 | 4,021 | -384 | -425 |
| Alleghany | 11,150 | 10,929 | -221 | -2 | 959 | 1,415 | -456 | 235 |
| Anson | 26,929 | 22,046 | -4,883 | -18.1 | 2,643 | 3,140 | -497 | -4,386 |
| Ashe | 27,239 | 26,562 | -677 | -2.5 | 2,315 | 3,494 | -1,179 | 502 |
| Avery | 17,805 | 17,696 | -109 | -0.6 | 1,452 | 2,078 | -626 | 517 |
| Beaufort | 47,784 | 44,531 | -3,253 | -6.8 | 4,796 | 6,059 | -1,263 | -1,990 |
| Bertie | 21,197 | 17,776 | -3,421 | -16.1 | 1,839 | 2,590 | -751 | -2,670 |
| Bladen | 35,038 | 29,506 | -5,532 | -15.8 | 3,612 | 4,187 | -575 | -4,957 |
| Brunswick | 107,429 | 138,726 | 31,297 | 29.1 | 10,514 | 13,872 | -3,358 | 34,655 |
| Buncombe | 238,315 | 269,994 | 31,679 | 13.3 | 26,044 | 26,199 | -155 | 31,834 |
| Burke | 90,824 | 87,779 | -3,045 | -3.4 | 8,977 | 10,642 | -1,665 | -1,380 |
| Cabarrus | 178,116 | 227,574 | 49,458 | 27.8 | 24,828 | 15,721 | 9,107 | 40,351 |
| Caldwell | 83,049 | 80,828 | -2,221 | -2.7 | 8,254 | 9,837 | -1,583 | -638 |
| Camden | 9,980 | 10,402 | 422 | 4.2 | 950 | 876 | 74 | 348 |
| Carteret | 66,463 | 68,024 | 1,561 | 2.3 | 5,927 | 8,205 | -2,278 | 3,839 |
| Caswell | 23,727 | 22,654 | -1,073 | -4.5 | 2,109 | 2,849 | -740 | -333 |
| Catawba | 154,742 | 161,167 | 6,425 | 4.2 | 17,696 | 17,045 | 651 | 5,774 |
| Chatham | 63,486 | 76,476 | 12,990 | 20.5 | 6,508 | 6,916 | -408 | 13,398 |
| Cherokee | 27,447 | 28,761 | 1,314 | 4.8 | 2,363 | 3,777 | -1,414 | 2,728 |
| Chowan | 14,793 | 13,690 | -1,103 | -7.5 | 1,471 | 1,959 | -488 | -615 |
| Clay | 10,591 | 11,123 | 532 | 5 | 878 | 1,487 | -609 | 1,141 |
| Cleveland | 98,034 | 99,474 | 1,440 | 1.5 | 11,191 | 12,333 | -1,142 | 2,582 |
| Columbus | 58,129 | 50,418 | -7,711 | -13.3 | 6,224 | 7,198 | -974 | -6,737 |
| Craven | 103,498 | 101,181 | -2,317 | -2.2 | 15,145 | 10,988 | 4,157 | -6,474 |
| Cumberland | 319,455 | 336,494 | 17,039 | 5.3 | 57,165 | 25,612 | 31,553 | -14,514 |
| Currituck | 23,547 | 28,424 | 4,877 | 20.7 | 2,586 | 2,291 | 295 | 4,582 |
| Dare | 33,920 | 37,137 | 3,217 | 9.5 | 3,538 | 3,345 | 193 | 3,024 |
| Davidson | 162,824 | 169,638 | 6,814 | 4.2 | 17,848 | 18,336 | -488 | 7,302 |
| Davie | 41,218 | 42,818 | 1,600 | 3.9 | 3,974 | 4,664 | -690 | 2,290 |
| Duplin | 58,412 | 48,591 | -9,821 | -16.8 | 7,536 | 5,555 | 1,981 | -11,802 |
| Durham | 269,998 | 326,474 | 56,476 | 20.9 | 43,521 | 20,079 | 23,442 | 33,034 |
| Edgecombe | 56,511 | 48,824 | -7,687 | -13.6 | 6,417 | 6,643 | -226 | -7,461 |
| Forsyth | 350,635 | 383,864 | 33,229 | 9.5 | 45,887 | 33,842 | 12,045 | 21,184 |
| Franklin | 60,564 | 69,097 | 8,533 | 14.1 | 7,150 | 5,931 | 1,219 | 7,314 |
| Gaston | 206,100 | 229,303 | 23,203 | 11.3 | 26,048 | 23,483 | 2,565 | 20,638 |
| Gates | 12,185 | 10,437 | -1,748 | -14.3 | 1,069 | 1,245 | -176 | -1,572 |
| Graham | 8,858 | 8,006 | -852 | -9.6 | 891 | 1,115 | -224 | -628 |
| Granville | 57,550 | 60,931 | 3,381 | 5.9 | 5,854 | 5,474 | 380 | 3,001 |
| Greene | 21,351 | 20,331 | -1,020 | -4.8 | 2,211 | 2,059 | 152 | -1,172 |
| Guilford | 488,455 | 542,353 | 53,898 | 11 | 62,664 | 43,967 | 18,697 | 35,201 |
| Halifax | 54,631 | 48,431 | -6,200 | -11.3 | 5,850 | 6,897 | -1,047 | -5,153 |
| Harnett | 114,693 | 133,912 | 19,219 | 16.8 | 18,881 | 9,909 | 8,972 | 10,247 |
| Haywood | 59,030 | 62,281 | 3,251 | 5.5 | 5,778 | 7,876 | -2,098 | 5,349 |
| Henderson | 106,716 | 116,567 | 9,851 | 9.2 | 10,893 | 14,166 | -3,273 | 13,124 |
| Hertford | 24,684 | 21,258 | -3,426 | -13.9 | 2,352 | 3,063 | -711 | -2,715 |
| Hoke | 46,889 | 52,507 | 5,618 | 12 | 9,389 | 3,382 | 6,007 | -389 |
| Hyde | 5,817 | 4,589 | -1,228 | -21.1 | 454 | 634 | -180 | -1,048 |
| Iredell | 159,465 | 188,271 | 28,806 | 18.1 | 18,812 | 15,682 | 3,130 | 25,676 |
| Jackson | 40,273 | 42,810 | 2,537 | 6.3 | 3,918 | 3,834 | 84 | 2,453 |
| Johnston | 168,879 | 218,202 | 49,323 | 29.2 | 23,626 | 14,322 | 9,304 | 40,019 |
| Jones | 10,163 | 9,149 | -1,014 | -10 | 986 | 1,335 | -349 | -665 |
| Lee | 57,849 | 63,551 | 5,702 | 9.9 | 8,129 | 5,938 | 2,191 | 3,511 |
| Lenoir | 59,511 | 54,924 | -4,587 | -7.7 | 6,650 | 7,442 | -792 | -3,795 |
| Lincoln | 78,001 | 87,298 | 9,297 | 11.9 | 8,267 | 7,997 | 270 | 9,027 |
| Macon | 33,925 | 37,022 | 3,097 | 9.1 | 3,405 | 4,675 | -1,270 | 4,367 |
| Madison | 20,803 | 21,181 | 378 | 1.8 | 1,986 | 2,491 | -505 | 883 |
| Martin | 24,515 | 21,902 | -2,613 | -10.7 | 2,475 | 3,301 | -826 | -1,787 |
| McDowell | 45,002 | 44,471 | -531 | -1.2 | 4,609 | 5,345 | -736 | 205 |
| Mecklenburg | 919,675 | 1,118,744 | 199,069 | 21.6 | 147,088 | 60,479 | 86,609 | 112,460 |
| Mitchell | 15,581 | 14,875 | -706 | -4.5 | 1,443 | 2,255 | -812 | 106 |
| Montgomery | 27,782 | 25,685 | -2,097 | -7.5 | 3,118 | 3,062 | 56 | -2,153 |
| Moore | 88,250 | 100,535 | 12,285 | 13.9 | 10,877 | 11,313 | -436 | 12,721 |
| Nash | 95,858 | 95,251 | -607 | -0.6 | 11,063 | 10,694 | 369 | -976 |
| New Hanover | 202,683 | 226,885 | 24,202 | 11.9 | 22,860 | 19,283 | 3,577 | 20,625 |
| Northampton | 22,104 | 17,344 | -4,760 | -21.5 | 1,885 | 2,760 | -875 | -3,885 |
| Onslow | 177,801 | 205,421 | 27,620 | 15.5 | 42,497 | 11,143 | 31,354 | -3,734 |
| Orange | 133,692 | 148,613 | 14,921 | 11.2 | 12,318 | 8,076 | 4,242 | 10,679 |
| Pamlico | 13,143 | 12,259 | -884 | -6.7 | 898 | 1,677 | -779 | -105 |
| Pasquotank | 40,661 | 40,668 | 7 | - | 5,003 | 4,283 | 720 | -713 |
| Pender | 52,195 | 60,719 | 8,524 | 16.3 | 6,338 | 5,649 | 689 | 7,835 |
| Perquimans | 13,452 | 13,017 | -435 | -3.2 | 1,269 | 1,702 | -433 | -2 |
| Person | 39,479 | 39,082 | -397 | -1 | 4,268 | 4,475 | -207 | -190 |
| Pitt | 168,173 | 171,065 | 2,892 | 1.7 | 21,560 | 12,923 | 8,637 | -5,745 |
| Polk | 20,514 | 19,363 | -1,151 | -5.6 | 1,471 | 2,917 | -1,446 | 295 |
| Randolph | 141,825 | 143,945 | 2,120 | 1.5 | 16,237 | 15,278 | 959 | 1,161 |
| Richmond | 46,647 | 42,966 | -3,681 | -7.9 | 5,675 | 5,715 | -40 | -3,641 |
| Robeson | 134,205 | 116,362 | -17,843 | -13.3 | 18,673 | 13,864 | 4,809 | -22,652 |
| Rockingham | 93,663 | 90,939 | -2,724 | -2.9 | 9,427 | 11,763 | -2,336 | -388 |
| Rowan | 138,493 | 147,300 | 8,807 | 6.4 | 16,109 | 16,473 | -364 | 9,171 |
| Rutherford | 67,819 | 64,301 | -3,518 | -5.2 | 6,925 | 8,756 | -1,831 | -1,687 |
| Sampson | 63,471 | 58,873 | -4,598 | -7.2 | 8,493 | 6,910 | 1,583 | -6,181 |
| Scotland | 36,160 | 34,051 | -2,109 | -5.8 | 4,599 | 4,104 | 495 | -2,604 |
| Stanly | 60,585 | 62,415 | 1,830 | 3 | 6,890 | 7,188 | -298 | 2,128 |
| Stokes | 47,400 | 44,498 | -2,902 | -6.1 | 4,063 | 5,514 | -1,451 | -1,451 |
| Surry | 73,752 | 71,169 | -2,583 | -3.5 | 7,766 | 9,338 | -1,572 | -1,011 |
| Swain | 13,978 | 14,098 | 120 | 0.9 | 1,870 | 1,980 | -110 | 230 |
| Transylvania | 33,089 | 32,946 | -143 | -0.4 | 2,726 | 4,249 | -1,523 | 1,380 |
| Tyrrell | 4,407 | 3,264 | -1,143 | -25.9 | 410 | 464 | -54 | -1,089 |
| Union | 201,328 | 239,915 | 38,587 | 19.2 | 24,345 | 14,048 | 10,297 | 28,290 |
| Vance | 45,412 | 42,344 | -3,068 | -6.8 | 5,800 | 5,228 | 572 | -3,640 |
| Wake | 901,036 | 1,135,587 | 234,551 | 26 | 129,501 | 53,911 | 75,590 | 158,961 |
| Warren | 21,016 | 18,637 | -2,379 | -11.3 | 1,815 | 2,509 | -694 | -1,685 |
| Washington | 13,193 | 10,928 | -2,265 | -17.2 | 1,317 | 1,622 | -305 | -1,960 |
| Watauga | 51,061 | 54,259 | 3,198 | 6.3 | 3,617 | 3,506 | 111 | 3,087 |
| Wayne | 122,665 | 116,967 | -5,698 | -4.6 | 17,064 | 12,443 | 4,621 | -10,319 |
| Wilkes | 69,311 | 65,764 | -3,547 | -5.1 | 6,974 | 8,294 | -1,320 | -2,227 |
| Wilson | 81,225 | 78,859 | -2,366 | -2.9 | 9,850 | 8,865 | 985 | -3,351 |
| Yadkin | 38,412 | 37,140 | -1,272 | -3.3 | 3,948 | 4,449 | -501 | -771 |
| Yancey | 17,817 | 18,433 | 616 | 3.5 | 1,763 | 2,364 | -601 | 1,217 |
| State | 9,535,762 | 10,472,553 | 936,791 | 9.8 | 1,229,637 | 907,128 | 322,509 | 614,282 |
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