Population Growth 2020-2030
County population growth 2020-2030
Source: North Carolina Office of State Budget & Management, Vintage 2023 Population Estimates and Vintage 2024 Population Projections.
| County | April 2020 Base Population | July 2030 Population Estimate | Numeric Change 2020-30 | Percent Change 2020-30 | Births 2020-30 | Deaths 2020-30 | Natural Increase 2020-30 | Net Migration 2020-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 171,426 | 195,390 | 23,964 | 14 | 20,480 | 21,108 | -628 | 24,592 |
| Alexander | 36,444 | 36,815 | 371 | 1 | 3,796 | 5,397 | -1,601 | 1,972 |
| Alleghany | 10,883 | 11,728 | 845 | 7.8 | 1,101 | 1,768 | -667 | 1,512 |
| Anson | 22,054 | 21,198 | -856 | -3.9 | 2,663 | 3,556 | -893 | 37 |
| Ashe | 26,582 | 26,578 | -4 | 0 | 2,207 | 4,360 | -2,153 | 2,149 |
| Avery | 17,810 | 17,558 | -252 | -1.4 | 1,446 | 2,504 | -1,058 | 806 |
| Beaufort | 44,659 | 43,829 | -830 | -1.9 | 4,642 | 7,055 | -2,413 | 1,583 |
| Bertie | 17,934 | 16,058 | -1,876 | -10.5 | 1,663 | 2,902 | -1,239 | -637 |
| Bladen | 29,619 | 31,514 | 1,895 | 6.4 | 3,855 | 5,147 | -1,292 | 3,187 |
| Brunswick | 136,695 | 201,455 | 64,760 | 47.4 | 11,851 | 25,674 | -13,823 | 78,583 |
| Buncombe | 269,431 | 297,951 | 28,520 | 10.6 | 24,733 | 32,973 | -8,240 | 36,760 |
| Burke | 87,551 | 91,881 | 4,330 | 4.9 | 8,905 | 13,229 | -4,324 | 8,654 |
| Cabarrus | 225,791 | 275,787 | 49,996 | 22.1 | 29,603 | 21,428 | 8,175 | 41,821 |
| Caldwell | 80,678 | 83,140 | 2,462 | 3.1 | 8,181 | 12,828 | -4,647 | 7,109 |
| Camden | 10,357 | 11,188 | 831 | 8 | 978 | 1,145 | -167 | 998 |
| Carteret | 67,685 | 73,692 | 6,007 | 8.9 | 4,964 | 10,849 | -5,885 | 11,892 |
| Caswell | 22,733 | 22,461 | -272 | -1.2 | 2,067 | 3,493 | -1,426 | 1,154 |
| Catawba | 160,597 | 179,219 | 18,622 | 11.6 | 17,593 | 22,152 | -4,559 | 23,181 |
| Chatham | 76,260 | 90,949 | 14,689 | 19.3 | 7,425 | 9,866 | -2,441 | 17,130 |
| Cherokee | 28,769 | 31,303 | 2,534 | 8.8 | 2,612 | 5,106 | -2,494 | 5,028 |
| Chowan | 13,707 | 13,759 | 52 | 0.4 | 1,498 | 2,276 | -778 | 830 |
| Clay | 11,084 | 12,841 | 1,757 | 15.9 | 982 | 1,817 | -835 | 2,592 |
| Cleveland | 99,526 | 104,974 | 5,448 | 5.5 | 11,556 | 15,403 | -3,847 | 9,295 |
| Columbus | 50,629 | 53,859 | 3,230 | 6.4 | 6,283 | 8,519 | -2,236 | 5,466 |
| Craven | 100,782 | 103,334 | 2,552 | 2.5 | 12,829 | 13,588 | -759 | 3,311 |
| Cumberland | 334,733 | 337,971 | 3,238 | 1 | 51,094 | 33,784 | 17,310 | -14,072 |
| Currituck | 28,104 | 36,487 | 8,383 | 29.8 | 3,384 | 3,433 | -49 | 8,432 |
| Dare | 36,913 | 39,652 | 2,739 | 7.4 | 3,234 | 4,573 | -1,339 | 4,078 |
| Davidson | 168,927 | 188,246 | 19,319 | 11.4 | 19,102 | 24,083 | -4,981 | 24,300 |
| Davie | 42,720 | 48,186 | 5,466 | 12.8 | 4,294 | 6,010 | -1,716 | 7,182 |
| Duplin | 48,703 | 53,298 | 4,595 | 9.4 | 7,880 | 6,777 | 1,103 | 3,492 |
| Durham | 324,846 | 365,472 | 40,626 | 12.5 | 41,272 | 26,985 | 14,287 | 26,339 |
| Edgecombe | 48,898 | 48,691 | -207 | -0.4 | 6,265 | 7,839 | -1,574 | 1,367 |
| Forsyth | 382,599 | 414,897 | 32,298 | 8.4 | 45,965 | 43,541 | 2,424 | 29,874 |
| Franklin | 68,621 | 94,444 | 25,823 | 37.6 | 9,568 | 8,756 | 812 | 25,011 |
| Gaston | 227,943 | 259,477 | 31,534 | 13.8 | 28,626 | 30,515 | -1,889 | 33,423 |
| Gates | 10,478 | 10,293 | -185 | -1.8 | 958 | 1,548 | -590 | 405 |
| Graham | 8,028 | 8,067 | 39 | 0.5 | 944 | 1,258 | -314 | 353 |
| Granville | 61,003 | 66,497 | 5,494 | 9 | 6,589 | 7,405 | -816 | 6,310 |
| Greene | 20,454 | 20,145 | -309 | -1.5 | 2,141 | 2,526 | -385 | 76 |
| Guilford | 541,297 | 592,680 | 51,383 | 9.5 | 62,150 | 57,236 | 4,914 | 46,469 |
| Halifax | 48,625 | 43,925 | -4,700 | -9.7 | 5,239 | 7,823 | -2,584 | -2,116 |
| Harnett | 133,571 | 158,408 | 24,837 | 18.6 | 20,097 | 14,454 | 5,643 | 19,194 |
| Haywood | 62,088 | 66,945 | 4,857 | 7.8 | 5,551 | 10,093 | -4,542 | 9,399 |
| Henderson | 116,310 | 130,564 | 14,254 | 12.3 | 11,068 | 17,006 | -5,938 | 20,192 |
| Hertford | 21,553 | 17,524 | -4,029 | -18.7 | 1,756 | 2,942 | -1,186 | -2,843 |
| Hoke | 52,074 | 60,151 | 8,077 | 15.5 | 8,756 | 5,235 | 3,521 | 4,556 |
| Hyde | 4,588 | 4,334 | -254 | -5.5 | 411 | 617 | -206 | -48 |
| Iredell | 186,685 | 228,423 | 41,738 | 22.4 | 22,075 | 22,241 | -166 | 41,904 |
| Jackson | 43,108 | 46,937 | 3,829 | 8.9 | 3,618 | 4,968 | -1,350 | 5,179 |
| Johnston | 215,994 | 290,489 | 74,495 | 34.5 | 31,835 | 22,832 | 9,003 | 65,492 |
| Jones | 9,174 | 9,117 | -57 | -0.6 | 1,042 | 1,578 | -536 | 479 |
| Lee | 63,280 | 75,142 | 11,862 | 18.7 | 8,439 | 7,893 | 546 | 11,316 |
| Lenoir | 55,123 | 54,020 | -1,103 | -2 | 6,957 | 8,840 | -1,883 | 780 |
| Lincoln | 86,829 | 108,247 | 21,418 | 24.7 | 9,879 | 11,890 | -2,011 | 23,429 |
| Macon | 37,019 | 40,686 | 3,667 | 9.9 | 3,422 | 6,105 | -2,683 | 6,350 |
| Madison | 21,192 | 22,360 | 1,168 | 5.5 | 2,090 | 3,108 | -1,018 | 2,186 |
| Martin | 22,032 | 19,882 | -2,150 | -9.8 | 2,332 | 3,851 | -1,519 | -631 |
| McDowell | 44,602 | 44,816 | 214 | 0.5 | 4,236 | 6,640 | -2,404 | 2,618 |
| Mecklenburg | 1,115,534 | 1,293,761 | 178,227 | 16 | 153,564 | 83,802 | 69,762 | 108,465 |
| Mitchell | 14,899 | 14,438 | -461 | -3.1 | 1,247 | 2,613 | -1,366 | 905 |
| Montgomery | 25,760 | 26,192 | 432 | 1.7 | 2,842 | 3,911 | -1,069 | 1,501 |
| Moore | 99,745 | 124,746 | 25,001 | 25.1 | 13,177 | 14,234 | -1,057 | 26,058 |
| Nash | 94,967 | 101,336 | 6,369 | 6.7 | 11,747 | 13,142 | -1,395 | 7,764 |
| New Hanover | 225,707 | 262,570 | 36,863 | 16.3 | 23,341 | 26,232 | -2,891 | 39,754 |
| Northampton | 17,469 | 15,884 | -1,585 | -9.1 | 1,727 | 3,104 | -1,377 | -208 |
| Onslow | 204,576 | 230,898 | 26,322 | 12.9 | 39,076 | 16,317 | 22,759 | 3,563 |
| Orange | 148,717 | 161,200 | 12,483 | 8.4 | 12,334 | 10,922 | 1,412 | 11,071 |
| Pamlico | 12,270 | 12,917 | 647 | 5.3 | 1,005 | 2,233 | -1,228 | 1,875 |
| Pasquotank | 40,567 | 41,339 | 772 | 1.9 | 4,571 | 5,347 | -776 | 1,548 |
| Pender | 60,199 | 75,400 | 15,201 | 25.3 | 6,902 | 8,039 | -1,137 | 16,338 |
| Perquimans | 13,008 | 13,887 | 879 | 6.8 | 1,224 | 2,127 | -903 | 1,782 |
| Person | 39,088 | 40,729 | 1,641 | 4.2 | 4,579 | 5,630 | -1,051 | 2,692 |
| Pitt | 170,242 | 184,225 | 13,983 | 8.2 | 21,317 | 17,516 | 3,801 | 10,182 |
| Polk | 19,335 | 19,818 | 483 | 2.5 | 1,497 | 3,362 | -1,865 | 2,348 |
| Randolph | 144,147 | 152,672 | 8,525 | 5.9 | 16,490 | 19,672 | -3,182 | 11,707 |
| Richmond | 42,948 | 40,456 | -2,492 | -5.8 | 5,464 | 6,617 | -1,153 | -1,339 |
| Robeson | 116,514 | 116,606 | 92 | 0.1 | 17,343 | 17,317 | 26 | 66 |
| Rockingham | 91,104 | 92,415 | 1,311 | 1.4 | 9,848 | 14,523 | -4,675 | 5,986 |
| Rowan | 146,884 | 158,229 | 11,345 | 7.7 | 16,602 | 20,517 | -3,915 | 15,260 |
| Rutherford | 64,446 | 65,932 | 1,486 | 2.3 | 7,173 | 10,557 | -3,384 | 4,870 |
| Sampson | 59,042 | 61,899 | 2,857 | 4.8 | 8,585 | 8,197 | 388 | 2,469 |
| Scotland | 34,177 | 32,126 | -2,051 | -6 | 3,905 | 5,062 | -1,157 | -894 |
| Stanly | 62,505 | 67,060 | 4,555 | 7.3 | 7,151 | 8,842 | -1,691 | 6,246 |
| Stokes | 44,524 | 46,328 | 1,804 | 4.1 | 4,559 | 7,014 | -2,455 | 4,259 |
| Surry | 71,367 | 71,772 | 405 | 0.6 | 8,160 | 11,027 | -2,867 | 3,272 |
| Swain | 14,117 | 13,550 | -567 | -4 | 1,681 | 2,451 | -770 | 203 |
| Transylvania | 32,984 | 34,061 | 1,077 | 3.3 | 2,748 | 5,013 | -2,265 | 3,342 |
| Tyrrell | 3,249 | 3,479 | 230 | 7.1 | 475 | 500 | -25 | 255 |
| Union | 238,234 | 306,153 | 67,919 | 28.5 | 29,362 | 21,227 | 8,135 | 59,784 |
| Vance | 42,569 | 41,222 | -1,347 | -3.2 | 5,537 | 6,231 | -694 | -653 |
| Wake | 1,129,352 | 1,358,482 | 229,130 | 20.3 | 137,065 | 80,516 | 56,549 | 172,581 |
| Warren | 18,639 | 18,780 | 141 | 0.8 | 1,828 | 3,132 | -1,304 | 1,445 |
| Washington | 11,004 | 9,877 | -1,127 | -10.2 | 1,260 | 1,980 | -720 | -407 |
| Watauga | 54,077 | 55,141 | 1,064 | 2 | 3,477 | 4,656 | -1,179 | 2,243 |
| Wayne | 117,321 | 120,366 | 3,045 | 2.6 | 16,554 | 15,138 | 1,416 | 1,629 |
| Wilkes | 65,973 | 67,214 | 1,241 | 1.9 | 7,504 | 10,245 | -2,741 | 3,982 |
| Wilson | 78,789 | 79,283 | 494 | 0.6 | 9,567 | 11,103 | -1,536 | 2,030 |
| Yadkin | 37,216 | 37,723 | 507 | 1.4 | 4,160 | 5,474 | -1,314 | 1,821 |
| Yancey | 18,474 | 18,741 | 267 | 1.4 | 1,879 | 2,986 | -1,107 | 1,374 |
| State | 10,439,539 | 11,743,841 | 1,304,302 | 12.5 | 1,264,707 | 1,197,056 | 67,651 | 1,236,651 |
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