Population Change for Counties in North Carolina - 2020 to 2024

of the 100 Counties in North Carolina the fastest growing County is Brunswick County with 14.49% growth. The County lowest growth is Hertford County with -12.06% growth.

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List of Counties in North Carolina With Population Percentage Change

Map KeyNamePopulation ChangePopulation
Alamance County4.53%179,617
Alexander County-0.04%36,427
Alleghany County4.08%11,340
Anson County1.48%22,381
Ashe County1.78%27,068
Avery County-0.58%17,711
Beaufort County-0.54%44,410
Bertie County-5.38%17,013
Bladen County-0.37%29,505
Brunswick County14.49%159,855
Buncombe County2.66%276,789
Burke County0.67%88,147
Cabarrus County6.16%240,608
Caldwell County-0.12%80,579
Camden County6.97%11,132
Carteret County2.9%69,712
Caswell County-1.16%22,479
Catawba County2.63%164,955
Chatham County7%81,992
Cherokee County3.93%29,952
Chowan County1.33%13,894
Clay County6.62%11,873
Cleveland County2%101,561
Columbus County-0.97%50,140
Craven County2.51%103,329
Cumberland County1.09%338,411
Currituck County11.09%31,609
Dare County3.32%38,181
Davidson County3.41%174,887
Davie County4.23%44,594
Duplin County2.23%49,819
Durham County3.67%337,238
Edgecombe County0.11%48,946
Forsyth County2.85%393,835
Franklin County10.99%77,092
Gaston County4.29%238,153
Gates County-1.18%10,354
Graham County0.61%8,079
Granville County0.58%61,362
Greene County0.95%20,644
Guilford County2.1%552,880
Halifax County-3.3%47,068
Harnett County5.81%141,792
Haywood County1.33%62,922
Henderson County2.74%119,576
Hertford County-12.06%19,234
Hoke County4.59%54,587
Hyde County1.06%4,638
Iredell County6.8%200,311
Jackson County4.31%45,050
Johnston County10.88%242,358
Jones County2.94%9,448
Lee County6.13%67,421
Lenoir County-0.29%54,967
Lincoln County9.37%95,786
Macon County3.68%38,430
Madison County3.82%22,039
Martin County-2.58%21,484
Mcdowell County0.86%44,968
Mecklenburg County5.16%1,176,228
Mitchell County0.71%15,003
Montgomery County1.88%26,241
Moore County6.85%107,072
Nash County1.89%96,796
New Hanover County5.98%240,054
Northampton County-4.6%16,705
Onslow County3.12%211,184
Orange County2.32%152,239
Pamlico County1.42%12,450
Pasquotank County1.48%41,180
Pender County11.92%68,356
Perquimans County2.67%13,367
Person County1.88%39,832
Pitt County3.99%178,956
Polk County3.52%20,030
Randolph County2.37%147,641
Richmond County-2.24%42,003
Robeson County1%117,705
Rockingham County1.64%92,638
Rowan County3.3%151,883
Rutherford County1.42%65,369
Sampson County1.18%59,742
Scotland County-1.52%33,660
Stanly County5.04%65,818
Stokes County2.11%45,486
Surry County0.13%71,457
Swain County-1.38%13,923
Transylvania County2.8%33,934
Tyrrell County7.9%3,520
Union County7.48%257,510
Vance County-0.6%42,329
Wake County6.15%1,203,394
Warren County0.67%18,762
Washington County-2.48%10,739
Watauga County2.42%55,420
Wayne County1.88%119,570
Wilkes County0.07%66,017
Wilson County0.42%79,606
Yadkin County1.55%37,798
Yancey County2.47%18,940

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