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North Carolina Census Data

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Census Data for North Carolina Counties

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Area 7/1/2008 7/1/2007 7/1/2006 7/1/2005 7/1/2004 7/1/2003 7/1/2002 7/1/2001 7/1/2000 Census 2000
North Carolina 9,222,414 9,041,594 8,845,343 8,661,061 8,523,199 8,409,660 8,311,263 8,199,913 8,078,824 8,049,313
Alamance County 148,053 144,790 141,492 139,480 137,747 136,050 135,308 133,464 131,502 130,800
Alexander County 36,537 36,298 35,930 35,590 35,177 34,574 34,369 33,982 33,672 33,603
Alleghany County 10,951 10,874 10,799 10,689 10,730 10,732 10,725 10,743 10,688 10,677
Anson County 25,162 25,218 25,314 25,480 25,482 25,078 25,275 25,318 25,311 25,275
Ashe County 25,702 25,485 25,258 25,108 25,097 24,856 24,748 24,593 24,446 24,384
Avery County 17,884 17,842 17,979 17,787 17,806 17,749 17,755 17,671 17,328 17,167
Beaufort County 46,035 45,636 45,712 45,368 45,080 45,006 44,963 44,962 44,973 44,958
Bertie County 19,337 19,450 18,657 18,981 19,146 19,232 19,382 19,568 19,711 19,773
Bladen County 32,312 32,210 32,369 32,545 32,569 32,275 32,226 32,425 32,239 32,278
Brunswick County 103,160 98,966 93,874 88,287 83,702 80,901 78,528 76,137 73,770 73,143
Buncombe County 229,047 226,400 222,528 218,605 215,777 213,114 210,623 208,432 207,008 206,330
Burke County 89,361 88,787 88,659 88,583 88,658 88,892 89,038 89,285 89,316 89,148
Cabarrus County 168,740 162,798 155,130 148,834 145,050 142,525 139,425 136,190 132,218 131,063
Caldwell County 80,059 79,361 78,994 78,734 78,362 78,595 78,530 78,156 77,614 77,415
Camden County 9,682 9,461 9,188 8,896 8,348 7,854 7,382 7,081 6,922 6,885
Carteret County 63,195 63,154 63,202 62,405 61,846 60,958 60,247 59,737 59,404 59,383
Caswell County 23,248 23,303 23,390 23,344 23,413 23,531 23,580 23,520 23,550 23,501
Catawba County 157,079 155,123 152,648 150,625 148,582 146,755 146,173 145,299 142,501 141,685
Chatham County 63,077 61,029 59,561 57,935 56,932 55,561 54,201 51,644 49,725 49,329
Cherokee County 26,568 26,436 26,091 25,497 25,203 24,897 24,676 24,534 24,373 24,298
Chowan County 14,565 14,635 14,521 14,361 14,290 14,222 14,242 14,153 14,116 14,526
Clay County 10,389 10,210 9,997 9,699 9,480 9,352 9,222 9,058 8,817 8,775
Cleveland County 99,015 98,279 97,535 97,398 97,626 97,611 97,395 97,057 96,471 96,287
Columbus County 54,212 53,966 53,969 53,794 54,038 54,169 54,453 54,536 54,713 54,749
Craven County 96,892 96,302 96,107 94,953 93,881 93,973 92,604 93,070 91,651 91,436
Cumberland County 312,696 308,947 306,984 305,209 310,976 310,223 306,601 303,479 303,018 302,963
Currituck County 24,183 23,859 23,446 22,874 21,816 20,559 19,475 18,757 18,294 18,190
Dare County 33,584 33,693 33,754 33,663 33,472 32,901 32,051 30,924 30,193 29,967
Davidson County 158,166 156,074 154,494 153,116 152,331 151,372 150,377 149,199 147,657 147,246
Davie County 40,971 40,364 39,583 38,694 37,656 36,935 36,523 35,948 35,058 34,835
Duplin County 53,362 52,612 52,187 51,443 51,156 50,723 50,383 49,833 49,172 49,063
Durham County 262,715 255,360 248,857 243,534 239,798 236,632 234,331 229,475 224,618 223,314
Edgecombe County 52,682 52,628 53,106 53,394 53,786 54,222 54,646 55,124 55,338 55,606
Forsyth County 343,028 337,639 330,926 324,430 319,441 316,106 313,897 310,506 306,933 306,067
Franklin County 58,927 57,052 55,315 54,233 53,095 51,928 50,621 48,784 47,601 47,260
Gaston County 206,679 202,166 197,579 194,668 192,571 192,206 192,462 191,740 190,776 190,365
Gates County 11,708 11,703 11,402 11,074 10,709 10,670 10,540 10,502 10,494 10,516
Graham County 7,825 7,833 7,932 7,953 8,001 7,945 8,027 7,972 7,996 7,993
Granville County 57,044 56,055 54,017 53,257 52,636 52,336 51,639 49,994 48,836 48,498
Greene County 20,677 20,700 20,250 19,713 19,785 19,587 19,355 19,172 19,021 18,974
Guilford County 472,216 464,034 454,351 444,944 438,004 434,385 430,946 427,979 422,457 421,048
Halifax County 54,983 54,972 55,169 55,463 55,685 56,042 56,345 56,700 57,241 57,370
Harnett County 112,030 108,542 105,301 102,782 100,273 98,335 96,566 93,590 91,463 91,025
Haywood County 56,590 56,405 56,093 55,837 55,814 55,347 54,917 54,562 54,106 54,033
Henderson County 102,367 100,445 98,279 96,359 94,833 93,514 92,258 90,944 89,647 89,173
Hertford County 23,224 23,242 23,169 23,241 23,226 23,313 23,629 22,997 22,941 22,601
Hoke County 43,409 42,135 41,069 39,646 38,021 36,598 35,708 34,601 33,847 33,646
Hyde County 5,181 5,216 5,237 5,399 5,440 5,545 5,706 5,670 5,828 5,826
Iredell County 155,359 151,006 145,890 140,022 136,162 132,833 130,241 127,104 123,609 122,660
Jackson County 36,739 36,272 36,271 35,646 35,444 34,872 34,059 33,618 33,271 33,121
Johnston County 163,428 156,880 150,586 145,271 140,713 136,092 132,445 127,682 123,300 121,965
Jones County 10,113 10,088 10,012 10,077 10,158 10,013 10,167 10,284 10,376 10,381
Lee County 59,091 57,815 56,729 55,470 54,417 52,872 51,684 51,166 49,407 49,040
Lenoir County 56,826 56,685 57,009 57,330 57,560 57,982 58,490 58,978 59,493 59,648
Lincoln County 74,746 72,768 70,964 68,999 67,550 66,868 66,022 65,125 64,089 63,780
Macon County 33,005 32,595 32,159 31,714 31,412 31,053 30,756 30,365 29,961 29,811
Madison County 20,432 20,278 20,085 19,988 19,896 19,794 19,846 19,828 19,690 19,635
Martin County 23,398 23,527 23,886 23,984 24,365 24,632 24,850 25,113 25,495 25,593
McDowell County 43,843 43,516 43,210 43,054 42,890 42,832 42,667 42,680 42,260 42,151
Mecklenburg County 890,515 863,801 832,078 799,794 773,362 754,337 736,964 720,675 700,714 695,454
Mitchell County 15,784 15,770 15,665 15,795 15,882 15,797 15,846 15,855 15,729 15,687
Montgomery County 27,358 27,323 27,180 27,079 27,019 27,206 27,009 26,976 26,920 26,822
Moore County 85,608 84,209 82,358 80,846 79,520 78,439 77,578 76,304 75,181 74,769
Nash County 93,674 92,705 91,269 90,410 89,887 89,188 88,661 88,177 87,705 87,420
New Hanover County 192,538 190,104 186,938 182,246 175,917 170,167 167,023 163,806 160,818 160,307
Northampton County 20,487 20,756 20,828 21,039 21,080 21,429 21,640 21,855 22,051 22,086
Onslow County 165,938 163,336 160,896 158,926 161,244 156,039 153,280 149,664 149,776 150,355
Orange County 126,532 124,308 121,664 119,519 117,781 117,492 116,873 118,214 116,016 118,227
Pamlico County 12,502 12,503 12,529 12,589 12,532 12,678 12,777 12,785 12,935 12,934
Pasquotank County 41,111 40,680 39,471 38,206 36,924 36,031 35,498 34,900 34,906 34,897
Pender County 51,314 49,710 47,777 45,738 44,365 43,145 42,581 41,732 41,252 41,082
Perquimans County 12,856 12,492 12,106 11,799 11,576 11,522 11,482 11,468 11,401 11,368
Person County 37,438 37,306 37,052 36,955 36,621 36,524 36,378 35,897 35,745 35,623
Pitt County 156,081 152,138 148,167 144,214 141,574 139,423 137,697 135,830 134,141 133,798
Polk County 19,074 18,951 18,909 18,813 18,738 18,626 18,651 18,549 18,402 18,324
Randolph County 141,186 139,512 138,226 136,587 134,982 134,200 133,161 132,197 131,014 130,454
Richmond County 46,005 45,923 45,814 45,984 45,962 46,114 46,498 46,323 46,544 46,564
Robeson County 129,123 128,066 126,698 125,984 124,612 124,483 123,943 123,562 123,346 123,339
Rockingham County 92,282 92,192 91,981 91,737 91,657 92,186 92,395 92,017 91,959 91,928
Rowan County 139,225 137,038 135,181 133,671 133,119 133,246 133,318 132,158 130,675 130,340
Rutherford County 63,424 62,928 62,909 62,802 62,835 63,049 62,972 63,155 62,958 62,899
Sampson County 63,927 63,355 62,800 62,296 61,882 61,549 61,060 60,714 60,282 60,161
Scotland County 36,508 36,341 36,253 36,412 36,484 35,491 35,527 35,933 36,010 35,998
Stanly County 59,614 59,153 58,563 58,433 58,249 58,432 58,507 58,590 58,246 58,100
Stokes County 46,171 45,937 45,699 45,361 45,157 44,889 44,822 44,871 44,833 44,711
Surry County 72,468 72,172 71,979 71,912 71,704 71,991 71,900 71,652 71,286 71,219
Swain County 13,512 13,416 13,472 13,275 13,087 13,077 13,020 12,985 13,031 12,968
Transylvania County 30,187 29,953 29,658 29,428 29,239 29,182 29,402 29,299 29,381 29,334
Tyrrell County 4,087 4,147 4,115 4,094 4,140 4,231 4,165 4,129 4,122 4,149
Union County 193,255 183,884 171,760 160,542 151,132 143,935 138,129 131,492 125,559 123,677
Vance County 42,891 42,892 42,980 42,860 43,045 43,225 43,517 43,642 43,118 42,954
Wake County 866,410 830,029 791,214 753,589 722,817 701,058 680,159 658,988 633,462 627,846
Warren County 19,388 19,420 19,456 19,754 19,780 19,800 19,835 19,962 19,992 19,972
Washington County 12,946 12,866 13,002 13,109 13,152 13,327 13,359 13,526 13,686 13,723
Watauga County 45,196 44,473 44,138 43,460 43,174 43,328 43,393 43,226 42,795 42,695
Wayne County 113,671 113,396 112,603 113,203 113,529 112,716 112,740 112,894 113,294 113,329
Wilkes County 66,655 66,695 66,470 66,444 66,339 66,590 66,524 66,329 65,777 65,632
Wilson County 77,527 76,532 75,659 75,405 75,049 74,841 74,654 73,917 73,927 73,814
Yadkin County 37,954 37,675 37,514 37,276 37,019 37,115 37,178 36,778 36,508 36,348
Yancey County 18,503 18,388 18,107 18,016 17,918 17,833 17,847 17,877 17,802 17,774

Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau