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North Carolina Census Data

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Census Data for North Carolina Counties

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Area 7/1/2009 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 9,380,884 9,247,134 9,064,074 8,866,977 8,669,452 8,531,283 8,416,451 8,316,617 8,203,451 8,079,383 8,049,313
Alamance County 150,358 147,910 144,824 141,472 139,280 137,653 136,018 135,314 133,497 131,521 130,800
Alexander County 36,777 36,586 36,389 36,031 35,606 35,189 34,579 34,368 33,986 33,674 33,603
Alleghany County 10,964 11,025 10,963 10,860 10,713 10,751 10,749 10,736 10,750 10,687 10,677
Anson County 25,056 25,189 25,194 25,314 25,461 25,465 25,066 25,265 25,315 25,310 25,275
Ashe County 25,812 25,691 25,485 25,249 25,100 25,088 24,854 24,747 24,599 24,449 24,384
Avery County 17,932 17,915 17,831 17,994 17,843 17,859 17,805 17,808 17,703 17,328 17,167
Beaufort County 46,414 46,343 45,853 45,891 45,463 45,161 45,080 45,026 45,014 44,997 44,958
Bertie County 19,345 19,466 19,461 18,677 18,985 19,151 19,238 19,388 19,572 19,715 19,773
Bladen County 32,343 32,411 32,320 32,445 32,542 32,575 32,285 32,235 32,430 32,240 32,278
Brunswick County 107,062 104,122 99,724 94,430 88,221 83,666 80,880 78,520 76,147 73,756 73,143
Buncombe County 231,452 229,373 226,823 223,012 218,684 215,867 213,210 210,717 208,464 206,991 206,330
Burke County 89,548 89,282 88,827 88,704 88,574 88,653 88,889 89,031 89,285 89,325 89,148
Cabarrus County 172,223 168,559 162,740 155,159 148,682 144,956 142,476 139,411 136,191 132,225 131,063
Caldwell County 79,914 79,862 79,357 79,042 78,736 78,370 78,596 78,512 78,145 77,606 77,415
Camden County 9,730 9,632 9,427 9,194 8,893 8,346 7,852 7,382 7,081 6,922 6,885
Carteret County 64,423 63,547 63,334 63,269 62,273 61,711 60,838 60,121 59,705 59,383 59,383
Caswell County 23,004 23,189 23,233 23,392 23,320 23,396 23,522 23,576 23,518 23,550 23,501
Catawba County 159,125 157,507 155,532 152,949 150,673 148,664 146,841 146,272 145,405 142,515 141,685
Chatham County 64,772 63,373 61,391 59,836 57,849 56,866 55,516 54,173 51,646 49,721 49,329
Cherokee County 26,307 26,561 26,507 26,153 25,489 25,195 24,893 24,670 24,530 24,372 24,298
Chowan County 14,784 14,688 14,738 14,584 14,352 14,284 14,219 14,241 14,153 14,118 14,526
Clay County 10,333 10,301 10,154 9,939 9,694 9,476 9,350 9,220 9,057 8,817 8,775
Cleveland County 99,274 99,034 98,307 97,640 97,400 97,649 97,638 97,435 97,096 96,461 96,287
Columbus County 54,221 54,293 54,007 53,968 53,762 54,016 54,155 54,445 54,533 54,713 54,749
Craven County 98,529 97,401 96,571 96,321 95,124 94,035 94,122 92,744 93,175 91,654 91,436
Cumberland County 315,207 310,686 308,724 306,865 305,097 310,921 310,213 306,619 303,502 303,033 302,963
Currituck County 24,216 24,160 23,869 23,461 22,857 21,802 20,548 19,466 18,749 18,286 18,190
Dare County 34,296 34,052 34,019 33,856 33,659 33,454 32,885 32,034 30,908 30,176 29,967
Davidson County 158,582 157,991 156,042 154,470 153,081 152,324 151,385 150,395 149,217 147,664 147,246
Davie County 41,420 41,082 40,517 39,742 38,722 37,686 36,963 36,538 35,958 35,061 34,835
Duplin County 53,177 53,025 52,371 51,973 51,245 51,021 50,641 50,342 49,828 49,189 49,063
Durham County 269,706 263,048 255,800 249,253 243,674 239,939 236,753 234,451 229,542 224,635 223,314
Edgecombe County 51,853 52,399 52,341 52,944 53,392 53,786 54,223 54,643 55,121 55,338 55,606
Forsyth County 359,638 355,140 347,960 339,994 331,522 325,151 320,417 316,853 312,250 307,007 306,067
Franklin County 60,088 59,029 57,209 55,447 54,232 53,094 51,932 50,623 48,789 47,610 47,260
Gaston County 208,958 206,833 202,364 197,833 194,759 192,663 192,306 192,564 191,811 190,796 190,365
Gates County 11,768 11,746 11,737 11,441 11,081 10,715 10,676 10,545 10,506 10,496 10,516
Graham County 8,001 7,980 7,915 7,982 7,940 7,998 7,938 8,021 7,966 7,992 7,993
Granville County 57,639 57,087 56,256 54,117 53,251 52,610 52,362 51,660 50,046 48,844 48,498
Greene County 20,658 20,654 20,676 20,266 19,757 19,827 19,617 19,376 19,188 19,026 18,974
Guilford County 480,362 474,108 464,924 455,432 445,378 438,384 434,703 431,224 428,132 422,519 421,048
Halifax County 54,582 55,094 55,178 55,259 55,477 55,694 56,048 56,345 56,695 57,238 57,370
Harnett County 115,761 112,025 108,606 105,318 102,715 100,220 98,292 96,526 93,552 91,414 91,025
Haywood County 57,109 56,875 56,671 56,192 55,828 55,804 55,340 54,912 54,559 54,107 54,033
Henderson County 103,669 102,383 100,636 98,606 96,369 94,860 93,562 92,328 91,010 89,696 89,173
Hertford County 23,283 23,357 23,278 23,204 23,280 23,269 23,366 23,680 23,051 22,948 22,601
Hoke County 45,148 43,648 42,293 41,207 39,752 38,127 36,700 35,785 34,623 33,860 33,646
Hyde County 5,211 5,260 5,194 5,224 5,390 5,433 5,540 5,702 5,670 5,828 5,826
Iredell County 158,153 155,613 151,442 146,380 140,142 136,282 132,950 130,315 127,141 123,617 122,660
Jackson County 36,891 36,789 36,447 36,428 35,682 35,465 34,883 34,063 33,619 33,274 33,121
Johnston County 168,525 163,311 156,916 150,592 145,097 140,601 136,034 132,422 127,686 123,309 121,965
Jones County 10,071 9,960 10,031 10,001 10,075 10,161 10,018 10,172 10,290 10,380 10,381
Lee County 60,477 59,135 57,836 56,704 55,441 54,417 52,894 51,724 51,202 49,434 49,040
Lenoir County 56,387 56,674 56,657 57,053 57,385 57,611 58,027 58,526 58,999 59,497 59,648
Lincoln County 76,043 74,742 72,838 71,049 68,967 67,543 66,878 66,046 65,153 64,107 63,780
Macon County 33,233 33,102 32,685 32,306 31,708 31,407 31,049 30,753 30,364 29,964 29,811
Madison County 20,442 20,370 20,242 20,108 19,973 19,889 19,794 19,853 19,837 19,698 19,635
Martin County 23,337 23,487 23,629 23,991 24,049 24,425 24,690 24,904 25,150 25,494 25,593
McDowell County 43,988 43,912 43,593 43,328 43,113 42,927 42,856 42,679 42,676 42,248 42,151
Mecklenburg County 913,639 892,456 865,573 833,791 800,486 774,432 755,018 737,512 720,968 700,786 695,454
Mitchell County 15,634 15,691 15,693 15,628 15,806 15,888 15,800 15,844 15,850 15,723 15,687
Montgomery County 27,745 27,707 27,464 27,262 27,102 27,051 27,225 27,028 26,972 26,925 26,822
Moore County 87,158 86,031 84,703 82,718 80,790 79,482 78,409 77,579 76,311 75,195 74,769
Nash County 94,743 94,125 93,178 91,588 90,434 89,935 89,242 88,716 88,222 87,707 87,420
New Hanover County 195,085 192,698 190,074 187,051 182,408 176,075 170,309 167,101 163,874 160,842 160,307
Northampton County 20,136 20,459 20,697 20,744 21,018 21,068 21,421 21,636 21,854 22,054 22,086
Onslow County 173,064 169,233 163,613 161,054 158,942 161,242 156,018 153,280 149,659 149,774 150,355
Orange County 129,083 126,985 124,729 122,084 119,632 117,883 117,575 116,943 118,263 116,049 118,227
Pamlico County 12,422 12,430 12,426 12,493 12,580 12,526 12,673 12,773 12,784 12,934 12,934
Pasquotank County 41,578 41,442 40,821 39,563 38,264 36,967 36,060 35,516 34,908 34,905 34,897
Pender County 52,378 51,234 49,719 47,894 45,813 44,408 43,160 42,565 41,713 41,229 41,082
Perquimans County 12,734 12,772 12,446 12,098 11,783 11,562 11,509 11,470 11,457 11,393 11,368
Person County 37,667 37,501 37,298 37,077 36,963 36,627 36,532 36,384 35,901 35,746 35,623
Pitt County 159,057 155,935 152,148 148,341 144,176 141,544 139,406 137,693 135,818 134,130 133,798
Polk County 19,255 19,232 19,138 19,050 18,859 18,773 18,650 18,642 18,544 18,399 18,324
Randolph County 142,151 140,963 139,318 138,217 136,568 134,988 134,221 133,166 132,192 131,018 130,454
Richmond County 45,970 46,028 45,940 45,817 45,982 45,963 46,116 46,501 46,328 46,545 46,564
Robeson County 129,559 128,696 127,782 126,509 125,885 124,561 124,463 123,945 123,573 123,356 123,339
Rockingham County 92,252 92,114 92,045 91,933 91,692 91,652 92,199 92,421 92,049 91,999 91,928
Rowan County 140,798 139,739 137,337 135,418 133,644 133,116 133,261 133,347 132,178 130,686 130,340
Rutherford County 63,415 63,436 63,103 63,033 62,779 62,819 63,042 62,969 63,155 62,962 62,899
Sampson County 63,713 63,437 63,094 62,599 62,138 61,775 61,481 61,024 60,714 60,302 60,161
Scotland County 36,292 36,480 36,427 36,366 36,403 36,479 35,489 35,527 35,939 36,008 35,998
Stanly County 59,794 59,685 59,183 58,585 58,434 58,252 58,433 58,512 58,596 58,255 58,100
Stokes County 46,150 46,140 46,031 45,839 45,422 45,176 44,896 44,827 44,878 44,832 44,711
Surry County 72,496 72,388 72,126 71,965 71,857 71,672 71,981 71,900 71,657 71,294 71,219
Swain County 13,404 13,377 13,345 13,447 13,261 13,076 13,071 13,017 12,983 13,031 12,968
Transylvania County 30,203 30,155 29,958 29,684 29,430 29,228 29,164 29,378 29,267 29,342 29,334
Tyrrell County 4,078 4,104 4,159 4,121 4,097 4,139 4,225 4,155 4,123 4,120 4,149
Union County 198,645 193,400 184,479 172,182 160,555 151,198 144,016 138,218 131,562 125,577 123,677
Vance County 43,056 42,990 42,950 43,067 42,871 43,066 43,247 43,537 43,655 43,123 42,954
Wake County 897,214 868,068 831,746 792,940 753,828 723,095 701,347 680,443 659,127 633,517 627,846
Warren County 19,425 19,530 19,514 19,484 19,773 19,792 19,805 19,832 19,960 19,991 19,972
Washington County 12,851 12,959 12,873 13,034 13,178 13,209 13,367 13,366 13,527 13,686 13,723
Watauga County 45,479 45,421 44,584 44,227 43,471 43,187 43,343 43,413 43,246 42,808 42,695
Wayne County 113,811 113,419 113,300 112,697 113,221 113,569 112,777 112,804 112,952 113,297 113,329
Wilkes County 66,555 66,725 66,662 66,467 66,405 66,311 66,577 66,518 66,330 65,778 65,632
Wilson County 78,353 77,692 76,622 75,746 75,414 75,024 74,837 74,662 73,931 73,933 73,814
Yadkin County 37,713 37,701 37,489 37,458 37,240 36,988 37,092 37,162 36,775 36,513 36,348
Yancey County 18,548 18,539 18,399 18,155 18,039 17,933 17,840 17,845 17,869 17,784 17,774

Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau