Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties of North Carolina

Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties of North Carolina: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006
Geographic Area	Population Estimates							April 1, 2000
Geographic Area	July 1, 2006	July 1, 2005	July 1, 2004	July 1, 2003	July 1, 2002	July 1, 2001	July 1, 2000	Estimates Base	Census
North Carolina	8,856,505	8,672,459	8,531,040	8,415,710	8,313,494	8,199,541	8,078,909	8,046,491	8,049,313
Alamance County	142,661	140,227	138,282	136,488	135,640	133,631	131,487	130,794	130,800
Alexander County	36,177	35,815	35,309	34,723	34,440	34,020	33,680	33,609	33,603
Alleghany County	10,912	10,864	10,867	10,866	10,837	10,798	10,702	10,680	10,677
Anson County	25,472	25,689	25,628	25,153	25,235	25,239	25,254	25,275	25,275
Ashe County	25,499	25,293	25,248	25,039	24,842	24,659	24,460	24,384	24,384
Avery County	17,674	17,700	17,707	17,698	17,694	17,585	17,194	17,167	17,167
Beaufort County	46,355	45,878	45,528	45,345	45,235	45,096	44,990	44,958	44,958
Bertie County	19,094	19,331	19,421	19,417	19,586	19,659	19,720	19,757	19,773
Bladen County	32,921	32,885	32,907	32,581	32,430	32,554	32,257	32,279	32,278
Brunswick County	94,945	89,108	84,435	81,533	78,871	76,369	73,770	73,141	73,143
Buncombe County	222,174	218,380	215,588	212,869	210,454	208,370	207,000	206,299	206,330
Burke County	90,054	89,472	89,396	89,433	89,260	89,379	89,279	89,145	89,148
Cabarrus County	156,395	149,585	145,578	143,016	139,788	136,289	132,222	131,030	131,063
Caldwell County	79,841	79,334	78,845	78,894	78,756	78,222	77,619	77,388	77,415
Camden County	9,271	8,970	8,425	7,887	7,424	7,127	6,929	6,885	6,885
Carteret County	63,584	62,849	62,079	61,089	60,344	59,895	59,409	59,383	59,383
Caswell County	23,546	23,490	23,562	23,636	23,677	23,525	23,550	23,501	23,501
Catawba County	153,784	151,345	149,329	147,307	146,512	145,383	142,508	141,677	141,685
Chatham County	60,052	58,089	56,838	55,356	53,835	51,752	49,733	49,334	49,329
Cherokee County	26,309	25,723	25,362	24,969	24,702	24,495	24,391	24,298	24,298
Chowan County	14,695	14,484	14,404	14,285	14,189	14,135	14,120	14,150	14,526
Clay County	10,008	9,755	9,482	9,314	9,146	9,012	8,816	8,775	8,775
Cleveland County	98,373	97,999	98,099	98,010	97,648	97,162	96,584	96,284	96,287
Columbus County	54,637	54,399	54,480	54,484	54,698	54,683	54,758	54,749	54,749
Craven County	94,875	93,829	93,030	93,403	92,344	92,905	91,666	91,523	91,436
Cumberland County	299,060	299,027	305,953	306,388	304,094	302,239	302,794	302,962	302,963
Currituck County	23,770	23,116	22,057	20,769	19,612	18,842	18,342	18,190	18,190
Dare County	33,935	33,720	33,565	33,031	32,114	30,953	30,196	29,967	29,967
Davidson County	156,236	154,533	153,450	152,032	150,784	149,414	147,688	147,269	147,246
Davie County	40,035	39,015	37,913	37,167	36,682	36,071	35,068	34,835	34,835
Duplin County	52,790	51,838	51,632	51,127	50,659	49,955	49,198	49,063	49,063
Durham County	246,896	242,354	238,986	235,644	233,446	229,217	224,545	223,306	223,314
Edgecombe County	53,964	54,001	54,243	54,529	54,816	55,136	55,301	55,606	55,606
Forsyth County	332,355	325,726	320,285	316,959	314,290	310,777	306,927	306,044	306,067
Franklin County	55,886	54,620	53,408	52,115	50,571	48,958	47,616	47,260	47,260
Gaston County	199,397	196,237	193,887	193,075	193,007	191,996	190,702	190,310	190,365
Gates County	11,527	11,180	10,840	10,712	10,611	10,544	10,507	10,516	10,516
Graham County	7,995	8,004	8,064	7,997	8,081	8,017	7,995	7,993	7,993
Granville County	54,473	53,424	52,743	52,479	51,756	50,045	48,759	48,498	48,498
Greene County	20,157	20,074	20,093	19,884	19,521	19,250	19,057	18,974	18,974
Guilford County	451,905	443,539	437,051	433,643	430,156	427,303	422,366	421,048	421,048
Halifax County	55,521	55,627	55,891	56,250	56,446	56,760	57,295	57,370	57,370
Harnett County	106,283	103,765	101,218	98,890	96,854	93,964	91,627	91,062	91,025
Haywood County	56,447	56,084	56,041	55,567	55,044	54,611	54,119	54,034	54,033
Henderson County	99,033	97,175	95,414	93,779	92,440	90,996	89,632	89,204	89,173
Hertford County	23,581	23,536	23,397	23,551	23,761	23,108	22,948	22,977	22,601
Hoke County	42,303	40,675	38,919	37,184	36,122	34,870	33,904	33,646	33,646
Hyde County	5,341	5,442	5,461	5,536	5,733	5,687	5,790	5,826	5,826
Iredell County	146,206	140,462	136,599	133,218	130,495	127,305	123,620	122,664	122,660
Jackson County	35,562	35,224	35,126	34,621	33,865	33,501	33,271	33,120	33,121
Johnston County	152,143	146,324	141,609	136,855	132,928	127,893	123,304	121,900	121,965
Jones County	10,204	10,300	10,374	10,158	10,240	10,334	10,376	10,398	10,381
Lee County	56,908	55,747	54,417	53,238	52,087	51,117	49,396	49,172	49,040
Lenoir County	57,662	57,878	58,060	58,327	58,778	59,154	59,518	59,619	59,648
Lincoln County	71,894	69,748	68,035	67,290	66,268	65,114	64,054	63,780	63,780
McDowell County	43,414	43,195	43,024	42,939	42,771	42,733	42,233	42,151	42,151
Macon County	32,395	31,933	31,515	31,101	30,839	30,468	29,966	29,806	29,811
Madison County	20,355	20,211	20,045	19,912	19,933	19,846	19,702	19,635	19,635
Martin County	24,342	24,469	24,750	24,990	25,115	25,223	25,510	25,546	25,593
Mecklenburg County	827,445	796,369	770,638	752,227	735,194	719,552	700,462	695,427	695,454
Mitchell County	15,681	15,762	15,827	15,769	15,840	15,825	15,724	15,687	15,687
Montgomery County	27,638	27,356	27,216	27,293	27,052	26,979	26,949	26,836	26,822
Moore County	83,162	81,342	79,839	78,737	77,810	76,413	75,164	74,770	74,769
Nash County	92,312	91,193	90,462	89,543	88,831	88,219	87,735	87,385	87,420
New Hanover County	182,591	179,043	173,439	168,247	165,636	163,073	160,675	160,327	160,307
Northampton County	21,247	21,401	21,434	21,670	21,827	21,975	22,088	22,086	22,086
Onslow County	150,673	150,508	154,312	151,122	149,583	148,006	150,099	150,355	150,355
Orange County	120,100	118,536	117,092	117,179	117,146	117,496	115,931	115,537	118,227
Pamlico County	12,785	12,779	12,703	12,808	12,865	12,832	12,945	12,934	12,934
Pasquotank County	39,591	38,260	36,944	36,007	35,560	34,876	34,881	34,897	34,897
Pender County	48,630	46,457	44,913	43,552	42,844	41,883	41,275	41,082	41,082
Perquimans County	12,337	12,046	11,705	11,635	11,611	11,520	11,414	11,368	11,368
Person County	37,341	37,201	36,753	36,702	36,563	35,967	35,756	35,623	35,623
Pitt County	145,619	142,285	139,960	138,277	136,837	135,066	134,104	133,719	133,798
Polk County	19,226	19,062	18,922	18,772	18,808	18,646	18,412	18,324	18,324
Randolph County	140,410	138,176	136,164	135,065	133,704	132,403	131,106	130,470	130,454
Richmond County	46,555	46,706	46,559	46,567	46,801	46,532	46,568	46,551	46,564
Robeson County	129,021	127,752	126,148	125,700	124,778	124,015	123,418	123,241	123,339
Rockingham County	93,063	92,504	92,102	92,516	92,584	92,202	91,968	91,928	91,928
Rowan County	136,254	134,782	133,863	133,777	133,570	132,378	130,681	130,348	130,340
Rutherford County	63,867	63,654	63,450	63,512	63,277	63,341	62,996	62,901	62,899
Sampson County	63,561	62,856	62,236	61,868	61,171	60,832	60,320	60,160	60,161
Scotland County	37,094	37,076	36,997	35,842	35,754	35,994	36,019	35,998	35,998
Stanly County	59,358	59,031	58,699	58,697	58,633	58,620	58,190	58,100	58,100
Stokes County	46,168	45,790	45,429	45,142	44,980	44,968	44,863	44,707	44,711
Surry County	72,687	72,422	72,113	72,270	72,074	71,677	71,251	71,227	71,219
Swain County	13,445	13,249	13,099	13,085	13,020	12,987	13,025	12,973	12,968
Transylvania County	29,780	29,632	29,444	29,368	29,510	29,400	29,382	29,334	29,334
Tyrrell County	4,187	4,146	4,146	4,226	4,150	4,143	4,148	4,149	4,149
Union County	175,272	163,483	153,518	145,863	139,408	132,006	125,647	123,738	123,677
Vance County	43,810	43,546	43,553	43,570	43,842	43,698	43,152	42,954	42,954
Wake County	786,522	750,865	720,170	698,917	678,426	657,738	633,313	627,865	627,846
Warren County	19,605	19,760	19,764	19,784	19,900	19,913	19,936	19,972	19,972
Washington County	13,227	13,283	13,274	13,382	13,454	13,569	13,712	13,723	13,723
Watauga County	42,700	42,434	42,384	42,627	42,917	42,928	42,751	42,693	42,695
Wayne County	113,847	113,827	113,978	113,153	113,077	113,171	113,350	113,329	113,329
Wilkes County	67,310	67,128	66,862	67,018	66,805	66,429	65,810	65,624	65,632
Wilson County	76,624	76,175	75,673	75,188	74,907	74,170	73,935	73,811	73,814
Yadkin County	38,056	37,689	37,270	37,269	37,298	36,819	36,518	36,348	36,348
Yancey County	18,421	18,197	18,092	18,012	17,941	17,935	17,812	17,774	17,774

Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau

North Carolina Counties Population Estimates