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Gaston County, North Carolina; Lincoln County, North Carolina; Washington County, North Carolina; Sampson County, North Carolina; Greene County, North Carolina; Watauga County, North Carolina
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
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Population estimates, July 1, 2023, (V2023)
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Wake County, North Carolina
1,190,275
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1,163,701
Guilford County, North Carolina
549,866
Forsyth County, North Carolina
392,921
Cumberland County, North Carolina
337,890
Durham County, North Carolina
336,892
Buncombe County, North Carolina
275,901
Union County, North Carolina
256,452
Johnston County, North Carolina
241,955
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
240,016
New Hanover County, North Carolina
238,852
Gaston County, North Carolina
237,242
Onslow County, North Carolina
213,676
Iredell County, North Carolina
199,710
Alamance County, North Carolina
179,165
Pitt County, North Carolina
175,119
Davidson County, North Carolina
174,804
Catawba County, North Carolina
164,645
Brunswick County, North Carolina
159,964
Rowan County, North Carolina
151,661
Orange County, North Carolina
150,626
Randolph County, North Carolina
147,458
Harnett County, North Carolina
141,477
Henderson County, North Carolina
119,230
Wayne County, North Carolina
118,686
Robeson County, North Carolina
117,365
Moore County, North Carolina
106,898
Craven County, North Carolina
102,391
Cleveland County, North Carolina
101,378
Nash County, North Carolina
96,551
Lincoln County, North Carolina
95,675
Rockingham County, North Carolina
92,518
Burke County, North Carolina
88,338
Chatham County, North Carolina
81,624
Caldwell County, North Carolina
80,574
Wilson County, North Carolina
78,970
Franklin County, North Carolina
77,001
Surry County, North Carolina
71,462
Carteret County, North Carolina
69,615
Pender County, North Carolina
68,521
Lee County, North Carolina
67,059
Wilkes County, North Carolina
66,013
Stanly County, North Carolina
65,699
Rutherford County, North Carolina
65,507
Haywood County, North Carolina
62,969
Granville County, North Carolina
62,192
Sampson County, North Carolina
59,601
Lenoir County, North Carolina
54,895
Watauga County, North Carolina
54,748
Hoke County, North Carolina
54,446
Columbus County, North Carolina
50,121
Duplin County, North Carolina
49,520
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
48,832
Halifax County, North Carolina
47,298
Stokes County, North Carolina
45,532
McDowell County, North Carolina
44,893
Davie County, North Carolina
44,599
Jackson County, North Carolina
44,574
Beaufort County, North Carolina
44,481
Richmond County, North Carolina
42,324
Vance County, North Carolina
42,301
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
41,444
Person County, North Carolina
39,737
Macon County, North Carolina
38,412
Dare County, North Carolina
38,110
Yadkin County, North Carolina
37,774
Alexander County, North Carolina
36,473
Scotland County, North Carolina
34,376
Transylvania County, North Carolina
33,549
Currituck County, North Carolina
31,593
Cherokee County, North Carolina
29,959
Bladen County, North Carolina
29,484
Ashe County, North Carolina
27,063
Montgomery County, North Carolina
26,085
Caswell County, North Carolina
22,807
Madison County, North Carolina
22,071
Anson County, North Carolina
21,897
Martin County, North Carolina
21,447
Greene County, North Carolina
20,530
Polk County, North Carolina
20,060
Hertford County, North Carolina
19,453
Yancey County, North Carolina
18,938
Warren County, North Carolina
18,836
Avery County, North Carolina
17,561
Bertie County, North Carolina
16,922
Northampton County, North Carolina
16,715
Mitchell County, North Carolina
14,999
Swain County, North Carolina
13,916
Chowan County, North Carolina
13,891
Perquimans County, North Carolina
13,377
Pamlico County, North Carolina
12,423
Clay County, North Carolina
11,864
Alleghany County, North Carolina
11,342
Camden County, North Carolina
11,137
Washington County, North Carolina
10,713
Gates County, North Carolina
10,343
Jones County, North Carolina
9,401
Graham County, North Carolina
8,052
Hyde County, North Carolina
4,607
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
3,461
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Value Notes
Methodology differences may exist between data sources, and so estimates from different sources are not comparable.
Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically
indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.
The vintage year (e.g., V2023) refers to the final year of the series (2020 thru 2023). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.
Users should exercise caution when comparing 2018-2022 ACS 5-year estimates to other ACS estimates. For more information, please visit
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Fact Notes
(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
Value Flags
-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
FFewer than 25 firms
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
XNot applicable
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
NANot available
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.
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