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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Mobility: Moved, different county this state (in past year)
Ages 1+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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North Carolina N/A 3.7 385,808 43 of 51
United States N/A 3.2 10,405,789 N/A
Alamance County Urban 3.8 6,622 1,649
Alexander County Urban 3.8 1,374 1,649
Alleghany County Rural 4.4 478 2,039
Anson County Urban 7.2 1,555 2,889
Ashe County Rural 3.0 792 1,080
Avery County Rural 6.0 1,052 2,681
Beaufort County Rural 2.1 918 425
Bertie County Rural 6.0 1,045 2,681
Bladen County Rural 3.2 930 1,226
Brunswick County Urban 4.1 5,911 1,858
Buncombe County Urban 2.6 7,028 770
Burke County Urban 2.7 2,364 835
Cabarrus County Urban 4.6 10,578 2,147
Caldwell County Urban 2.5 1,983 696
Camden County Urban 2.4 250 627
Carteret County Rural 4.5 3,078 2,086
Caswell County Rural 5.0 1,127 2,355
Catawba County Urban 4.0 6,385 1,799
Chatham County Urban 4.4 3,394 2,039
Cherokee County Rural 2.2 648 481
Chowan County Rural 3.3 462 1,312
Clay County Rural 1.8 201 257
Cleveland County Rural 2.8 2,726 916
Columbus County Rural 2.9 1,428 995
Craven County Rural 3.4 3,387 1,385
Cumberland County Urban 2.9 9,537 995
Currituck County Urban 2.5 739 696
Dare County Rural 2.6 962 770
Davidson County Urban 2.8 4,791 916
Davie County Urban 5.0 2,184 2,355
Duplin County Rural 3.7 1,819 1,590
Durham County Urban 4.3 13,982 1,979
Edgecombe County Urban 4.9 2,343 2,311
Forsyth County Urban 3.2 12,331 1,226
Franklin County Urban 4.2 2,997 1,915
Gaston County Urban 3.2 7,383 1,226
Gates County Urban 2.1 216 425
Graham County Rural 4.7 379 2,209
Granville County Rural 5.6 3,375 2,563
Greene County Rural 9.4 1,898 3,047
Guilford County Urban 3.9 20,709 1,719
Halifax County Rural 2.8 1,325 916
Harnett County Rural 6.7 9,046 2,822
Haywood County Rural 2.7 1,669 835
Henderson County Urban 4.2 4,923 1,915
Hertford County Rural 3.4 687 1,385
Hoke County Urban 6.4 3,317 2,758
Hyde County Rural 3.7 173 1,590
Iredell County Urban 3.4 6,393 1,385
Jackson County Rural 8.7 3,729 3,009
Johnston County Urban 3.6 8,161 1,529
Jones County Rural 4.5 409 2,086
Lee County Rural 4.6 2,969 2,147
Lenoir County Rural 3.3 1,780 1,312
Lincoln County Urban 3.8 3,379 1,649
Macon County Rural 3.2 1,210 1,226
Madison County Urban 3.3 703 1,312
Martin County Rural 5.7 1,224 2,587
McDowell County Rural 2.8 1,223 916
Mecklenburg County Urban 2.5 27,632 696
Mitchell County Rural 3.4 502 1,385
Montgomery County Rural 5.0 1,278 2,355
Moore County Urban 3.5 3,512 1,462
Nash County Urban 4.1 3,893 1,858
New Hanover County Urban 5.2 11,858 2,427
Northampton County Rural 5.2 891 2,427
Onslow County Urban 3.0 6,158 1,080
Orange County Urban 7.2 10,592 2,889
Pamlico County Rural 2.9 356 995
Pasquotank County Rural 4.5 1,834 2,086
Pender County Urban 6.4 4,014 2,758
Perquimans County Rural 2.8 369 916
Person County Urban 2.4 953 627
Pitt County Urban 7.3 12,528 2,903
Polk County Rural 2.1 413 425
Randolph County Urban 2.7 3,945 835
Richmond County Rural 3.0 1,269 1,080
Robeson County Rural 1.8 2,098 257
Rockingham County Urban 3.9 3,520 1,719
Rowan County Urban 4.8 7,017 2,264
Rutherford County Rural 2.8 1,775 916
Sampson County Rural 2.1 1,230 425
Scotland County Rural 3.4 1,172 1,385
Stanly County Rural 5.4 3,418 2,497
Stokes County Urban 4.2 1,878 1,915
Surry County Rural 2.5 1,797 696
Swain County Rural 3.4 476 1,385
Transylvania County Rural 3.9 1,278 1,719
Tyrrell County Rural 10.0 337 3,080
Union County Urban 4.2 10,082 1,915
Vance County Rural 4.7 1,981 2,209
Wake County Urban 2.8 31,994 916
Warren County Rural 5.5 1,027 2,535
Washington County Rural 5.7 614 2,587
Watauga County Rural 12.8 6,946 3,125
Wayne County Urban 3.7 4,279 1,590
Wilkes County Rural 1.1 702 67
Wilson County Rural 5.8 4,483 2,626
Yadkin County Urban 3.7 1,380 1,590
Yancey County Rural 3.5 646 1,462
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/17/2025 12:19 am.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Mobility: Moved, different county this state (in past year), see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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