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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Age under 18
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 21.9 2,322,823 28 of 52
United States N/A 22.2 73,645,238 N/A
Alamance County Urban 22.3 38,781 1,429
Alexander County Urban 19.6 7,139 2,404
Alleghany County Rural 16.6 1,838 2,939
Anson County Urban 20.3 4,437 2,213
Ashe County Rural 17.0 4,552 2,908
Avery County Rural 14.6 2,570 3,075
Beaufort County Rural 19.4 8,649 2,470
Bertie County Rural 16.4 2,863 2,956
Bladen County Rural 20.6 6,106 2,123
Brunswick County Urban 14.4 20,947 3,081
Buncombe County Urban 18.1 49,139 2,747
Burke County Urban 18.6 16,305 2,650
Cabarrus County Urban 25.4 58,685 378
Caldwell County Urban 19.9 16,039 2,329
Camden County Urban 24.3 2,608 619
Carteret County Rural 17.1 11,707 2,892
Caswell County Rural 18.3 4,156 2,702
Catawba County Urban 21.9 35,431 1,606
Chatham County Urban 19.7 15,414 2,378
Cherokee County Rural 16.1 4,699 2,984
Chowan County Rural 19.5 2,695 2,445
Clay County Rural 16.2 1,848 2,976
Cleveland County Rural 22.3 22,366 1,429
Columbus County Rural 20.7 10,442 2,085
Craven County Rural 21.7 21,898 1,683
Cumberland County Urban 25.1 84,616 443
Currituck County Urban 22.1 6,554 1,518
Dare County Rural 18.1 6,802 2,747
Davidson County Urban 21.8 37,280 1,646
Davie County Urban 21.0 9,150 1,977
Duplin County Rural 23.7 11,634 823
Durham County Urban 20.1 66,350 2,274
Edgecombe County Urban 22.9 11,184 1,173
Forsyth County Urban 22.8 88,214 1,209
Franklin County Urban 21.9 15,744 1,606
Gaston County Urban 22.6 52,227 1,288
Gates County Urban 19.5 2,035 2,445
Graham County Rural 18.4 1,479 2,684
Granville County Rural 20.6 12,647 2,123
Greene County Rural 18.9 3,864 2,581
Guilford County Urban 22.2 120,325 1,469
Halifax County Rural 21.3 10,251 1,876
Harnett County Rural 25.6 34,991 338
Haywood County Rural 17.8 11,135 2,803
Henderson County Urban 19.0 22,278 2,557
Hertford County Rural 18.9 3,878 2,581
Hoke County Urban 27.2 14,432 183
Hyde County Rural 18.3 845 2,702
Iredell County Urban 22.5 43,148 1,340
Jackson County Rural 16.7 7,186 2,936
Johnston County Urban 25.1 56,952 443
Jones County Rural 18.4 1,700 2,684
Lee County Rural 23.9 15,422 750
Lenoir County Rural 22.7 12,460 1,250
Lincoln County Urban 20.8 18,769 2,044
Macon County Rural 18.1 6,777 2,747
Madison County Urban 17.5 3,794 2,844
Martin County Rural 20.3 4,422 2,213
McDowell County Rural 19.7 8,818 2,378
Mecklenburg County Urban 23.1 260,863 1,087
Mitchell County Rural 17.9 2,678 2,778
Montgomery County Rural 20.8 5,393 2,044
Moore County Urban 21.8 22,375 1,646
Nash County Urban 22.1 21,089 1,518
New Hanover County Urban 18.2 42,172 2,731
Northampton County Rural 17.9 3,085 2,778
Onslow County Urban 24.3 50,771 619
Orange County Urban 19.4 28,511 2,470
Pamlico County Rural 14.2 1,752 3,086
Pasquotank County Rural 21.6 8,822 1,725
Pender County Urban 22.5 14,269 1,340
Perquimans County Rural 18.8 2,469 2,608
Person County Urban 20.7 8,133 2,085
Pitt County Urban 21.5 37,050 1,784
Polk County Rural 15.6 3,066 3,026
Randolph County Urban 22.4 32,564 1,385
Richmond County Rural 23.6 10,111 866
Robeson County Rural 25.5 29,838 355
Rockingham County Urban 20.5 18,732 2,151
Rowan County Urban 22.3 33,100 1,429
Rutherford County Rural 20.3 13,138 2,213
Sampson County Rural 24.5 14,490 572
Scotland County Rural 22.5 7,734 1,340
Stanly County Rural 21.7 13,803 1,683
Stokes County Urban 18.6 8,367 2,650
Surry County Rural 21.1 15,101 1,936
Swain County Rural 22.0 3,100 1,567
Transylvania County Rural 15.8 5,260 3,008
Tyrrell County Rural 16.6 560 2,939
Union County Urban 26.0 63,709 281
Vance County Rural 24.1 10,188 687
Wake County Urban 23.4 269,263 947
Warren County Rural 18.1 3,391 2,747
Washington County Rural 18.5 2,018 2,670
Watauga County Rural 12.4 6,769 3,118
Wayne County Urban 23.7 27,905 823
Wilkes County Rural 20.0 13,203 2,300
Wilson County Rural 23.0 18,106 1,127
Yadkin County Urban 20.7 7,754 2,085
Yancey County Rural 18.4 3,444 2,684
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 10:45 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 Population: Age under 18, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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