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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Age 40 and over
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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People (Age 40 And Over)
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United States N/A 48.3 160,683,909 N/A
North Carolina N/A 48.9 5,172,453 23 of 52
Wake County Urban 45.8 527,416 2,681
Mecklenburg County Urban 43.2 488,426 2,879
Guilford County Urban 46.7 253,643 2,571
Forsyth County Urban 48.0 185,453 2,413
Buncombe County Urban 54.0 146,659 1,038
Durham County Urban 43.4 143,041 2,866
Cumberland County Urban 39.0 131,481 3,049
Union County Urban 48.8 119,610 2,265
New Hanover County Urban 50.2 115,962 1,964
Gaston County Urban 49.5 114,527 2,114
Cabarrus County Urban 46.8 108,158 2,556
Johnston County Urban 47.5 107,562 2,477
Iredell County Urban 51.2 98,241 1,733
Brunswick County Urban 66.3 96,775 52
Davidson County Urban 53.1 90,811 1,231
Alamance County Urban 48.4 84,329 2,334
Catawba County Urban 52.0 84,257 1,517
Rowan County Urban 50.5 74,997 1,892
Randolph County Urban 51.5 74,798 1,654
Pitt County Urban 42.1 72,547 2,934
Henderson County Urban 58.7 68,850 361
Orange County Urban 45.7 67,295 2,687
Onslow County Urban 30.4 63,474 3,136
Harnett County Rural 42.9 58,610 2,898
Wayne County Urban 47.0 55,260 2,534
Moore County Urban 53.4 54,904 1,162
Robeson County Rural 46.2 54,018 2,633
Cleveland County Rural 51.6 51,676 1,629
Rockingham County Urban 55.1 50,431 797
Lincoln County Urban 54.9 49,625 835
Nash County Urban 52.0 49,596 1,517
Craven County Rural 49.1 49,593 2,207
Burke County Urban 55.7 48,963 696
Chatham County Urban 58.9 46,126 340
Caldwell County Urban 55.7 44,906 696
Carteret County Rural 61.8 42,448 169
Wilson County Rural 51.0 40,096 1,782
Surry County Rural 54.1 38,635 1,011
Wilkes County Rural 56.9 37,522 561
Haywood County Rural 59.4 37,070 305
Franklin County Urban 51.3 36,906 1,696
Rutherford County Rural 55.7 36,143 696
Pender County Urban 52.2 33,142 1,468
Granville County Rural 53.0 32,567 1,255
Stanly County Rural 50.7 32,216 1,843
Lee County Rural 49.8 32,165 2,045
Sampson County Rural 49.6 29,403 2,089
Lenoir County Rural 51.9 28,520 1,542
Columbus County Rural 53.5 26,993 1,137
Stokes County Urban 58.5 26,280 371
Halifax County Rural 54.4 26,235 936
Beaufort County Rural 58.4 26,041 387
Edgecombe County Urban 52.0 25,386 1,517
Duplin County Rural 51.1 25,084 1,751
McDowell County Rural 55.4 24,740 755
Davie County Urban 55.4 24,127 755
Macon County Rural 61.4 23,064 181
Watauga County Rural 42.2 23,035 2,928
Dare County Rural 61.1 22,926 192
Person County Urban 55.0 21,618 818
Richmond County Rural 50.4 21,577 1,909
Hoke County Urban 40.2 21,368 3,018
Jackson County Rural 49.1 21,159 2,207
Vance County Rural 49.9 21,125 2,023
Transylvania County Rural 62.2 20,683 156
Yadkin County Urban 54.7 20,454 870
Pasquotank County Rural 49.0 20,023 2,224
Alexander County Urban 53.9 19,625 1,056
Cherokee County Rural 65.4 19,088 65
Scotland County Rural 48.3 16,598 2,354
Ashe County Rural 61.6 16,521 175
Bladen County Rural 55.8 16,499 685
Currituck County Urban 52.9 15,669 1,283
Montgomery County Rural 54.2 14,033 977
Caswell County Rural 57.3 12,998 511
Polk County Rural 64.7 12,744 83
Martin County Rural 57.6 12,546 478
Madison County Urban 54.5 11,796 912
Anson County Urban 52.5 11,502 1,392
Yancey County Rural 59.5 11,114 296
Warren County Rural 59.0 11,061 327
Hertford County Rural 52.7 10,804 1,343
Northampton County Rural 60.6 10,425 222
Avery County Rural 58.4 10,300 387
Bertie County Rural 57.7 10,090 465
Greene County Rural 49.3 10,071 2,161
Mitchell County Rural 59.0 8,838 327
Chowan County Rural 58.9 8,137 340
Pamlico County Rural 65.8 8,101 59
Perquimans County Rural 60.7 7,981 218
Swain County Rural 53.5 7,521 1,137
Clay County Rural 65.2 7,425 69
Alleghany County Rural 62.6 6,931 137
Washington County Rural 59.7 6,511 284
Gates County Urban 57.9 6,048 446
Camden County Urban 51.5 5,532 1,654
Jones County Rural 59.0 5,459 327
Graham County Rural 55.4 4,458 755
Hyde County Rural 67.5 3,122 40
Tyrrell County Rural 63.2 2,134 121
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/02/2025 6:24 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 40 and over, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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