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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Non-Hispanic (Origin Recode)
All Ages, 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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United States N/A 81.0 269,255,951 N/A
North Carolina N/A 89.1 9,425,590 29 of 52
Wake County Urban 88.6 1,019,905 2,394
Mecklenburg County Urban 84.6 956,326 2,586
Guilford County Urban 90.2 489,799 2,257
Forsyth County Urban 85.4 330,187 2,547
Cumberland County Urban 87.6 295,105 2,456
Durham County Urban 84.7 279,098 2,583
Buncombe County Urban 91.7 249,347 2,134
New Hanover County Urban 92.4 213,539 2,045
Union County Urban 87.1 213,292 2,482
Gaston County Urban 90.7 209,967 2,224
Cabarrus County Urban 87.6 202,659 2,456
Johnston County Urban 83.8 189,812 2,624
Onslow County Urban 86.2 179,798 2,518
Iredell County Urban 91.1 174,799 2,185
Pitt County Urban 92.3 159,016 2,057
Davidson County Urban 91.4 156,430 2,162
Alamance County Urban 85.2 148,570 2,558
Catawba County Urban 88.9 144,097 2,370
Brunswick County Urban 94.5 137,852 1,705
Orange County Urban 89.4 131,752 2,331
Rowan County Urban 88.7 131,703 2,384
Randolph County Urban 86.4 125,600 2,507
Harnett County Rural 85.4 116,533 2,547
Robeson County Rural 89.5 104,642 2,319
Henderson County Urban 87.2 102,353 2,478
Wayne County Urban 86.8 102,111 2,494
Cleveland County Rural 95.6 95,744 1,437
Moore County Urban 92.4 95,041 2,045
Craven County Rural 92.6 93,551 2,020
Nash County Urban 92.1 87,873 2,083
Rockingham County Urban 93.1 85,277 1,936
Lincoln County Urban 92.2 83,294 2,067
Burke County Urban 91.8 80,634 2,119
Caldwell County Urban 93.6 75,458 1,854
Wilson County Rural 88.1 69,294 2,423
Chatham County Urban 86.6 67,799 2,502
Carteret County Rural 95.3 65,422 1,511
Franklin County Urban 89.4 64,325 2,331
Surry County Rural 87.9 62,733 2,435
Rutherford County Rural 94.6 61,317 1,679
Wilkes County Rural 92.7 61,198 2,005
Stanly County Rural 94.7 60,216 1,661
Haywood County Rural 95.3 59,479 1,511
Pender County Urban 91.5 58,073 2,158
Granville County Rural 89.3 54,894 2,344
Watauga County Rural 94.0 51,304 1,798
Lee County Rural 79.0 50,975 2,743
Lenoir County Rural 91.6 50,297 2,146
Columbus County Rural 94.5 47,687 1,705
Halifax County Rural 96.8 46,661 1,042
Sampson County Rural 78.7 46,645 2,749
Edgecombe County Urban 94.2 45,939 1,759
Hoke County Urban 84.7 44,996 2,583
Stokes County Urban 96.4 43,268 1,190
McDowell County Rural 93.2 41,651 1,921
Beaufort County Rural 92.2 41,115 2,067
Davie County Urban 92.0 40,033 2,093
Jackson County Rural 92.3 39,779 2,057
Richmond County Rural 92.5 39,596 2,033
Vance County Rural 90.9 38,508 2,202
Pasquotank County Rural 94.1 38,429 1,780
Duplin County Rural 77.3 37,916 2,771
Person County Urban 94.1 36,972 1,780
Dare County Rural 92.9 34,869 1,982
Alexander County Urban 94.6 34,490 1,679
Macon County Rural 90.3 33,899 2,248
Scotland County Rural 96.3 33,081 1,234
Yadkin County Urban 87.9 32,909 2,435
Transylvania County Rural 95.1 31,608 1,563
Cherokee County Rural 96.5 28,178 1,158
Currituck County Urban 95.1 28,168 1,563
Bladen County Rural 91.0 26,941 2,195
Ashe County Rural 94.2 25,262 1,759
Montgomery County Rural 84.5 21,874 2,591
Caswell County Rural 95.1 21,587 1,563
Anson County Urban 96.4 21,104 1,190
Madison County Urban 96.5 20,881 1,158
Martin County Rural 95.7 20,834 1,417
Hertford County Rural 93.5 19,164 1,874
Polk County Rural 94.5 18,614 1,705
Warren County Rural 95.6 17,921 1,437
Yancey County Rural 94.4 17,625 1,722
Greene County Rural 84.9 17,344 2,571
Bertie County Rural 97.8 17,103 609
Northampton County Rural 97.7 16,814 658
Avery County Rural 94.3 16,638 1,749
Mitchell County Rural 94.7 14,183 1,661
Swain County Rural 94.9 13,347 1,607
Chowan County Rural 96.1 13,280 1,301
Perquimans County Rural 97.0 12,755 966
Pamlico County Rural 95.4 11,748 1,491
Clay County Rural 96.1 10,942 1,301
Washington County Rural 96.1 10,479 1,301
Camden County Urban 96.1 10,324 1,301
Gates County Urban 97.9 10,218 559
Alleghany County Rural 88.5 9,806 2,399
Jones County Rural 95.2 8,804 1,534
Graham County Rural 97.1 7,805 920
Hyde County Rural 92.3 4,267 2,057
Tyrrell County Rural 90.0 3,039 2,279
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 10:01 pm.

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: Non-Hispanic (Origin Recode), see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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