County Census Records

North Carolina Counties

101 counties with population data from the decennial US Census, 1790 to 2020.

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Population as of 2020 census
Alamance
171,415
Alexander
36,444
Alleghany
10,888
Anson
22,055
Ashe
26,577
Avery
17,806
Beaufort
44,652
Bertie
17,934
Bladen
29,606
Brunswick
136,693
Buncombe
269,452
Burke
87,570
Cabarrus
225,804
Caldwell
80,652
Camden
10,355
Carteret
67,686
Caswell
22,736
Catawba
160,610
Chatham
76,285
Cherokee
28,774
Chowan
13,708
Clay
11,089
Cleveland
99,519
Columbus
50,623
Craven
100,720
Cumberland
334,728
Currituck
28,100
Dare
36,915
Davidson
168,930
Davie
42,712
Duplin
48,715
Durham
324,833
Edgecombe
48,900
Forsyth
382,590
Franklin
68,573
Gaston
227,943
Gates
10,478
Graham
8,030
Granville
60,992
Greene
20,451
Guilford
541,299
Halifax
48,622
Harnett
133,568
Haywood
62,089
Henderson
116,281
Hertford
21,552
Hoke
52,082
Hyde
4,589
Iredell
186,693
Jackson
43,109
Johnston
215,999
Jones
9,172
Lee
63,285
Lenoir
55,122
Lincoln
86,810
Macon
37,014
Madison
21,193
Martin
22,031
McDowell
44,578
Mecklenburg
1,115,482
Mitchell
14,903
Montgomery
25,751
Moore
99,727
Nash
94,970
New Hanover
225,702
Northampton
17,471
Onslow
204,576
Orange
148,696
Pamlico
12,276
Pasquotank
40,568
Pender
60,203
Perquimans
13,005
Person
39,097
Pitt
170,243
Polk
19,328
Randolph
144,171
Richmond
42,946
Robeson
116,530
Rockingham
91,096
Rowan
146,875
Rutherford
64,444
Sampson
59,036
Scotland
34,174
Stanly
62,504
Stokes
44,520
Surry
71,359
Swain
14,117
Transylvania
32,986
Tyrrell
3,245
Union
238,267
Vance
42,578
Wake
1,129,410
Walton
1,026
Warren
18,642
Washington
11,003
Watauga
54,086
Wayne
117,333
Wilkes
65,969
Wilson
78,784
Yadkin
37,214
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