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QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
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Population, Census, April 1, 2020
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1,200,000
Wake County, North Carolina
1,129,410
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1,115,482
Guilford County, North Carolina
541,299
Forsyth County, North Carolina
382,590
Cumberland County, North Carolina
334,728
Durham County, North Carolina
324,833
Buncombe County, North Carolina
269,452
Union County, North Carolina
238,267
Gaston County, North Carolina
227,943
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
225,804
New Hanover County, North Carolina
225,702
Johnston County, North Carolina
215,999
Onslow County, North Carolina
204,576
Iredell County, North Carolina
186,693
Alamance County, North Carolina
171,415
Pitt County, North Carolina
170,243
Davidson County, North Carolina
168,930
Catawba County, North Carolina
160,610
Orange County, North Carolina
148,696
Rowan County, North Carolina
146,875
Randolph County, North Carolina
144,171
Brunswick County, North Carolina
136,693
Harnett County, North Carolina
133,568
Wayne County, North Carolina
117,333
Robeson County, North Carolina
116,530
Henderson County, North Carolina
116,281
Craven County, North Carolina
100,720
Moore County, North Carolina
99,727
Cleveland County, North Carolina
99,519
Nash County, North Carolina
94,970
Rockingham County, North Carolina
91,096
Burke County, North Carolina
87,570
Lincoln County, North Carolina
86,810
Caldwell County, North Carolina
80,652
Wilson County, North Carolina
78,784
Chatham County, North Carolina
76,285
Surry County, North Carolina
71,359
Franklin County, North Carolina
68,573
Carteret County, North Carolina
67,686
Wilkes County, North Carolina
65,969
Rutherford County, North Carolina
64,444
Lee County, North Carolina
63,285
Stanly County, North Carolina
62,504
Haywood County, North Carolina
62,089
Granville County, North Carolina
60,992
Pender County, North Carolina
60,203
Sampson County, North Carolina
59,036
Lenoir County, North Carolina
55,122
Watauga County, North Carolina
54,086
Hoke County, North Carolina
52,082
Columbus County, North Carolina
50,623
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
48,900
Duplin County, North Carolina
48,715
Halifax County, North Carolina
48,622
Beaufort County, North Carolina
44,652
McDowell County, North Carolina
44,578
Stokes County, North Carolina
44,520
Jackson County, North Carolina
43,109
Richmond County, North Carolina
42,946
Davie County, North Carolina
42,712
Vance County, North Carolina
42,578
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
40,568
Person County, North Carolina
39,097
Yadkin County, North Carolina
37,214
Macon County, North Carolina
37,014
Dare County, North Carolina
36,915
Alexander County, North Carolina
36,444
Scotland County, North Carolina
34,174
Transylvania County, North Carolina
32,986
Bladen County, North Carolina
29,606
Cherokee County, North Carolina
28,774
Currituck County, North Carolina
28,100
Ashe County, North Carolina
26,577
Montgomery County, North Carolina
25,751
Caswell County, North Carolina
22,736
Anson County, North Carolina
22,055
Martin County, North Carolina
22,031
Hertford County, North Carolina
21,552
Madison County, North Carolina
21,193
Greene County, North Carolina
20,451
Polk County, North Carolina
19,328
Warren County, North Carolina
18,642
Yancey County, North Carolina
18,470
Bertie County, North Carolina
17,934
Avery County, North Carolina
17,806
Northampton County, North Carolina
17,471
Mitchell County, North Carolina
14,903
Swain County, North Carolina
14,117
Chowan County, North Carolina
13,708
Perquimans County, North Carolina
13,005
Pamlico County, North Carolina
12,276
Clay County, North Carolina
11,089
Washington County, North Carolina
11,003
Alleghany County, North Carolina
10,888
Gates County, North Carolina
10,478
Camden County, North Carolina
10,355
Jones County, North Carolina
9,172
Graham County, North Carolina
8,030
Hyde County, North Carolina
4,589
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
3,245
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Value Notes
Methodology differences may exist between data sources, and so estimates from different sources are not comparable.
Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically
indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.
The vintage year (e.g., V2024) refers to the final year of the series (2020 thru 2024). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.
Users should exercise caution when comparing 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates to other ACS estimates. For more information, please visit
the 2023 5-year ACS Comparison Guidance page.
Fact Notes
(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
Value Flags
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
FFewer than 25 firms
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
NANot available
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
XNot applicable
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.
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