Population Growth:  Natural and Net Migration1
North Carolina	Population Count Years			Percent Change	Natural Growth		Migration
Regions	1990 Census	2000 Census	Total Growth	2000 to 2010	Net Natural Increase/Decrease	Percent Natural Growth	Net Migration	Percent Net Migration
Eastern North Carolina (41 Counties)	2,058,119	2,388,979	330,860	16.1%	151,787	7.4%	179,073	8.7%
Remainder North Carolina (59 Counties)	4,574,329	5,657,834	1,083,505	23.7%	265,091	5.8%	818,414	17.9%
North Carolina Total	6,632,448	8,046,813	1,414,365	21.3%	416,878	6.3%	997,487	15.0%
Eastern North Carolina	Population Count Years		Difference	Percent Change	Natural Growth				Migration
County	1990 Census	2000 Census	Total Growth	1990 to 2000	Births	Deaths	Net Natural Increase/Decrease	Percent Natural Growth	Net Migration	Percent Net Migration
Beaufort	42,283	44,958	2,675	6.3%	5,885	5,170	715	1.7%	1,960	4.6%
Bertie	20,388	19,757	-631	-3.1%	2,793	2,533	260	1.3%	-891	-4.4%
Bladen	28,663	32,278	3,615	12.6%	4,313	3,545	768	2.7%	2,847	9.9%
Brunswick	50,985	73,141	22,156	43.5%	7,450	5,835	1,615	3.2%	20,541	40.3%
Camden	5,904	6,885	981	16.6%	715	618	97	1.6%	884	15.0%
Carteret	52,407	59,383	6,976	13.3%	6,439	5,652	787	1.5%	6,189	11.8%
Chowan	13,506	14,150	644	4.8%	1,894	1,734	160	1.2%	484	3.6%
Columbus	49,587	54,749	5,162	10.4%	7,628	5,746	1,882	3.8%	3,280	6.6%
Craven	81,812	91,523	9,711	11.9%	15,650	7,185	8,465	10.3%	1,246	1.5%
Cumberland	274,713	302,963	28,250	10.3%	56,482	17,509	38,973	14.2%	-10,723	-3.9%
Currituck	13,736	18,190	4,454	32.4%	1,868	1,501	367	2.7%	4,087	29.8%
Dare	22,746	29,967	7,221	31.7%	3,062	1,948	1,114	4.9%	6,107	26.8%
Duplin	39,995	49,063	9,068	22.7%	6,867	4,921	1,946	4.9%	7,122	17.8%
Edgecombe	56,692	55,606	-1,086	-1.9%	8,872	6,227	2,645	4.7%	-3,731	-6.6%
Gates	9,305	10,516	1,211	13.0%	1,130	1,101	29	0.3%	1,182	12.7%
Greene	15,384	18,974	3,590	23.3%	2,198	1,500	698	4.5%	2,892	18.8%
Halifax	55,516	57,370	1,854	3.3%	8,325	6,600	1,725	3.1%	129	0.2%
Harnett	67,833	91,025	23,192	34.2%	13,066	6,671	6,395	9.4%	16,797	24.8%
Hertford	22,317	22,977	660	3.0%	3,093	2,687	406	1.8%	254	1.1%
Hoke	22,856	33,646	10,790	47.2%	5,129	2,024	3,105	13.6%	7,685	33.6%
Hyde	5,411	5,826	415	7.7%	617	684	-67	-1.2%	482	8.9%
Johnston	81,306	121,900	40,594	49.9%	15,639	8,718	6,921	8.5%	33,673	41.4%
Jones	9,361	10,419	1,058	11.3%	1,159	1,058	101	1.1%	957	10.2%
Lenoir	57,274	59,598	2,324	4.1%	8,629	6,652	1,977	3.5%	347	0.6%
Martin	25,078	25,546	468	1.9%	3,491	2,874	617	2.5%	-149	-0.6%
Nash	76,677	87,385	10,708	14.0%	12,110	7,955	4,155	5.4%	6,553	8.5%
New Hanover	120,284	160,327	40,043	33.3%	18,421	11,950	6,471	5.4%	33,572	27.9%
Northampton	21,004	22,086	1,082	5.2%	2,742	2,661	81	0.4%	1,001	4.8%
Onslow	149,838	150,355	517	0.3%	32,461	6,681	25,780	17.2%	-25,263	-16.9%
Pamlico	11,368	12,934	1,566	13.8%	1,186	1,369	-183	-1.6%	1,749	15.4%
Pasquotank	31,298	34,897	3,599	11.5%	4,524	3,414	1,110	3.5%	2,489	8.0%
Pender	28,855	41,082	12,227	42.4%	4,407	3,264	1,143	4.0%	11,084	38.4%
Perquimans	10,447	11,368	921	8.8%	1,193	1,326	-133	-1.3%	1,054	10.1%
Pitt	108,480	133,719	25,239	23.3%	17,711	9,556	8,155	7.5%	17,084	15.7%
Robeson	105,170	123,245	18,075	17.2%	19,823	10,667	9,156	8.7%	8,919	8.5%
Sampson	47,297	60,161	12,864	27.2%	7,656	5,695	1,961	4.1%	10,903	23.1%
Scotland	33,763	35,998	2,235	6.6%	5,627	3,378	2,249	6.7%	-14	0.0%
Tyrrell	3,856	4,149	293	7.6%	432	454	-22	-0.6%	315	8.2%
Washington	13,997	13,723	-274	-2.0%	1,945	1,516	429	3.1%	-703	-5.0%
Wayne	104,666	113,329	8,663	8.3%	16,510	9,617	6,893	6.6%	1,770	1.7%
Wilson	66,061	73,811	7,750	11.7%	10,263	7,422	2,841	4.3%	4,909	7.4%
ENC Total	2,058,119	2,388,979	330,860	16.1%	349,405	197,618	151,787	7.4%	179,073	8.7%
Remainder North Carolina	Population Count Years		Difference	Percent Change	Natural Growth				Migration
County	1990 Census	2000 Census	Total Growth	1990 to 2000	Births	Deaths	Net Natural Increase/Decrease	Percent Natural Growth	Net Migration	Percent Net Migration
Alamance	108,213	130,794	22,581	20.9%	15,667	11,711	3,956	3.7%	18,625	0.2
Alexander	27,544	33,603	6,059	22.0%	3,895	2,467	1,428	5.2%	4,631	0.2
Alleghany	9,590	10,680	1,090	11.4%	977	1,259	-282	-2.9%	1,372	0.1
Anson	23,474	25,275	1,801	7.7%	3,525	2,734	791	3.4%	1,010	0.0
Ashe	22,209	24,384	2,175	9.8%	2,415	2,693	-278	-1.3%	2,453	0.1
Avery	14,867	17,167	2,300	15.5%	1,834	1,671	163	1.1%	2,137	0.1
Buncombe	174,357	206,289	31,932	18.3%	23,502	20,220	3,282	1.9%	28,650	0.2
Burke	75,740	89,145	13,405	17.7%	10,674	7,436	3,238	4.3%	10,167	0.1
Cabarrus	98,935	131,063	32,128	32.5%	15,787	9,679	6,108	6.2%	26,020	0.3
Caldwell	70,709	77,708	6,999	9.9%	9,993	6,639	3,354	4.7%	3,645	0.1
Caswell	20,662	23,501	2,839	13.7%	2,550	2,263	287	1.4%	2,552	0.1
Catawba	118,412	141,686	23,274	19.7%	17,955	11,256	6,699	5.7%	16,575	0.1
Chatham	38,979	49,329	10,350	26.6%	5,848	4,136	1,712	4.4%	8,638	0.2
Cherokee	20,170	24,298	4,128	20.5%	2,487	2,542	-55	-0.3%	4,183	0.2
Clay	7,155	8,775	1,620	22.6%	675	898	-223	-3.1%	1,843	0.3
Cleveland	84,958	96,290	11,332	13.3%	13,006	9,189	3,817	4.5%	7,515	0.1
Davidson	126,688	147,246	20,558	16.2%	17,997	11,595	6,402	5.1%	14,156	0.1
Davie	27,859	34,835	6,976	25.0%	3,718	2,851	867	3.1%	6,109	0.2
Durham	181,844	223,318	41,474	22.8%	31,570	16,228	15,342	8.4%	26,132	0.1
Forsyth	265,855	306,067	40,212	15.1%	41,237	25,547	15,690	5.9%	24,522	0.1
Franklin	36,414	47,260	10,846	29.8%	5,554	3,921	1,633	4.5%	9,213	0.3
Gaston	174,769	190,304	15,535	8.9%	26,223	17,495	8,728	5.0%	6,807	0.0
Graham	7,196	7,993	797	11.1%	938	889	49	0.7%	748	0.1
Granville	38,341	48,498	10,157	26.5%	5,602	4,088	1,514	3.9%	8,643	0.2
Guilford	347,431	421,048	73,617	21.2%	53,102	32,518	20,584	5.9%	53,033	0.2
Haywood	46,948	54,033	7,085	15.1%	5,426	5,754	-328	-0.7%	7,413	0.2
Henderson	69,747	89,214	19,467	27.9%	8,814	9,634	-820	-1.2%	20,287	0.3
Iredell	93,205	122,660	29,455	31.6%	14,949	9,647	5,302	5.7%	24,153	0.3
Jackson	26,835	33,121	6,286	23.4%	3,200	2,659	541	2.0%	5,745	0.2
Lee	41,370	49,208	7,838	18.9%	7,291	4,336	2,955	7.1%	4,883	0.1
Lincoln	50,319	63,780	13,461	26.8%	7,642	4,660	2,982	5.9%	10,479	0.2
Mcdowell	35,681	42,151	6,470	18.1%	4,801	3,794	1,007	2.8%	5,463	0.2
Macon	23,504	29,811	6,307	26.8%	2,698	3,264	-566	-2.4%	6,873	0.3
Madison	16,953	19,635	2,682	15.8%	2,076	2,015	61	0.4%	2,621	0.2
Mecklenburg	511,211	695,370	184,159	36.0%	94,695	40,789	53,906	10.5%	130,253	0.3
Mitchell	14,433	15,687	1,254	8.7%	1,638	1,827	-189	-1.3%	1,443	0.1
Montgomery	23,359	26,822	3,463	14.8%	3,788	2,354	1,434	6.1%	2,029	0.1
Moore	59,000	74,762	15,762	26.7%	8,337	7,408	929	1.6%	14,833	0.3
Orange	93,662	115,533	21,871	23.4%	11,435	6,099	5,336	5.7%	16,535	0.2
Person	30,180	35,623	5,443	18.0%	4,331	3,239	1,092	3.6%	4,351	0.1
Polk	14,458	18,324	3,866	26.7%	1,646	2,317	-671	-4.6%	4,537	0.3
Randolph	106,546	130,471	23,925	22.5%	16,242	9,603	6,639	6.2%	17,286	0.2
Richmond	44,511	46,564	2,053	4.6%	6,811	5,109	1,702	3.8%	351	0.0
Rockingham	86,064	91,928	5,864	6.8%	11,530	9,431	2,099	2.4%	3,765	0.0
Rowan	110,605	130,340	19,735	17.8%	15,567	12,619	2,948	2.7%	16,787	0.2
Rutherford	56,956	62,901	5,945	10.4%	8,066	6,672	1,394	2.4%	4,551	0.1
Stanly	51,765	58,100	6,335	12.2%	7,157	5,620	1,537	3.0%	4,798	0.1
Stokes	37,224	44,711	7,487	20.1%	4,982	3,510	1,472	4.0%	6,015	0.2
Surry	61,704	71,216	9,512	15.4%	8,722	6,892	1,830	3.0%	7,682	0.1
Swain	11,268	12,968	1,700	15.1%	1,704	1,425	279	2.5%	1,421	0.1
Transylvania	25,520	29,334	3,814	14.9%	2,868	2,919	-51	-0.2%	3,865	0.2
Union	84,210	123,772	39,562	47.0%	16,629	7,113	9,516	11.3%	30,046	0.4
Vance	38,892	42,954	4,062	10.4%	6,643	4,554	2,089	5.4%	1,973	0.1
Wake	426,311	627,866	201,555	47.3%	80,033	28,587	51,446	12.1%	150,109	0.4
Warren	17,265	19,972	2,707	15.7%	2,095	2,153	-58	-0.3%	2,765	0.2
Watauga	36,952	42,693	5,741	15.5%	3,523	2,558	965	2.6%	4,776	0.1
Wilkes	59,393	65,632	6,239	10.5%	7,938	5,782	2,156	3.6%	4,083	0.1
Yadkin	30,488	36,348	5,860	19.2%	4,396	3,244	1,152	3.8%	4,708	0.2
Yancey	15,419	17,774	2,355	15.3%	1,846	1,647	199	1.3%	2,156	0.1
RNC Total	4,574,329	5,657,834	881,958	19.3%	706,250	441,159	265,091	5.8%	818,414	0.2
1.  Data Source:  State Data Center
http://sdc.state.nc.us