Population Growth
Population Growth
North Carolina	Population Count Years			Percent Change
Regions	1990 Census	2000 Census	2005 Estimate¹	2000 to 2005
Eastern North Carolina (41 Counties)	2,058,119	2,388,979	2,537,136	6.2%
Remainder North Carolina (59 Counties)	4,574,329	5,657,834	6,126,538	8.3%
North Carolina Total	6,632,448	8,046,813	8,663,674	7.7%



Eastern North Carolina	Population Count Years			Percent Change
County	1990 Census	2000 Census	2005 Estimate¹	2000 to 2005
Beaufort	42,283	44,958	46,077	2.5%
Bertie	20,388	19,757	19,700	-0.3%
Bladen	28,663	32,278	33,204	2.9%
Brunswick	50,985	73,141	87,715	19.9%
Camden	5,904	6,885	8,881	29.0%
Carteret	52,553	59,383	62,436	5.1%
Chowan	13,506	14,150	14,515	2.6%
Columbus	49,587	54,749	54,643	-0.2%
Craven	81,613	91,523	92,151	0.7%
Cumberland	274,713	302,963	313,000	3.3%
Currituck	13,736	18,190	22,617	24.3%
Dare	22,746	29,967	35,145	17.3%
Duplin	39,995	49,063	52,141	6.3%
Edgecombe	56,692	55,606	53,554	-3.7%
Gates	9,305	10,516	11,071	5.3%
Greene	15,384	18,974	20,267	6.8%
Halifax	55,516	57,370	56,344	-1.8%
Harnett	67,833	91,025	101,737	11.8%
Hertford	22,523	22,977	23,844	3.8%
Hoke	22,856	33,646	39,808	18.3%
Hyde	5,411	5,826	5,607	-3.8%
Johnston	81,306	121,900	145,968	19.7%
Jones	9,414	10,419	10,216	-1.9%
Lenoir	57,274	59,598	58,378	-2.0%
Martin	25,078	25,546	24,543	-3.9%
Nash	76,677	87,385	91,530	4.7%
New Hanover	120,284	160,327	177,692	10.8%
Northampton	20,798	22,086	21,507	-2.6%
Onslow	149,838	150,355	161,958	7.7%
Pamlico	11,368	12,934	13,125	1.5%
Pasquotank	31,298	34,897	38,118	9.2%
Pender	28,855	41,082	46,142	12.3%
Perquimans	10,447	11,368	11,939	5.0%
Pitt	108,480	133,719	143,376	7.2%
Robeson	105,170	123,245	127,506	3.5%
Sampson	47,297	60,161	63,375	5.3%
Scotland	33,763	35,998	37,060	3.0%
Tyrrell	3,856	4,149	4,180	0.7%
Washington	13,997	13,723	13,428	-2.1%
Wayne	104,666	113,329	115,596	2.0%
Wilson	66,061	73,811	77,042	4.4%
ENC Total	2,058,119	2,388,979	2,537,136	6.2%



Remainder North Carolina	Population Count Years			Percent Change
County	1990 Census	2000 Census	2005 Estimate¹	2000 to 2005
Alamance	108,213	130,794	138,788	6.1%
Alexander	27,544	33,603	35,545	5.8%
Alleghany	9,590	10,680	10,913	2.2%
Anson	23,474	25,275	25,848	2.3%
Ashe	22,209	24,384	25,279	3.7%
Avery	14,867	17,167	18,195	6.0%
Buncombe	174,778	206,289	217,423	5.4%
Burke	75,740	89,145	89,077	-0.1%
Cabarrus	98,935	131,063	150,249	14.6%
Caldwell	70,709	77,708	78,816	1.4%
Caswell	20,693	23,501	23,857	1.5%
Catawba	118,412	141,686	149,416	5.5%
Chatham	38,759	49,329	56,274	14.1%
Cherokee	20,170	24,298	26,063	7.3%
Clay	7,155	8,775	9,811	11.8%
Cleveland	84,713	96,290	97,810	1.6%
Davidson	126,677	147,246	154,796	5.1%
Davie	27,859	34,835	38,644	10.9%
Durham	181,854	223,318	242,527	8.6%
Forsyth	265,878	306,067	324,361	6.0%
Franklin	36,414	47,260	54,181	14.6%
Gaston	175,093	190,304	192,641	1.2%
Graham	7,196	7,993	8,105	1.4%
Granville	38,341	48,498	53,977	11.3%
Guilford	347,420	421,048	438,775	4.2%
Haywood	46,942	54,033	57,097	5.7%
Henderson	69,326	89,214	97,810	9.6%
Iredell	92,935	122,660	139,135	13.4%
Jackson	26,846	33,121	36,245	9.4%
Lee	41,370	49,208	50,493	2.6%
Lincoln	50,319	63,780	69,145	8.4%
Macon	23,499	29,811	32,257	8.2%
Madison	16,953	19,635	20,361	3.7%
McDowell	35,681	42,151	43,576	3.4%
Mecklenburg	511,481	695,370	786,651	13.1%
Mitchell	14,433	15,687	16,101	2.6%
Montgomery	23,352	26,822	27,278	1.7%
Moore	59,000	74,762	80,497	7.7%
Orange	93,851	115,533	122,474	6.0%
Person	30,180	35,623	37,344	4.8%
Polk	14,416	18,324	19,170	4.6%
Randolph	106,546	130,471	137,306	5.2%
Richmond	44,518	46,564	46,447	-0.3%
Rockingham	86,064	91,928	92,236	0.3%
Rowan	110,605	130,340	134,094	2.9%
Rutherford	56,919	62,901	63,397	0.8%
Stanly	51,765	58,100	59,386	2.2%
Stokes	37,223	44,711	46,247	3.4%
Surry	61,704	71,216	72,641	2.0%
Swain	11,268	12,968	13,600	4.9%
Transylvania	25,520	29,334	29,850	1.8%
Union	84,210	123,772	158,002	27.7%
Vance	38,892	42,954	44,068	2.6%
Wake	426,301	627,866	746,336	18.9%
Warren	17,265	19,972	20,147	0.9%
Watauga	36,952	42,693	42,955	0.6%
Wilkes	59,393	65,632	67,351	2.6%
Yadkin	30,488	36,348	37,303	2.6%
Yancey	15,419	17,774	18,167	2.2%
RNC Total	4,574,329	5,657,834	6,126,538	8.3%

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Population (Census/Estimate/Projection) (5001): Depending on the year, this is the corrected census count (April 1 census year), or the estimate or projection from the State Demographer (April 1 census years, July 1 all other years). A projection differs from an estimate in that it relies on certain assumptions about long-term trends in data which are not yet available, while an estimate is based on data from predictor variables that are available for the estimate year. See variable 100 (POPARS) for an age/race/sex breakdown of the same data for counties (also available as a topic report).
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