North Carolina
People per square mile, 1990:
People per square mile, 2000:
Historic & Projected Growth
1790 to 2030
| Year | Population | Year | Population | Year | Population | ||
| 1790 | 393,751 | 1880 | 1,399,750 | 1970 | 5,084,411 | ||
| 1800 | 478,103 | 1890 | 1,617,949 | 1980 | 5,880,095 | ||
| 1810 | 555,500 | 1900 | 1,893,810 | 1990 | 6,628,637 | ||
| 1820 | 638,829 | 1910 | 2,206,287 | 2000 | 8,049,313 | ||
| 1830 | 737,987 | 1920 | 2,559,123 | 2010 | 9,345,823 | ||
| 1840 | 753,419 | 1930 | 3,170,276 | 2020 | 10,709,289 | ||
| 1850 | 869,039 | 1940 | 3,571,623 | 2030 | 12,227,739 | ||
| 1860 | 992,622 | 1950 | 4,061,929 | ||||
| 1870 | 1,071,361 | 1960 | 4,556,155 |
Population By County
| Census 2000 Population |
Change from 1990 |
Percent Change |
|
| NORTH CAROLINA | 8,049,313 | 1,420,676 | 21.4 |
| Alamance County | 130,800 | 22,587 | 20.9 |
| Alexander County | 33,603 | 6,059 | 22.0 |
| Alleghany County | 10,677 | 1,087 | 11.3 |
| Anson County | 25,275 | 1,801 | 7.7 |
| Ashe County | 24,384 | 2,175 | 9.8 |
| Avery County | 17,167 | 2,300 | 15.5 |
| Beaufort County | 44,958 | 2,675 | 6.3 |
| Bertie County | 19,773 | -615 | -3.0 |
| Bladen County | 32,278 | 3,615 | 12.6 |
| Brunswick County | 73,143 | 22,158 | 43.5 |
| Buncombe County | 206,330 | 31,509 | 18.0 |
| Burke County | 89,148 | 13,404 | 17.7 |
| Cabarrus County | 131,063 | 32,128 | 32.5 |
| Caldwell County | 77,415 | 6,706 | 9.5 |
| Camden County | 6,885 | 981 | 16.6 |
| Carteret County | 59,383 | 6,827 | 13.0 |
| Caswell County | 23,501 | 2,808 | 13.6 |
| Catawba County | 141,685 | 23,273 | 19.7 |
| Chatham County | 49,329 | 10,570 | 27.3 |
| Cherokee County | 24,298 | 4,128 | 20.5 |
| Chowan County | 14,526 | 1,020 | 7.6 |
| Clay County | 8,775 | 1,620 | 22.6 |
| Cleveland County | 96,287 | 11,573 | 13.7 |
| Columbus County | 54,749 | 5,162 | 10.4 |
| Craven County | 91,436 | 9,823 | 12.0 |
| Cumberland County | 302,963 | 28,397 | 10.3 |
| Currituck County | 18,190 | 4,454 | 32.4 |
| Dare County | 29,967 | 7,221 | 31.7 |
| Davidson County | 147,246 | 20,569 | 16.2 |
| Davie County | 34,835 | 6,976 | 25.0 |
| Duplin County | 49,063 | 9,068 | 22.7 |
| Durham County | 223,314 | 41,479 | 22.8 |
| Edgecombe County | 55,606 | -952 | -1.7 |
| Forsyth County | 306,067 | 40,189 | 15.1 |
| Franklin County | 47,260 | 10,846 | 29.8 |
| Gaston County | 190,365 | 15,272 | 8.7 |
| Gates County | 10,516 | 1,211 | 13.0 |
| Graham County | 7,993 | 797 | 11.1 |
| Granville County | 48,498 | 10,153 | 26.5 |
| Greene County | 18,974 | 3,590 | 23.3 |
| Guilford County | 421,048 | 73,628 | 21.2 |
| Halifax County | 57,370 | 1,854 | 3.3 |
| Harnett County | 91,025 | 23,203 | 34.2 |
| Haywood County | 54,033 | 7,091 | 15.1 |
| Henderson County | 89,173 | 19,888 | 28.7 |
| Hertford County | 22,601 | 78 | 0.3 |
| Hoke County | 33,646 | 10,790 | 47.2 |
| Hyde County | 5,826 | 415 | 7.7 |
| Iredell County | 122,660 | 29,729 | 32.0 |
| Jackson County | 33,121 | 6,275 | 23.4 |
| Johnston County | 121,965 | 40,659 | 50.0 |
| Jones County | 10,381 | 967 | 10.3 |
| Lee County | 49,040 | 7,666 | 18.5 |
| Lenoir County | 59,648 | 2,374 | 4.1 |
| Lincoln County | 63,780 | 13,461 | 26.8 |
| McDowell County | 42,151 | 6,470 | 18.1 |
| Macon County | 29,811 | 6,312 | 26.9 |
| Madison County | 19,635 | 2,682 | 15.8 |
| Martin County | 25,593 | 515 | 2.1 |
| Mecklenburg County | 695,454 | 184,021 | 36.0 |
| Mitchell County | 15,687 | 1,254 | 8.7 |
| Montgomery County | 26,822 | 3,476 | 14.9 |
| Moore County | 74,769 | 15,756 | 26.7 |
| Nash County | 87,420 | 10,743 | 14.0 |
| New Hanover County | 160,307 | 40,023 | 33.3 |
| Northampton County | 22,086 | 1,288 | 6.2 |
| Onslow County | 150,355 | 517 | 0.3 |
| Orange County | 118,227 | 24,376 | 26.0 |
| Pamlico County | 12,934 | 1,562 | 13.7 |
| Pasquotank County | 34,897 | 3,599 | 11.5 |
| Pender County | 41,082 | 12,227 | 42.4 |
| Perquimans County | 11,368 | 921 | 8.8 |
| Person County | 35,623 | 5,443 | 18.0 |
| Pitt County | 133,798 | 25,874 | 24.0 |
| Polk County | 18,324 | 3,908 | 27.1 |
| Randolph County | 130,454 | 23,908 | 22.4 |
| Richmond County | 46,564 | 2,046 | 4.6 |
| Robeson County | 123,339 | 18,160 | 17.3 |
| Rockingham County | 91,928 | 5,864 | 6.8 |
| Rowan County | 130,340 | 19,735 | 17.8 |
| Rutherford County | 62,899 | 5,981 | 10.5 |
| Sampson County | 60,161 | 12,864 | 27.2 |
| Scotland County | 35,998 | 2,244 | 6.6 |
| Stanly County | 58,100 | 6,335 | 12.2 |
| Stokes County | 44,711 | 7,488 | 20.1 |
| Surry County | 71,219 | 9,515 | 15.4 |
| Swain County | 12,968 | 1,700 | 15.1 |
| Transylvania County | 29,334 | 3,814 | 14.9 |
| Tyrrell County | 4,149 | 293 | 7.6 |
| Union County | 123,677 | 39,466 | 46.9 |
| Vance County | 42,954 | 4,062 | 10.4 |
| Wake County | 627,846 | 204,466 | 48.3 |
| Warren County | 19,972 | 2,707 | 15.7 |
| Washington County | 13,723 | -274 | -2.0 |
| Watauga County | 42,695 | 5,743 | 15.5 |
| Wayne County | 113,329 | 8,663 | 8.3 |
| Wilkes County | 65,632 | 6,239 | 10.5 |
| Wilson County | 73,814 | 7,753 | 11.7 |
| Yadkin County | 36,348 | 5,860 | 19.2 |
| Yancey County | 17,774 | 2,355 | 15.3 |
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census
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