| 2000 vs. 2015 Population Growth and Change Union County 2000 vs. 2015 Net Percent Change = 74.90% Rank = #1 Washington County 2000 vs. 2015 Net Percent Change = -12.67% Rank = #100 Carteret County 2000 vs. 2015 Net Percent Change = 14.15% Rank = #36 With a spotlight on Carteret County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across North Carolina's 100 counties over the period 2000-2015. Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2015 population grew in seventy-seven North Carolina counties while declining in twenty-three.
- Population growth in twenty counties outpaced the statewide average (23.32%), while growth in eighty counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Union County posted the highest growth of population (74.90%), while Washington County placed last by logging a -12.67% decline.
- The spread in population growth between the highest (Union County, 74.90%) and lowest (Washington County, -12.67%) over 2000-2015 equated to 87.57% ( = 74.90% − -12.67%).
- Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in North Carolina, Mecklenburg County's net population growth over 2000-2015 of 328,803 made up 17.45% of the total net growth statewide (1,884,446):
Mecklenburg County: Percent Share of North Carolina's Population Growth, 2000-2015:17.45% = (328,803 / 1,884,446) x 100 Carteret County Snippets:- Over 2000-2015, Carteret County posted a 14.15% net gain in population.
- Carteret County was joined by seventy-nine other counties whose population growth over 2000-2015 registered below the statewide average (23.32%).
- Ranked #36 among North Carolina's 100 counties, Carteret County's population growth (14.15%) trailed the statewide average of 23.32% by a 9.17% margin.
- Carteret County's net population growth (14.15%, #36) over 2000-2015 registered just above that of Pasquotank County (13.49%, #37) and just below that of Perquimans County (15.08%, #35).
- Carteret County's share of population statewide slipped from 0.74% in 2000 to 0.68% in 2015, resulting in a share-shift of -0.05%.
Data Definition Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division. Regional Definitions. 2023. Web. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/ | | | | County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2015 | More than 40% | 40% to 30% | 30% to 20% | 20% to 10% | 10% to 0% | 0% to -10% | -10% to -20% | -20% or Below | Total | 2000 vs. 2015 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 100 | | | | | | | | | | County Distribution of Population, 2015 | More than 500,000 | 500,000 to 400,000 | 400,000 to 300,000 | 300,000 to 200,000 | 200,000 to 100,000 | 100,000 or Below | Total | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 73 | 100 | | | | | | Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | North Carolina by County: 2000 vs. 2015 | 2000 | | 2015 | | 2000 - 2015 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 131,423 | 1.63 | | 157,367 | 1.58 | | 19.74 | 25,944 | 1.38 | | | 33,774 | 0.42 | | 36,453 | 0.37 | | 7.93 | 2,679 | 0.14 | | | 10,673 | 0.13 | | 10,710 | 0.11 | | 0.35 | 37 | 0.00 | | | 25,342 | 0.31 | | 24,471 | 0.25 | | -3.44 | -871 | -0.05 | | | 24,480 | 0.30 | | 26,329 | 0.26 | | 7.55 | 1,849 | 0.10 | | | 17,318 | 0.21 | | 17,612 | 0.18 | | 1.70 | 294 | 0.02 | | | 44,950 | 0.56 | | 46,130 | 0.46 | | 2.63 | 1,180 | 0.06 | | | 19,762 | 0.24 | | 19,690 | 0.20 | | -0.36 | -72 | 0.00 | | | 32,270 | 0.40 | | 32,294 | 0.32 | | 0.07 | 24 | 0.00 | | | 73,717 | 0.91 | | 117,656 | 1.18 | | 59.60 | 43,939 | 2.33 | | | 207,152 | 2.56 | | 255,203 | 2.56 | | 23.20 | 48,051 | 2.55 | | | 89,353 | 1.11 | | 87,890 | 0.88 | | -1.64 | -1,463 | -0.08 | | | 132,231 | 1.64 | | 199,043 | 2.00 | | 50.53 | 66,812 | 3.55 | | | 77,721 | 0.96 | | 80,757 | 0.81 | | 3.91 | 3,036 | 0.16 | | | 6,925 | 0.09 | | 10,001 | 0.10 | | 44.42 | 3,076 | 0.16 | | | 59,406 | 0.74 | | 67,810 | 0.68 | | 14.15 | 8,404 | 0.45 | | | 23,527 | 0.29 | | 22,947 | 0.23 | | -2.47 | -580 | -0.03 | | | 142,399 | 1.76 | | 155,856 | 1.56 | | 9.45 | 13,457 | 0.71 | | | 49,740 | 0.62 | | 68,717 | 0.69 | | 38.15 | 18,977 | 1.01 | | | 24,357 | 0.30 | | 27,016 | 0.27 | | 10.92 | 2,659 | 0.14 | | | 14,478 | 0.18 | | 14,175 | 0.14 | | -2.09 | -303 | -0.02 | | | 8,824 | 0.11 | | 10,461 | 0.10 | | 18.55 | 1,637 | 0.09 | | | 96,357 | 1.19 | | 97,245 | 0.98 | | 0.92 | 888 | 0.05 | | | 54,759 | 0.68 | | 54,411 | 0.55 | | -0.64 | -348 | -0.02 | | | 91,954 | 1.14 | | 102,653 | 1.03 | | 11.64 | 10,699 | 0.57 | | | 303,755 | 3.76 | | 330,653 | 3.32 | | 8.86 | 26,898 | 1.43 | | | 18,294 | 0.23 | | 24,836 | 0.25 | | 35.76 | 6,542 | 0.35 | | | 30,149 | 0.37 | | 35,241 | 0.35 | | 16.89 | 5,092 | 0.27 | | | 147,713 | 1.83 | | 163,528 | 1.64 | | 10.71 | 15,815 | 0.84 | | | 35,046 | 0.43 | | 41,423 | 0.42 | | 18.20 | 6,377 | 0.34 | | | 49,236 | 0.61 | | 53,462 | 0.54 | | 8.58 | 4,226 | 0.22 | | | 224,476 | 2.78 | | 300,268 | 3.01 | | 33.76 | 75,792 | 4.02 | | | 55,443 | 0.69 | | 52,578 | 0.53 | | -5.17 | -2,865 | -0.15 | | | 307,156 | 3.80 | | 367,041 | 3.68 | | 19.50 | 59,885 | 3.18 | | | 47,611 | 0.59 | | 62,397 | 0.63 | | 31.06 | 14,786 | 0.78 | | | 190,679 | 2.36 | | 213,856 | 2.15 | | 12.15 | 23,177 | 1.23 | | | 10,505 | 0.13 | | 10,999 | 0.11 | | 4.70 | 494 | 0.03 | | | 7,994 | 0.10 | | 8,348 | 0.08 | | 4.43 | 354 | 0.02 | | | 48,824 | 0.60 | | 58,485 | 0.59 | | 19.79 | 9,661 | 0.51 | | | 19,020 | 0.24 | | 20,706 | 0.21 | | 8.86 | 1,686 | 0.09 | | | 422,324 | 5.23 | | 517,785 | 5.20 | | 22.60 | 95,461 | 5.07 | | | 57,306 | 0.71 | | 51,666 | 0.52 | | -9.84 | -5,640 | -0.30 | | | 91,393 | 1.13 | | 126,581 | 1.27 | | 38.50 | 35,188 | 1.87 | | | 54,133 | 0.67 | | 59,325 | 0.60 | | 9.59 | 5,192 | 0.28 | | | 89,662 | 1.11 | | 111,016 | 1.11 | | 23.82 | 21,354 | 1.13 | | | 22,598 | 0.28 | | 23,496 | 0.24 | | 3.97 | 898 | 0.05 | | | 33,923 | 0.42 | | 51,040 | 0.51 | | 50.46 | 17,117 | 0.91 | | | 5,833 | 0.07 | | 5,255 | 0.05 | | -9.91 | -578 | -0.03 | | | 123,563 | 1.53 | | 170,492 | 1.71 | | 37.98 | 46,929 | 2.49 | | | 33,303 | 0.41 | | 40,926 | 0.41 | | 22.89 | 7,623 | 0.40 | | | 123,279 | 1.53 | | 185,764 | 1.86 | | 50.69 | 62,485 | 3.32 | | | 10,289 | 0.13 | | 9,721 | 0.10 | | -5.52 | -568 | -0.03 | | | 49,482 | 0.61 | | 59,915 | 0.60 | | 21.08 | 10,433 | 0.55 | | | 59,556 | 0.74 | | 57,635 | 0.58 | | -3.23 | -1,921 | -0.10 | | | 64,152 | 0.79 | | 80,235 | 0.81 | | 25.07 | 16,083 | 0.85 | | | 42,265 | 0.52 | | 44,359 | 0.45 | | 4.95 | 2,094 | 0.11 | | | 29,959 | 0.37 | | 34,632 | 0.35 | | 15.60 | 4,673 | 0.25 | | | 19,668 | 0.24 | | 20,913 | 0.21 | | 6.33 | 1,245 | 0.07 | | | 25,506 | 0.32 | | 23,148 | 0.23 | | -9.24 | -2,358 | -0.13 | | | 700,458 | 8.67 | | 1,029,261 | 10.33 | | 46.94 | 328,803 | 17.45 | | | 15,725 | 0.19 | | 15,065 | 0.15 | | -4.20 | -660 | -0.04 | | | 26,892 | 0.33 | | 26,643 | 0.27 | | -0.93 | -249 | -0.01 | | | 75,177 | 0.93 | | 92,580 | 0.93 | | 23.15 | 17,403 | 0.92 | | | 87,696 | 1.09 | | 93,958 | 0.94 | | 7.14 | 6,262 | 0.33 | | | 160,887 | 1.99 | | 214,589 | 2.15 | | 33.38 | 53,702 | 2.85 | | | 22,041 | 0.27 | | 19,614 | 0.20 | | -11.01 | -2,427 | -0.13 | | | 150,678 | 1.86 | | 193,823 | 1.94 | | 28.63 | 43,145 | 2.29 | | | 116,141 | 1.44 | | 141,337 | 1.42 | | 21.69 | 25,196 | 1.34 | | | 12,913 | 0.16 | | 12,516 | 0.13 | | -3.07 | -397 | -0.02 | | | 34,874 | 0.43 | | 39,577 | 0.40 | | 13.49 | 4,703 | 0.25 | | | 41,212 | 0.51 | | 55,575 | 0.56 | | 34.85 | 14,363 | 0.76 | | | 11,413 | 0.14 | | 13,134 | 0.13 | | 15.08 | 1,721 | 0.09 | | | 35,759 | 0.44 | | 38,827 | 0.39 | | 8.58 | 3,068 | 0.16 | | | 134,298 | 1.66 | | 170,015 | 1.71 | | 26.60 | 35,717 | 1.90 | | | 18,403 | 0.23 | | 19,580 | 0.20 | | 6.40 | 1,177 | 0.06 | | | 130,995 | 1.62 | | 142,474 | 1.43 | | 8.76 | 11,479 | 0.61 | | | 46,611 | 0.58 | | 44,667 | 0.45 | | -4.17 | -1,944 | -0.10 | | | 123,334 | 1.53 | | 127,053 | 1.27 | | 3.02 | 3,719 | 0.20 | | | 92,090 | 1.14 | | 91,610 | 0.92 | | -0.52 | -480 | -0.03 | | | 130,610 | 1.62 | | 140,786 | 1.41 | | 7.79 | 10,176 | 0.54 | | | 63,064 | 0.78 | | 65,061 | 0.65 | | 3.17 | 1,997 | 0.11 | | | 60,242 | 0.75 | | 61,296 | 0.62 | | 1.75 | 1,054 | 0.06 | | | 35,944 | 0.44 | | 35,064 | 0.35 | | -2.45 | -880 | -0.05 | | | 58,246 | 0.72 | | 60,326 | 0.61 | | 3.57 | 2,080 | 0.11 | | | 44,779 | 0.55 | | 45,515 | 0.46 | | 1.64 | 736 | 0.04 | | | 71,308 | 0.88 | | 71,783 | 0.72 | | 0.67 | 475 | 0.03 | | | 13,041 | 0.16 | | 14,278 | 0.14 | | 9.49 | 1,237 | 0.07 | | | 29,416 | 0.36 | | 32,450 | 0.33 | | 10.31 | 3,034 | 0.16 | | | 4,126 | 0.05 | | 3,822 | 0.04 | | -7.37 | -304 | -0.02 | | | 125,573 | 1.55 | | 219,628 | 2.20 | | 74.90 | 94,055 | 4.99 | | | 43,159 | 0.53 | | 43,357 | 0.44 | | 0.46 | 198 | 0.01 | | | 633,267 | 7.84 | | 1,023,660 | 10.27 | | 61.65 | 390,393 | 20.72 | | | 19,913 | 0.25 | | 19,699 | 0.20 | | -1.07 | -214 | -0.01 | | | 13,695 | 0.17 | | 11,960 | 0.12 | | -12.67 | -1,735 | -0.09 | | | 42,905 | 0.53 | | 51,985 | 0.52 | | 21.16 | 9,080 | 0.48 | | | 113,648 | 1.41 | | 120,912 | 1.21 | | 6.39 | 7,264 | 0.39 | | | 65,839 | 0.81 | | 67,190 | 0.67 | | 2.05 | 1,351 | 0.07 | | | 73,971 | 0.92 | | 79,620 | 0.80 | | 7.64 | 5,649 | 0.30 | | | 36,516 | 0.45 | | 37,409 | 0.38 | | 2.45 | 893 | 0.05 | | | 17,768 | 0.22 | | 17,739 | 0.18 | | -0.16 | -29 | 0.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,081,614 | 100.00 | | 9,966,060 | 100.00 | | 23.32 | 1,884,446 | 100.00 | | | 6,231,139 | 77.10 | | 8,026,898 | 80.54 | | 28.82 | 1,795,759 | 95.29 | | | 1,850,475 | 22.90 | | 1,939,162 | 19.46 | | 4.79 | 88,687 | 4.71 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 282,162,411 | | | 321,829,327 | | | 14.06 | 39,666,916 | | | | 237,948,237 | | | 276,425,937 | | | 16.17 | 38,477,700 | | | | 44,214,174 | | | 45,403,390 | | | 2.69 | 1,189,216 | |
Source: Calculations by the North Carolina Regional Economic Analysis Project (NC-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_100A | | | | |
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