2000 vs. 2015 Population Growth and Change
North Carolina Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2015, Net Percent Change
North Carolina Population Growth by County
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/

Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2015, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
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
 
     
Population by County, 2015
Population by County, 2015
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
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
 
     

Interactive TableTip: 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
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