| 2000 vs. 2017 Population Growth and Change Union County 2000 vs. 2017 Net Percent Change = 81.57% Rank = #1 Washington County 2000 vs. 2017 Net Percent Change = -15.63% Rank = #100 Carteret County 2000 vs. 2017 Net Percent Change = 13.92% Rank = #37 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 2000-2017. 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 2000-2017 population grew in seventy-four North Carolina counties while declining in twenty-six.
- Population growth in twenty-three counties outpaced the statewide average (25.91%), while growth in seventy-seven counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Union County posted the highest growth of population (81.57%), while Washington County placed last by logging a -15.63% decline.
- The spread in population growth between the highest (Union County, 81.57%) and lowest (Washington County, -15.63%) over 2000-2017 equated to 97.19% ( = 81.57% − -15.63%).
- 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, Wake County's net population growth over 2000-2017 of 440,126 made up 21.02% of the total net growth statewide (2,093,652):
Wake County: Percent Share of North Carolina's
Population Growth, 2000-2017:21.02% = (440,126 / 2,093,652) x 100 Carteret County Snippets:- Over 2000-2017, Carteret County posted a 13.92% net gain in population.
- Carteret County was joined by seventy-six other counties whose population growth over 2000-2017 registered below the statewide average (25.91%).
- Ranked #37 among North Carolina's 100 counties, Carteret County's population growth (13.92%) trailed the statewide average of 25.91% by a 11.98% margin.
- Carteret County's net population growth (13.92%, #37) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Perquimans County (13.86%, #38) and just below that of Cherokee County (14.29%, #36).
- Carteret County's share of population statewide slipped from 0.74% in 2000 to 0.67% in 2017, resulting in a share-shift of -0.07%.
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.
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Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, Wake County's 2017 population totaled 1,073,393, equating to 10.55% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#100), Tyrrell County's population of 3,739 in 2017 comprised just 0.04% of the total statewide. Tyrrell County's population in 2017 equates to less than .01% to that of Wake County's.
- Wake County's 2017 population (1,073,393) exceeded the combined population (1,037,322) of North Carolina's forty-four smallest counties.
Carteret County Snippets:- Carteret County's population in 2017 ranked #38, amounting to 0.67% of the statewide total.
- Carteret County's population of 67,678 placed below that of Surry County's (71,813, #37), and just above that of Wilkes County's (66,912, #39).
- Carteret County's population of 67,678 exceeds the combined total (58,088) of North Carolina's seven smallest counties.
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2000 vs. 2017 | | 2000 | | 2017 | | 2000 - 2017 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 131,423 | 1.63 | | 163,671 | 1.61 | | 24.54 | 32,248 | 1.54 | | | 33,774 | 0.42 | | 36,396 | 0.36 | | 7.76 | 2,622 | 0.13 | | | 10,673 | 0.13 | | 10,799 | 0.11 | | 1.18 | 126 | 0.01 | | | 25,342 | 0.31 | | 23,330 | 0.23 | | -7.94 | -2,012 | -0.10 | | | 24,480 | 0.30 | | 26,379 | 0.26 | | 7.76 | 1,899 | 0.09 | | | 17,318 | 0.21 | | 17,683 | 0.17 | | 2.11 | 365 | 0.02 | | | 44,950 | 0.56 | | 45,349 | 0.45 | | 0.89 | 399 | 0.02 | | | 19,762 | 0.24 | | 18,616 | 0.18 | | -5.80 | -1,146 | -0.05 | | | 32,270 | 0.40 | | 31,031 | 0.30 | | -3.84 | -1,239 | -0.06 | | | 73,717 | 0.91 | | 124,118 | 1.22 | | 68.37 | 50,401 | 2.41 | | | 207,152 | 2.56 | | 261,656 | 2.57 | | 26.31 | 54,504 | 2.60 | | | 89,353 | 1.11 | | 88,114 | 0.87 | | -1.39 | -1,239 | -0.06 | | | 132,231 | 1.64 | | 210,680 | 2.07 | | 59.33 | 78,449 | 3.75 | | | 77,721 | 0.96 | | 80,842 | 0.79 | | 4.02 | 3,121 | 0.15 | | | 6,925 | 0.09 | | 10,118 | 0.10 | | 46.11 | 3,193 | 0.15 | | | 59,406 | 0.74 | | 67,678 | 0.67 | | 13.92 | 8,272 | 0.40 | | | 23,527 | 0.29 | | 22,804 | 0.22 | | -3.07 | -723 | -0.03 | | | 142,399 | 1.76 | | 158,138 | 1.55 | | 11.05 | 15,739 | 0.75 | | | 49,740 | 0.62 | | 71,826 | 0.71 | | 44.40 | 22,086 | 1.05 | | | 24,357 | 0.30 | | 27,838 | 0.27 | | 14.29 | 3,481 | 0.17 | | | 14,478 | 0.18 | | 13,909 | 0.14 | | -3.93 | -569 | -0.03 | | | 8,824 | 0.11 | | 10,770 | 0.11 | | 22.05 | 1,946 | 0.09 | | | 96,357 | 1.19 | | 97,682 | 0.96 | | 1.38 | 1,325 | 0.06 | | | 54,759 | 0.68 | | 52,894 | 0.52 | | -3.41 | -1,865 | -0.09 | | | 91,954 | 1.14 | | 102,258 | 1.00 | | 11.21 | 10,304 | 0.49 | | | 303,755 | 3.76 | | 330,332 | 3.25 | | 8.75 | 26,577 | 1.27 | | | 18,294 | 0.23 | | 25,903 | 0.25 | | 41.59 | 7,609 | 0.36 | | | 30,149 | 0.37 | | 35,885 | 0.35 | | 19.03 | 5,736 | 0.27 | | | 147,713 | 1.83 | | 165,429 | 1.63 | | 11.99 | 17,716 | 0.85 | | | 35,046 | 0.43 | | 41,968 | 0.41 | | 19.75 | 6,922 | 0.33 | | | 49,236 | 0.61 | | 51,575 | 0.51 | | 4.75 | 2,339 | 0.11 | | | 224,476 | 2.78 | | 311,336 | 3.06 | | 38.69 | 86,860 | 4.15 | | | 55,443 | 0.69 | | 51,220 | 0.50 | | -7.62 | -4,223 | -0.20 | | | 307,156 | 3.80 | | 375,157 | 3.69 | | 22.14 | 68,001 | 3.25 | | | 47,611 | 0.59 | | 64,345 | 0.63 | | 35.15 | 16,734 | 0.80 | | | 190,679 | 2.36 | | 220,969 | 2.17 | | 15.89 | 30,290 | 1.45 | | | 10,505 | 0.13 | | 10,775 | 0.11 | | 2.57 | 270 | 0.01 | | | 7,994 | 0.10 | | 8,201 | 0.08 | | 2.59 | 207 | 0.01 | | | 48,824 | 0.60 | | 59,841 | 0.59 | | 22.56 | 11,017 | 0.53 | | | 19,020 | 0.24 | | 20,622 | 0.20 | | 8.42 | 1,602 | 0.08 | | | 422,324 | 5.23 | | 529,228 | 5.20 | | 25.31 | 106,904 | 5.11 | | | 57,306 | 0.71 | | 50,608 | 0.50 | | -11.69 | -6,698 | -0.32 | | | 91,393 | 1.13 | | 130,329 | 1.28 | | 42.60 | 38,936 | 1.86 | | | 54,133 | 0.67 | | 60,592 | 0.60 | | 11.93 | 6,459 | 0.31 | | | 89,662 | 1.11 | | 114,090 | 1.12 | | 27.24 | 24,428 | 1.17 | | | 22,598 | 0.28 | | 22,693 | 0.22 | | 0.42 | 95 | 0.00 | | | 33,923 | 0.42 | | 51,709 | 0.51 | | 52.43 | 17,786 | 0.85 | | | 5,833 | 0.07 | | 5,003 | 0.05 | | -14.23 | -830 | -0.04 | | | 123,563 | 1.53 | | 176,927 | 1.74 | | 43.19 | 53,364 | 2.55 | | | 33,303 | 0.41 | | 42,597 | 0.42 | | 27.91 | 9,294 | 0.44 | | | 123,279 | 1.53 | | 197,431 | 1.94 | | 60.15 | 74,152 | 3.54 | | | 10,289 | 0.13 | | 9,482 | 0.09 | | -7.84 | -807 | -0.04 | | | 49,482 | 0.61 | | 61,129 | 0.60 | | 23.54 | 11,647 | 0.56 | | | 59,556 | 0.74 | | 56,126 | 0.55 | | -5.76 | -3,430 | -0.16 | | | 64,152 | 0.79 | | 82,011 | 0.81 | | 27.84 | 17,859 | 0.85 | | | 42,265 | 0.52 | | 44,221 | 0.43 | | 4.63 | 1,956 | 0.09 | | | 29,959 | 0.37 | | 35,326 | 0.35 | | 17.91 | 5,367 | 0.26 | | | 19,668 | 0.24 | | 21,229 | 0.21 | | 7.94 | 1,561 | 0.07 | | | 25,506 | 0.32 | | 22,608 | 0.22 | | -11.36 | -2,898 | -0.14 | | | 700,458 | 8.67 | | 1,072,544 | 10.54 | | 53.12 | 372,086 | 17.77 | | | 15,725 | 0.19 | | 14,993 | 0.15 | | -4.66 | -732 | -0.03 | | | 26,892 | 0.33 | | 26,192 | 0.26 | | -2.60 | -700 | -0.03 | | | 75,177 | 0.93 | | 95,251 | 0.94 | | 26.70 | 20,074 | 0.96 | | | 87,696 | 1.09 | | 94,219 | 0.93 | | 7.44 | 6,523 | 0.31 | | | 160,887 | 1.99 | | 221,611 | 2.18 | | 37.74 | 60,724 | 2.90 | | | 22,041 | 0.27 | | 18,666 | 0.18 | | -15.31 | -3,375 | -0.16 | | | 150,678 | 1.86 | | 195,881 | 1.93 | | 30.00 | 45,203 | 2.16 | | | 116,141 | 1.44 | | 143,440 | 1.41 | | 23.51 | 27,299 | 1.30 | | | 12,913 | 0.16 | | 12,325 | 0.12 | | -4.55 | -588 | -0.03 | | | 34,874 | 0.43 | | 39,611 | 0.39 | | 13.58 | 4,737 | 0.23 | | | 41,212 | 0.51 | | 58,034 | 0.57 | | 40.82 | 16,822 | 0.80 | | | 11,413 | 0.14 | | 12,995 | 0.13 | | 13.86 | 1,582 | 0.08 | | | 35,759 | 0.44 | | 38,870 | 0.38 | | 8.70 | 3,111 | 0.15 | | | 134,298 | 1.66 | | 170,051 | 1.67 | | 26.62 | 35,753 | 1.71 | | | 18,403 | 0.23 | | 19,407 | 0.19 | | 5.46 | 1,004 | 0.05 | | | 130,995 | 1.62 | | 142,853 | 1.40 | | 9.05 | 11,858 | 0.57 | | | 46,611 | 0.58 | | 43,746 | 0.43 | | -6.15 | -2,865 | -0.14 | | | 123,334 | 1.53 | | 122,617 | 1.21 | | -0.58 | -717 | -0.03 | | | 92,090 | 1.14 | | 90,706 | 0.89 | | -1.50 | -1,384 | -0.07 | | | 130,610 | 1.62 | | 143,440 | 1.41 | | 9.82 | 12,830 | 0.61 | | | 63,064 | 0.78 | | 64,688 | 0.64 | | 2.58 | 1,624 | 0.08 | | | 60,242 | 0.75 | | 60,085 | 0.59 | | -0.26 | -157 | -0.01 | | | 35,944 | 0.44 | | 34,801 | 0.34 | | -3.18 | -1,143 | -0.05 | | | 58,246 | 0.72 | | 61,028 | 0.60 | | 4.78 | 2,782 | 0.13 | | | 44,779 | 0.55 | | 44,843 | 0.44 | | 0.14 | 64 | 0.00 | | | 71,308 | 0.88 | | 71,813 | 0.71 | | 0.71 | 505 | 0.02 | | | 13,041 | 0.16 | | 14,201 | 0.14 | | 8.90 | 1,160 | 0.06 | | | 29,416 | 0.36 | | 32,775 | 0.32 | | 11.42 | 3,359 | 0.16 | | | 4,126 | 0.05 | | 3,739 | 0.04 | | -9.38 | -387 | -0.02 | | | 125,573 | 1.55 | | 227,997 | 2.24 | | 81.57 | 102,424 | 4.89 | | | 43,159 | 0.53 | | 42,842 | 0.42 | | -0.73 | -317 | -0.02 | | | 633,267 | 7.84 | | 1,073,393 | 10.55 | | 69.50 | 440,126 | 21.02 | | | 19,913 | 0.25 | | 19,162 | 0.19 | | -3.77 | -751 | -0.04 | | | 13,695 | 0.17 | | 11,555 | 0.11 | | -15.63 | -2,140 | -0.10 | | | 42,905 | 0.53 | | 53,604 | 0.53 | | 24.94 | 10,699 | 0.51 | | | 113,648 | 1.41 | | 118,432 | 1.16 | | 4.21 | 4,784 | 0.23 | | | 65,839 | 0.81 | | 66,912 | 0.66 | | 1.63 | 1,073 | 0.05 | | | 73,971 | 0.92 | | 79,212 | 0.78 | | 7.09 | 5,241 | 0.25 | | | 36,516 | 0.45 | | 37,287 | 0.37 | | 2.11 | 771 | 0.04 | | | 17,768 | 0.22 | | 17,969 | 0.18 | | 1.13 | 201 | 0.01 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,081,614 | 100.00 | | 10,175,266 | 100.00 | | 25.91 | 2,093,652 | 100.00 | | | 6,231,139 | 77.10 | | 8,247,376 | 81.05 | | 32.36 | 2,016,237 | 96.30 | | | 1,850,475 | 22.90 | | 1,927,890 | 18.95 | | 4.18 | 77,415 | 3.70 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 282,162,411 | | | 326,623,063 | | | 15.76 | 44,460,652 | | | | 237,948,237 | | | 281,262,885 | | | 18.20 | 43,314,648 | | | | 44,214,174 | | | 45,360,178 | | | 2.59 | 1,146,004 | |
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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