North Carolina Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

North Carolina (U.S. state abbreviation is 'NC') is the southeastern state of United States, bordered by South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, Atlantic ocean to the east. North Carolina population in 2024 is estimated to be 10.88 million, 9th populated state in US. North Carolina is gaining population and increased by 381,679 since last census of 2020, area rank is 28th and covers 53,819 sq miles (139,390 sq km). In 16th century, the area was referred as Carolina in some English papers and people thought it was named for Charles I of England. Later, about 1663, the name Carolina was applied by those who had received a grant to the land from Charles II, and so the State was named in his honor. North Carolina has 1,500 lakes of fresh water streams, The Outer Banks hosts some of the beautiful beaches in the country. The major economy of North Carolina depends on production of furniture, tobacco, brick, and textiles. The North Carolina Symphony, founded in 1943 was one of the first state to establish US state Symphony, records upto 185 full-orchestra concerts each year. Charlotte is the most populous city and Raleigh is the capital city, and Greensboro ranks third-most populous, and other cities are Durham, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, Cary town, Wilmington and High Point. Wadesboro, Kinston and Winston-Salem are the most dangerous cities in North Carolina State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of North Carolina
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of North Carolina

As on 2019, population of North Carolina is 10.49 million compared to 10.3 million in 2018 with the smallest population change of 1.08. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, NC population in 2020 is 10,439,388. North Carolina population in 2023 is estimated to be 10.82 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 10.69 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 10.55 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	9,574,293
2011	9,656,754	0.86
2012	9,749,123	0.96
2013	9,843,599	0.97
2014	9,933,944	0.92
2015	10,033,079	1.00
2016	10,156,679	1.23
2017	10,270,800	1.12
2018	10,383,620	1.10
2019	10,495,763	1.08
2020	10,439,388	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	10,551,162	1.07
2022*	10,678,831	1.21
2023*	10,888,136	1.96

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

North Carolina Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of North Carolina by race are:

White Population

White population in North Carolina are 6,937,466, percentage wise 69.01 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in North Carolina are 2,159,427, percentage wise 21.48 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in North Carolina, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in North Carolina are 269,164, percentage wise 2.68 percent are asians, out of these 85,074 are Asian Indians, 45,409 are Chinese, 21,695 are Filipinos, 6,521 are Japanese, 19,542 are Korean, 34,037 are Vietnamese and 56,886 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in North Carolina are 914,792. Percentage wise 9.10 percent are hispanics, out of these 533,769 are Mexican people, 96,570 are Puerto Ricans, 24,303 are Cubans, and 260,150 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

American Indian and Alaska Native are 117,998 people, out of these 16,142 are Cherokee tribals, 945 are Chippewa tribals, 606 are Navajo tribals and 745 are Sioux tribals.

Total Population	10,052,564	Percent
White	6,937,466	69.01%
Black or African American	2,159,427	21.48%
American Indian and Alaska Native	117,998	1.174%
Cherokee tribal grouping	16,142	0.161%
Chippewa tribal grouping	945	0.009%
Navajo tribal grouping	606	0.006%
Sioux tribal grouping	745	0.007%
Asian Population	269,164	2.68%
Asian Indian	85,074	0.85%
Chinese	45,409	0.45%
Filipino	21,695	0.22%
Japanese	6,521	0.06%
Korean	19,542	0.19%
Vietnamese	34,037	0.34%
Other Asian Population	56,886
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	6,393	0.06%
Native Hawaiian	2,223	0.022%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1,862	0.019%
Samoan	667	0.007%
Other Pacific Islander	1,641
Some other race	310,920
Hispanic or Latino	914,792	9.10%
Mexican	533,769	5.31%
Puerto Rican	96,570	0.96%
Cuban	24,303	0.24%
Other Hispanic or Latino	260,150

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of North Carolina

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Charlotte	872,498
2	Raleigh	469,298
3	Greensboro	294,722
4	Durham	274,291
5	Winston-Salem	246,328
6	Fayetteville	209,468
7	Cary town	168,160
8	Wilmington	122,607
9	High Point	112,316
10	Concord	94,130
11	Greenville	93,137
12	Asheville	92,452
13	Gastonia	77,024
14	Jacksonville	72,896
15	Chapel Hill town	60,988
16	Huntersville town	57,098
17	Rocky Mount	54,242
18	Apex town	53,852
19	Burlington	53,748

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

North Carolina Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of North Carolina by age is 10,052,564, out of these 4,895,368 are male, 5,157,196 are female(48.70 percent are male, 51.30 percent are female), The sex ratio of North Carolina is 949. The North Carolina population by age are, under 15 years is 1,898,114, 15 years and over is 8,154,450, 30 years and over is 6,109,015, 65 years and over is 1,514,937 and 85 years and over is 166,759. 18.88 percent are under 15 years old, 81.12 percent are 15 years and over, 60.77 percent are 30 years and over, 15.07 percent are 65 years and over, 1.66 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in NC

English is the Official language in North Carolina, 88.6% speak english at home, 7.46% speak Spanish, 1.74% speak european languages, 1.64% speak Asian languages out of these 17,285 speak Hindi, 12,942 speak Gujarati, 5,931 speak Urdu, 2,094 speak Punjabi, 2781 speak Bengali, 11,516 speak Telugu, 7,785 speak Tamil, 4,438 speak Malayalam/Kannada, 11,614 speak Nepali/Marathi/other indian languages.

People from East and Middle Asia, 34,508 speak Chinese(Incl Mandarin, Cantonese), 6,607 speak Japanese, 14,413 speak Korean, 9,697 speak Hmong, 24,155 speak Vietnamese, 3,469 speak Khmer, 7,348 speak Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 14,568 speak Tagalog.

22,187 speak Arabaic which are from Middle-east region, 1,637 speak Hebrew. 8,404 speak Amharic/Somali/Afro-Asiatic, 6,778 speak Swahili, 9,796 speak Yoruba, Twi, Igbo Languages from Western Africa.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	8,369,406	88.58
Spanish Language	704,788	7.46
European Language	164,454	1.74
Asian Languages	154,874	1.64
Other Languages	55,059	0.58

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

North Carolina Education

Primary and Higher education level statistics of North Carolina as on 2017

Population 18 to 24 years		978,834	507,944	470,890
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	135,980	80,708	55,272
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	301,908	177,289	124,619
	Some college or associates degree	446,731	213,046	233,685
	Bachelors degree or higher	94,215	36,901	57,314
Population 25 years and over		6,784,048	3,219,201	3,564,847
	Less than 9th grade	333,408	179,272	154,136
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	556,286	295,750	260,536
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,771,742	884,577	887,165
	Some college, no degree	1,468,899	676,811	792,088
	Associates degree	627,997	252,897	375,100
	Bachelors degree	1,303,604	595,102	708,502
	Graduate or professional degree	722,112	334,792	387,320

White		4,625,957	2,212,556	2,413,401
	High school graduate or higher	4,193,964	1,979,085	2,214,879
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,549,160	735,438	813,722
Black or African		1,383,129	617,519	765,610
	High school graduate or higher	1,166,557	508,230	658,327
	Bachelors degree or higher	279,767	101,399	178,368
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		75,707	35,668	40,039
	High school graduate or higher	57,386	25,600	31,786
	Bachelors degree or higher	10,003	3,826	6,177
Asian		177,008	82,956	94,052
	High school graduate or higher	151,328	72,748	78,580
	Bachelors degree or higher	98,083	49,474	48,609
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		3,661	1,649	2,012
	High school graduate or higher	3,157	1,358	1,799
	Bachelors degree or higher	513	253	260
Hispanic or Latino Origin		451,302	238,440	212,862
	High school graduate or higher	260,442	129,434	131,008
	Bachelors degree or higher	63,339	28,684	34,655

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable people of North Carolina stats as on 2017.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	1,344,677
Male	644,157
Female	700,520
	-
White	950,044
Black or African American	316,325
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	20,994
Asian	13,149
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	678
Some other race	15,461
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	367,990
With a vision difficulty	261,156
With a cognitive difficulty	508,539
With an ambulatory difficulty	726,055
With a self-care difficulty	271,518
With an independent living difficulty	475,434

Counties of North Carolina

North Carolina state is divided into 100 counties. Mecklenburg and Wakeis the largest Counties with more than 1 million people, followed by Guilford County with 533,670 and Forsyth County with 379,099. The oldest town in the state is Bath, incorporated in 1705.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Alamance County	163,529	166,436	1.8	17	17
Alexander County	37,146	37,353	0.6	65	65
Alleghany County	11,023	11,161	1.3	94	94
Anson County	24,878	24,877	0	75	75
Ashe County	26,803	27,109	1.1	73	73
Avery County	17,505	17,505	0	86	86
Beaufort County	47,051	47,079	0.1	55	55
Bertie County	19,274	19,026	-1.3	84	84
Bladen County	33,468	33,190	-0.8	70	70
Brunswick County	130,735	136,744	4.6	24	22
Buncombe County	257,185	259,103	0.7	7	7
Burke County	90,127	90,382	0.3	32	32
Cabarrus County	206,724	211,342	2.2	11	11
Caldwell County	81,920	82,029	0.1	34	34
Camden County	10,561	10,710	1.4	96	96
Carteret County	68,919	69,524	0.9	38	38
Caswell County	22,632	22,698	0.3	78	77
Catawba County	157,811	158,652	0.5	18	18
Chatham County	71,248	73,139	2.7	37	36
Cherokee County	27,980	28,383	1.4	71	71
Chowan County	14,040	14,029	-0.1	89	89
Clay County	11,001	11,139	1.3	95	95
Cleveland County	97,228	97,645	0.4	29	29
Columbus County	55,987	55,655	-0.6	50	51
Craven County	102,754	102,912	0.2	27	27
Cumberland County	331,239	332,330	0.3	5	5
Currituck County	26,323	27,072	2.8	74	74
Dare County	36,115	36,501	1.1	66	66
Davidson County	165,313	166,614	0.8	16	16
Davie County	42,369	42,733	0.9	61	61
Duplin County	58,862	58,856	0	48	48
Durham County	311,888	316,739	1.6	6	6
Edgecombe County	52,757	52,005	-1.4	53	53
Forsyth County	375,724	379,099	0.9	4	4
Franklin County	66,033	67,560	2.3	41	40
Gaston County	219,819	222,846	1.4	10	10
Gates County	11,515	11,573	0.5	93	93
Graham County	8,534	8,484	-0.6	98	98
Granville County	59,374	60,115	1.2	47	47
Greene County	20,980	21,012	0.2	80	80
Guilford County	529,496	533,670	0.8	3	3
Halifax County	51,282	50,574	-1.4	54	54
Harnett County	132,229	134,214	1.5	23	23
Haywood County	61,036	61,971	1.5	44	45
Henderson County	115,457	116,748	1.1	26	26
Hertford County	23,926	23,659	-1.1	76	76
Hoke County	54,141	54,764	1.2	52	52
Hyde County	5,267	5,230	-0.7	99	99
Iredell County	175,628	178,435	1.6	15	15
Jackson County	43,192	43,327	0.3	60	60
Johnston County	196,423	202,675	3.2	12	12
Jones County	9,602	9,637	0.4	97	97
Lee County	60,567	61,452	1.5	46	46
Lenoir County	56,641	55,976	-1.2	49	49
Lincoln County	82,365	83,770	1.7	33	33
McDowell County	45,164	45,507	0.8	57	56
Macon County	34,624	35,285	1.9	68	67
Madison County	21,577	21,763	0.9	79	79
Martin County	22,776	22,671	-0.5	77	78
Mecklenburg County	1,077,311	1,093,901	1.5	1	1
Mitchell County	14,979	15,000	0.1	87	87
Montgomery County	27,347	27,271	-0.3	72	72
Moore County	97,232	98,682	1.5	28	28
Nash County	94,012	94,016	0	30	30
New Hanover County	228,657	232,274	1.6	9	9
Northampton County	19,913	19,676	-1.2	82	83
Onslow County	194,838	197,683	1.5	13	13
Orange County	143,960	146,027	1.4	19	19
Pamlico County	12,654	12,670	0.1	91	91
Pasquotank County	39,476	39,639	0.4	62	62
Pender County	60,768	62,162	2.3	45	43
Perquimans County	13,460	13,422	-0.3	90	90
Person County	39,395	39,507	0.3	63	63
Pitt County	178,617	179,914	0.7	14	14
Polk County	20,518	20,611	0.5	81	81
Randolph County	143,149	143,351	0.1	20	20
Richmond County	44,825	44,887	0.1	58	58
Robeson County	132,590	131,831	-0.6	22	24
Rockingham County	90,841	90,690	-0.2	31	31
Rowan County	140,537	141,262	0.5	21	21
Rutherford County	66,568	66,826	0.4	40	41
Sampson County	63,433	63,626	0.3	42	42
Scotland County	35,172	34,810	-1	67	68
Stanly County	61,451	62,075	1	43	44
Stokes County	45,697	45,467	-0.5	56	57
Surry County	72,118	71,948	-0.2	36	37
Swain County	14,266	14,245	-0.1	88	88
Transylvania County	33,825	34,215	1.2	69	69
Tyrrell County	4,183	4,131	-1.2	100	100
Union County	231,424	235,908	1.9	8	8
Vance County	44,312	44,582	0.6	59	59
Wake County	1,071,886	1,092,305	1.9	2	2
Warren County	19,869	19,807	-0.3	83	82
Washington County	12,019	11,859	-1.3	92	92
Watauga County	55,088	55,945	1.6	51	50
Wayne County	123,257	123,248	0	25	25
Wilkes County	68,464	68,557	0.1	39	39
Wilson County	81,567	81,455	-0.1	35	35
Yadkin County	37,643	37,543	-0.3	64	64
Yancey County	17,712	17,903	1.1	85	85