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Most population gained, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties that added the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235+273,147+34%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383+224,174+22%

03Union County, NCNC267,674+77,615+97%

04Guilford County, NCNC562,234+67,358−9%

05Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725+46,948+46%

06Johnston County, NCNC256,448+46,913+15%

07Forsyth County, NCNC401,718+44,603+11%

08Durham County, NCNC347,240+44,273+7%

09New Hanover County, NCNC245,959+42,360+6%

10Iredell County, NCNC211,798+36,777+24%

11Pitt County, NCNC182,936+34,350+33%

12Brunswick County, NCNC174,702+34,288+55%

13Buncombe County, NCNC277,417+31,988+2%

14Onslow County, NCNC217,175+27,417+5203%

15Harnett County, NCNC150,137+23,653+2%

16Alamance County, NCNC186,177+20,331−10%

17Henderson County, NCNC122,375+17,567−12%

18Cumberland County, NCNC338,473+16,468−42%

19Gaston County, NCNC246,558+15,721+3%

20Davidson County, NCNC180,182+15,632−24%

21Orange County, NCNC152,498+15,574−36%

22Lincoln County, NCNC98,654+14,485+8%

23Chatham County, NCNC85,111+14,176+34%

24Moore County, NCNC110,619+13,478−14%

25Franklin County, NCNC82,037+13,359+23%

26Hoke County, NCNC56,939+13,306+23%

27Catawba County, NCNC170,172+12,673−46%

28Craven County, NCNC105,025+12,069+23%

29Granville County, NCNC61,421+11,418+12%

30Randolph County, NCNC149,516+11,298−53%

31Pender County, NCNC72,111+11,135−9%

32Robeson County, NCNC119,941+10,829−40%

33Duplin County, NCNC51,571+9,442+4%

34Wayne County, NCNC122,278+9,294+7%

35Lee County, NCNC70,258+8,826+15%

36Nash County, NCNC99,365+8,420−22%

37Watauga County, NCNC54,786+8,384+46%

38Rowan County, NCNC155,096+8,088−59%

39Wilson County, NCNC81,150+7,420−4%

40Jackson County, NCNC45,039+7,150+14%

41Carteret County, NCNC70,469+7,086+4%

42Davie County, NCNC45,855+6,405−8%

43Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201+5,764+60%

44Caldwell County, NCNC81,105+5,614−16%

45Currituck County, NCNC33,158+5,357+20%

46Haywood County, NCNC63,369+5,003−29%

47Rutherford County, NCNC65,745+4,911−18%

48Macon County, NCNC39,232+4,111−35%

49Dare County, NCNC38,245+3,953−45%

50Person County, NCNC40,636+3,841−29%

51Transylvania County, NCNC34,211+3,756−2%

52Wilkes County, NCNC66,233+3,708−41%

53Alexander County, NCNC36,958+3,595−41%

54Columbus County, NCNC50,487+3,349−35%

55Sampson County, NCNC61,504+3,270−75%

56Cherokee County, NCNC30,830+3,146−24%

57Camden County, NCNC11,315+3,095+215%

58Bladen County, NCNC30,007+2,912−19%

59Ashe County, NCNC27,514+2,897+33%

60McDowell County, NCNC45,198+2,845−56%

61Beaufort County, NCNC44,670+2,801+5%

62Stokes County, NCNC46,126+2,690−64%

63Stanly County, NCNC68,830+2,485−61%

64Vance County, NCNC42,638+2,468−39%

65Surry County, NCNC72,287+2,454−74%

66Greene County, NCNC20,700+2,388−33%

67Polk County, NCNC20,533+2,186−44%

68Perquimans County, NCNC13,490+2,085+126%

69Hertford County, NCNC19,015+2,068+2551%

70Yadkin County, NCNC38,325+2,058−65%

71Clay County, NCNC12,239+1,812+12%

72Cleveland County, NCNC103,325+1,791−85%

73Burke County, NCNC88,655+1,764−87%

74Rockingham County, NCNC94,195+1,715−71%

75Gates County, NCNC10,234+1,681+39%

76Anson County, NCNC21,758+1,673−7%

77Bertie County, NCNC17,086+1,509−345%

78Madison County, NCNC22,553+1,129−58%

79Swain County, NCNC14,024+1,013−40%

80Warren County, NCNC18,898+1,000−63%

81Montgomery County, NCNC26,403+976−72%

82Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121+946−199%

83Graham County, NCNC8,190+868+9%

84Avery County, NCNC18,110+630−73%

85Alleghany County, NCNC11,479+478−56%

86Chowan County, NCNC14,082+267−74%

87Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537+258−12%

88Caswell County, NCNC22,563+218−92%

89Pamlico County, NCNC12,758+210−87%

90Scotland County, NCNC33,322+159−93%

91Richmond County, NCNC42,041+75−96%

92Yancey County, NCNC19,084+44−98%

93Northampton County, NCNC16,491+13−99%

94Hyde County, NCNC4,554-16−104%

95Mitchell County, NCNC15,062-108−109%

96Lenoir County, NCNC55,837-153−106%

97Jones County, NCNC9,575-228−124%

98Washington County, NCNC10,638-495+81%

99Martin County, NCNC21,601-1,088−311%

100Halifax County, NCNC46,534-2,679−244%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS