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Most population lost, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties that lost 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

01Halifax County, NCNC46,534-2,679−244%

02Martin County, NCNC21,601-1,088−311%

03Washington County, NCNC10,638-495+81%

04Jones County, NCNC9,575-228−124%

05Lenoir County, NCNC55,837-153−106%

06Mitchell County, NCNC15,062-108−109%

07Hyde County, NCNC4,554-16−104%

08Northampton County, NCNC16,491+13−99%

09Yancey County, NCNC19,084+44−98%

10Richmond County, NCNC42,041+75−96%

11Scotland County, NCNC33,322+159−93%

12Pamlico County, NCNC12,758+210−87%

13Caswell County, NCNC22,563+218−92%

14Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537+258−12%

15Chowan County, NCNC14,082+267−74%

16Alleghany County, NCNC11,479+478−56%

17Avery County, NCNC18,110+630−73%

18Graham County, NCNC8,190+868+9%

19Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121+946−199%

20Montgomery County, NCNC26,403+976−72%

21Warren County, NCNC18,898+1,000−63%

22Swain County, NCNC14,024+1,013−40%

23Madison County, NCNC22,553+1,129−58%

24Bertie County, NCNC17,086+1,509−345%

25Anson County, NCNC21,758+1,673−7%

26Gates County, NCNC10,234+1,681+39%

27Rockingham County, NCNC94,195+1,715−71%

28Burke County, NCNC88,655+1,764−87%

29Cleveland County, NCNC103,325+1,791−85%

30Clay County, NCNC12,239+1,812+12%

31Yadkin County, NCNC38,325+2,058−65%

32Hertford County, NCNC19,015+2,068+2551%

33Perquimans County, NCNC13,490+2,085+126%

34Polk County, NCNC20,533+2,186−44%

35Greene County, NCNC20,700+2,388−33%

36Surry County, NCNC72,287+2,454−74%

37Vance County, NCNC42,638+2,468−39%

38Stanly County, NCNC68,830+2,485−61%

39Stokes County, NCNC46,126+2,690−64%

40Beaufort County, NCNC44,670+2,801+5%

41McDowell County, NCNC45,198+2,845−56%

42Ashe County, NCNC27,514+2,897+33%

43Bladen County, NCNC30,007+2,912−19%

44Camden County, NCNC11,315+3,095+215%

45Cherokee County, NCNC30,830+3,146−24%

46Sampson County, NCNC61,504+3,270−75%

47Columbus County, NCNC50,487+3,349−35%

48Alexander County, NCNC36,958+3,595−41%

49Wilkes County, NCNC66,233+3,708−41%

50Transylvania County, NCNC34,211+3,756−2%

51Person County, NCNC40,636+3,841−29%

52Dare County, NCNC38,245+3,953−45%

53Macon County, NCNC39,232+4,111−35%

54Rutherford County, NCNC65,745+4,911−18%

55Haywood County, NCNC63,369+5,003−29%

56Currituck County, NCNC33,158+5,357+20%

57Caldwell County, NCNC81,105+5,614−16%

58Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201+5,764+60%

59Davie County, NCNC45,855+6,405−8%

60Carteret County, NCNC70,469+7,086+4%

61Jackson County, NCNC45,039+7,150+14%

62Wilson County, NCNC81,150+7,420−4%

63Rowan County, NCNC155,096+8,088−59%

64Watauga County, NCNC54,786+8,384+46%

65Nash County, NCNC99,365+8,420−22%

66Lee County, NCNC70,258+8,826+15%

67Wayne County, NCNC122,278+9,294+7%

68Duplin County, NCNC51,571+9,442+4%

69Robeson County, NCNC119,941+10,829−40%

70Pender County, NCNC72,111+11,135−9%

71Randolph County, NCNC149,516+11,298−53%

72Granville County, NCNC61,421+11,418+12%

73Craven County, NCNC105,025+12,069+23%

74Catawba County, NCNC170,172+12,673−46%

75Hoke County, NCNC56,939+13,306+23%

76Franklin County, NCNC82,037+13,359+23%

77Moore County, NCNC110,619+13,478−14%

78Chatham County, NCNC85,111+14,176+34%

79Lincoln County, NCNC98,654+14,485+8%

80Orange County, NCNC152,498+15,574−36%

81Davidson County, NCNC180,182+15,632−24%

82Gaston County, NCNC246,558+15,721+3%

83Cumberland County, NCNC338,473+16,468−42%

84Henderson County, NCNC122,375+17,567−12%

85Alamance County, NCNC186,177+20,331−10%

86Harnett County, NCNC150,137+23,653+2%

87Onslow County, NCNC217,175+27,417+5203%

88Buncombe County, NCNC277,417+31,988+2%

89Brunswick County, NCNC174,702+34,288+55%

90Pitt County, NCNC182,936+34,350+33%

91Iredell County, NCNC211,798+36,777+24%

92New Hanover County, NCNC245,959+42,360+6%

93Durham County, NCNC347,240+44,273+7%

94Forsyth County, NCNC401,718+44,603+11%

95Johnston County, NCNC256,448+46,913+15%

96Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725+46,948+46%

97Guilford County, NCNC562,234+67,358−9%

98Union County, NCNC267,674+77,615+97%

99Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383+224,174+22%

100Wake County, NCNC1,257,235+273,147+34%

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