North Carolina Citizen Population By County in 2012 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2012, the citizen population for North Carolina was 9,046,345 and represented 94.78% of the total North Carolina population.

Among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg had the highest citizen population (838.81K), followed by Wake (830.86K), and Guilford (459.58K).

In terms of percentages, Gates had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (99.59%), followed by Bertie (99.38%), and Perquimans (99.29%).

The chart and table below shows the citizen population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that were citizens.

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North Carolina Citizen Population By County in 2012
North Carolina Citizen Population By County in 2012
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County Citizen Population % of County Population
Mecklenburg 838810 90.50
Wake 830860 91.75
Guilford 459580 93.87
Forsyth 327405 93.18
Cumberland 310635 97.28
Durham 241705 89.76
Buncombe 229950 96.21
Gaston 199240 96.58
New Hanover 195940 96.39
Union 189755 94.12
Onslow 172245 97.61
Cabarrus 168980 94.72
Pitt 162395 96.69
Johnston 158275 93.59
Davidson 157040 96.56
Iredell 153740 96.32
Catawba 146835 95.22
Alamance 143215 94.74
Randolph 134060 94.70
Rowan 132735 96.05
Robeson 127445 95.17
Orange 122320 91.31
Wayne 115775 94.57
Harnett 110595 95.70
Brunswick 105360 97.62
Henderson 101290 95.04
Craven 99970 97.15
Cleveland 96435 98.51
Nash 91985 96.27
Rockingham 90390 96.92
Burke 87725 96.59
Moore 85325 96.61
Caldwell 80935 98.11
Wilson 76320 94.20
Lincoln 75255 96.42
Surry 70220 95.47
Wilkes 67455 97.39
Rutherford 66520 98.63
Carteret 64990 97.85
Stanly 59055 97.63
Chatham 58940 92.25
Sampson 58700 92.57
Franklin 58310 96.43
Haywood 58025 98.49
Lenoir 57660 97.12
Granville 57515 96.40
Columbus 56185 97.53
Edgecombe 55170 98.07
Halifax 54090 98.89
Duplin 52210 89.23
Lee 52100 90.02
Pender 50985 97.22
Watauga 50040 97.92
Stokes 46650 98.78
Beaufort 45635 95.99
Hoke 45550 96.16
Richmond 44990 96.52
McDowell 43900 97.72
Vance 43835 97.01
Davie 40065 97.28
Pasquotank 39635 97.74
Jackson 38735 96.87
Person 38450 97.79
Yadkin 36365 95.06
Alexander 36360 98.23
Scotland 35775 98.65
Bladen 33330 95.45
Dare 32665 96.02
Macon 32440 95.93
Transylvania 32345 98.54
Cherokee 26905 98.54
Ashe 26160 96.53
Anson 26115 97.81
Montgomery 25800 93.01
Martin 23865 98.21
Hertford 23770 96.92
Caswell 23340 98.84
Currituck 23235 98.14
Northampton 21775 99.16
Bertie 20905 99.38
Warren 20600 98.75
Madison 20490 98.87
Greene 20015 93.59
Polk 19775 97.01
Yancey 17380 97.56
Avery 17250 96.83
Mitchell 15310 98.52
Chowan 14560 98.21
Swain 13780 98.46
Perquimans 13320 99.29
Pamlico 12825 97.57
Washington 12780 97.67
Gates 12020 99.59
Alleghany 10585 95.62
Clay 10395 98.30
Jones 9865 97.24
Camden 9775 98.09
Graham 8700 99.26
Hyde 5505 94.75
Tyrrell 4130 94.62