North Carolina Citizen Population By County in 2019 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2019, the citizen population for North Carolina was 9,766,885 and represented 95.15% of the total North Carolina population.

Among all North Carolina counties, Wake had the highest citizen population (986.79K), followed by Mecklenburg (969.24K), and Guilford (497.26K).

In terms of percentages, Gates had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (99.74%), followed by Chowan (99.54%), and Currituck (99.26%).

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 2019
North Carolina Citizen Population By County in 2019
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County Citizen Population % of County Population
Wake 986790 92.30
Mecklenburg 969240 90.21
Guilford 497260 94.20
Forsyth 354740 94.55
Cumberland 323870 97.30
Durham 282595 90.62
Buncombe 247790 96.46
New Hanover 222150 97.46
Union 219460 94.98
Gaston 212485 96.91
Cabarrus 196835 95.27
Onslow 192185 98.52
Johnston 185415 94.18
Pitt 173360 97.16
Iredell 168480 95.98
Davidson 160115 96.82
Alamance 154750 94.75
Catawba 151460 96.10
Randolph 136555 95.41
Rowan 135560 96.63
Orange 134385 92.79
Brunswick 129630 98.34
Robeson 128510 96.92
Harnett 127230 96.18
Wayne 116610 94.34
Henderson 109840 95.58
Craven 99875 97.45
Cleveland 95955 98.64
Moore 94945 97.59
Nash 91640 97.46
Rockingham 88925 97.64
Burke 87685 97.46
Lincoln 81055 97.75
Caldwell 80210 97.95
Wilson 78260 96.10
Surry 69395 96.42
Carteret 68000 98.45
Chatham 67300 94.34
Wilkes 66570 97.23
Rutherford 65755 98.73
Franklin 63860 96.23
Stanly 60470 98.18
Haywood 60250 98.68
Pender 58885 97.49
Sampson 58300 91.98
Granville 57815 97.45
Lee 56735 93.81
Lenoir 55085 97.06
Columbus 55045 98.17
Watauga 54015 98.34
Duplin 53055 89.98
Edgecombe 51945 98.66
Hoke 51820 96.04
Halifax 50655 98.96
Beaufort 45985 97.49
Stokes 45255 98.85
McDowell 44010 97.31
Richmond 43925 97.62
Vance 42670 95.93
Jackson 41670 97.04
Davie 40960 96.94
Pasquotank 38875 98.38
Person 38490 97.83
Alexander 36410 97.84
Yadkin 36240 96.38
Dare 35070 96.83
Scotland 34575 98.57
Macon 33535 96.32
Transylvania 33145 98.14
Bladen 32335 96.80
Cherokee 27625 98.77
Ashe 26270 97.79
Currituck 26170 99.26
Montgomery 25555 93.78
Anson 24480 98.31
Hertford 23505 97.90
Martin 22535 98.62
Caswell 22340 98.48
Madison 21260 98.88
Polk 20095 97.76
Greene 19735 93.82
Northampton 19735 98.95
Warren 19540 98.19
Bertie 19225 99.20
Yancey 17330 97.58
Avery 17095 97.66
Mitchell 14540 96.90
Chowan 14030 99.54
Swain 14015 98.28
Perquimans 13305 99.07
Pamlico 12505 98.47
Washington 11775 98.78
Gates 11520 99.74
Clay 10785 98.54
Alleghany 10630 96.55
Camden 10460 99.15
Jones 9445 98.44
Graham 8410 98.83
Hyde 5040 96.64
Tyrrell 3975 97.07