North Carolina Male and Female Gender Population By County in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on July 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the North Carolina population consisted of 5.07M males and 5.30M females.

Male Population: Wake had the highest male population (544.18K), followed by Mecklenburg (531.60K), and Guilford (255.61K).

Female Population: Wake had the highest female population (568.70K), followed by Mecklenburg (569.39K), and Guilford (281.50K).

The charts and table below shows the male and female population for each county.

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North Carolina Male Population By County in 2021
North Carolina Female Population By County in 2021
North Carolina Male and Female Population By County in 2021
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County Male Population Female Population
Alamance 80687 88498
Alexander 18568 17923
Alleghany 5372 5538
Anson 11299 11089
Ashe 13095 13503
Avery 9806 7941
Beaufort 21421 23477
Bertie 9201 8904
Bladen 14429 15676
Brunswick 64555 69234
Buncombe 128615 138366
Burke 44127 43702
Cabarrus 108453 112747
Caldwell 39996 40709
Camden 5320 5033
Carteret 33553 34391
Caswell 11615 11170
Catawba 78651 81201
Chatham 35817 39253
Cherokee 14011 14504
Chowan 6553 7243
Clay 5277 5720
Cleveland 47714 51184
Columbus 25644 25830
Craven 50915 50490
Cumberland 165964 167618
Currituck 13778 13797
Dare 18460 18258
Davidson 82445 85557
Davie 20757 21786
Duplin 24539 25297
Durham 153606 166540
Edgecombe 23121 26488
Forsyth 181271 199312
Franklin 33650 33948
Gaston 109657 116440
Gates 5124 5460
Graham 3845 4244
Granville 31046 29808
Greene 11419 9105
Guilford 255614 281499
Halifax 23908 25383
Harnett 66234 66840
Haywood 30026 31669
Henderson 55817 59796
Hertford 10973 11037
Hoke 25850 26319
Hyde 2533 2164
Iredell 91161 92804
Jackson 21210 21773
Johnston 104195 107125
Jones 4660 4666
Lee 30576 32100
Lenoir 26731 28613
Lincoln 42653 43017
McDowell 22270 22257
Macon 17902 18630
Madison 10479 10790
Martin 10441 11772
Mecklenburg 531598 569386
Mitchell 7431 7520
Montgomery 12471 13420
Moore 48125 50493
Nash 45518 49110
New Hanover 107649 117526
Northampton 8857 9060
Onslow 112174 89423
Orange 70328 77048
Pamlico 6248 6045
Pasquotank 19760 20480
Pender 30294 29670
Perquimans 6212 6790
Person 18894 20105
Pitt 80552 90048
Polk 9147 10266
Randolph 71270 72465
Richmond 21124 22177
Robeson 57513 61323
Rockingham 44044 46859
Rowan 72298 73486
Rutherford 31359 33233
Sampson 29389 30079
Scotland 16982 17363
Stanly 31440 30708
Stokes 21812 22776
Surry 34919 36520
Swain 6858 7308
Transylvania 16000 16979
Tyrrell 1937 1499
Union 116780 118919
Vance 19989 22661
Wake 544184 568699
Warren 9394 9495
Washington 5524 5659
Watauga 26710 27367
Wayne 57965 59727
Wilkes 33111 33224
Wilson 37482 41362
Yadkin 18636 18562
Yancey 9079 9278