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Below are the 100 North Carolina counties sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2022 Population Estimates Program and 2021 American Community Survey.
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| Rank | County | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 1,175,021 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 1,145,392 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 546,101 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 389,157 |
| 5 | Cumberland County | 336,699 |
| 6 | Durham County | 332,680 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 273,589 |
| 8 | Union County | 249,070 |
| 9 | Cabarrus County | 235,797 |
| 10 | New Hanover County | 234,921 |
| 11 | Johnston County | 234,778 |
| 12 | Gaston County | 234,215 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 207,298 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 195,897 |
| 15 | Alamance County | 176,353 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 173,542 |
| 17 | Davidson County | 172,586 |
| 18 | Catawba County | 163,462 |
| 19 | Brunswick County | 153,064 |
| 20 | Orange County | 150,477 |
| 21 | Rowan County | 149,645 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 146,043 |
| 23 | Harnett County | 138,832 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 118,106 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 117,286 |
| 26 | Robeson County | 116,663 |
| 27 | Moore County | 105,531 |
| 28 | Craven County | 100,874 |
| 29 | Cleveland County | 100,670 |
| 30 | Nash County | 95,789 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 93,095 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 91,957 |
| 33 | Burke County | 87,881 |
| 34 | Caldwell County | 80,492 |
| 35 | Chatham County | 79,864 |
| 36 | Wilson County | 78,449 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 74,539 |
| 38 | Surry County | 71,403 |
| 39 | Carteret County | 69,380 |
| 40 | Wilkes County | 65,784 |
| 41 | Pender County | 65,737 |
| 42 | Lee County | 65,476 |
| 43 | Rutherford County | 64,963 |
| 44 | Stanly County | 64,153 |
| 45 | Haywood County | 62,609 |
| 46 | Granville County | 61,903 |
| 47 | Sampson County | 59,120 |
| 48 | Watauga County | 55,089 |
| 49 | Lenoir County | 54,633 |
| 50 | Hoke County | 53,787 |
| 51 | Columbus County | 49,885 |
| 52 | Duplin County | 48,990 |
| 53 | Edgecombe County | 48,301 |
| 54 | Halifax County | 47,848 |
| 55 | Stokes County | 45,175 |
| 56 | McDowell County | 44,753 |
| 57 | Beaufort County | 44,272 |
| 58 | Davie County | 44,090 |
| 59 | Jackson County | 42,955 |
| 60 | Richmond County | 42,778 |
| 61 | Vance County | 42,138 |
| 62 | Pasquotank County | 40,938 |
| 63 | Person County | 39,386 |
| 64 | Macon County | 38,065 |
| 65 | Dare County | 37,956 |
| 66 | Yadkin County | 37,463 |
| 67 | Alexander County | 36,512 |
| 68 | Scotland County | 34,162 |
| 69 | Transylvania County | 33,355 |
| 70 | Currituck County | 31,015 |
| 71 | Cherokee County | 29,512 |
| 72 | Bladen County | 29,446 |
| 73 | Ashe County | 27,110 |
| 74 | Montgomery County | 25,894 |
| 75 | Caswell County | 22,614 |
| 76 | Anson County | 22,202 |
| 77 | Madison County | 21,768 |
| 78 | Martin County | 21,508 |
| 79 | Hertford County | 20,875 |
| 80 | Greene County | 20,211 |
| 81 | Polk County | 19,986 |
| 82 | Yancey County | 18,811 |
| 83 | Warren County | 18,713 |
| 84 | Avery County | 17,571 |
| 85 | Bertie County | 17,240 |
| 86 | Northampton County | 16,779 |
| 87 | Mitchell County | 15,094 |
| 88 | Swain County | 13,967 |
| 89 | Chowan County | 13,940 |
| 90 | Perquimans County | 13,210 |
| 91 | Pamlico County | 12,381 |
| 92 | Clay County | 11,614 |
| 93 | Alleghany County | 11,185 |
| 94 | Camden County | 11,088 |
| 95 | Washington County | 10,828 |
| 96 | Gates County | 10,383 |
| 97 | Jones County | 9,233 |
| 98 | Graham County | 7,980 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 4,576 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 3,365 |
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United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/. United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2023. http://www.census.gov/. |
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