The State of North Carolina grew by over 1.4 million people between the 1990 and the 2000 federal censuses. Only three counties, Bertie, Edgecombe, and Washington, lost population. Three other counties, Hertford, Martin, and Scotland, had net out-migration during this period, but each had a sufficient excess of births over deaths to produce some small population growth in spite of this outflow. The fastest growing county was Johnston (50.0 % growth), followed by Wake (47.3 %), Hoke (47.2 %), Union (46.9 %), Brunswick (43.5%), and Pender (42.4 %). The two military dominated counties, Cumberland and Onslow, each had high numbers of births, low numbers of deaths, high net out-migration, and low overall growth. For these two counties, one can assume that the majority of the births become out-migrants due to the rotation of militaty familities to other locations.
Last Update: March 23, 2001