2008 County Municipal Totals*
	Municipal and Non-Municipal Population by County
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	*Note:  "Municipal" refers to active incorporated municipalities
	County	Total 2008 Population	Non-Municipal Population	Municipal Population	% Municipal
	North Carolina	9,227,016	4,129,598	5,097,418	55.24
	Alamance	145,995	55,505	90,490	61.98
	Alexander	36,953	35,021	1,932	5.23
	Alleghany	11,125	9,331	1,794	16.13
	Anson	25,368	14,627	10,741	42.34
	Ashe	26,319	23,535	2,784	10.58
	Avery	18,428	15,557	2,871	15.58
	Beaufort	46,590	32,250	14,340	30.78
	Bertie	20,074	14,388	5,686	28.33
	Bladen	32,153	24,695	7,458	23.20
	Brunswick	102,857	54,500	48,357	47.01
	Buncombe	227,875	129,480	98,395	43.18
	Burke	89,259	58,095	31,164	34.91
	Cabarrus	170,406	45,389	125,017	73.36
	Caldwell	80,020	40,147	39,873	49.83
	Camden	9,730	9,680	50	0.51
	Carteret	63,520	35,700	27,820	43.80
	Caswell	23,422	21,072	2,350	10.03
	Catawba	154,941	82,646	72,295	46.66
	Chatham	60,881	48,873	12,008	19.72
	Cherokee	27,128	23,576	3,552	13.09
	Chowan	14,687	9,544	5,143	35.02
	Clay	10,458	9,947	511	4.89
	Cleveland	97,936	56,565	41,371	42.24
	Columbus	54,758	40,046	14,712	26.87
	Craven	97,757	39,195	58,562	59.91
	Cumberland	316,914	107,716	209,198	66.01
	Currituck	23,773	23,773	0	0.00
	Return to Index	Total Pop	Non-muni Pop	Muni Pop	% Muni
	Dare	33,955	16,505	17,450	51.39
	Davidson	158,866	99,224	59,642	37.54
	Davie	40,970	33,870	7,100	17.33
	Duplin	53,431	39,610	13,821	25.87
	Durham	260,420	31,205	229,215	88.02
	Edgecombe	51,800	19,110	32,690	63.11
	Forsyth	343,704	49,741	293,963	85.53
	Franklin	57,923	49,459	8,464	14.61
	Gaston	204,971	78,106	126,865	61.89
	Gates	11,836	11,539	297	2.51
	Graham	8,087	7,278	809	10.00
	Granville	56,250	36,419	19,831	35.26
	Greene	21,205	18,871	2,334	11.01
	Guilford	468,344	76,368	391,976	83.69
	Halifax	55,217	31,118	24,099	43.64
	Harnett	109,637	84,811	24,826	22.64
	Haywood	57,108	40,403	16,705	29.25
	Henderson	103,836	72,438	31,398	30.24
	Hertford	23,764	15,360	8,404	35.36
	Hoke	44,432	40,198	4,234	9.53
	Hyde	5,516	5,516	0	0.00
	Iredell	154,135	93,669	60,466	39.23
	Jackson	36,990	33,207	3,783	10.23
	Johnston	162,746	115,591	47,155	28.97
	Jones	10,292	8,810	1,482	14.40
	Return to Index	Total Pop	Non-muni Pop	Muni Pop	% Muni
	Lee	57,500	28,590	28,910	50.28
	Lenoir	57,521	31,328	26,193	45.54
	Lincoln	74,538	63,222	11,316	15.18
	Macon	34,227	29,362	4,865	14.21
	Madison	20,810	17,345	3,465	16.65
	Martin	23,870	14,740	9,130	38.25
	McDowell	44,562	36,285	8,277	18.57
	Mecklenburg	877,007	62,131	814,876	92.92
	Mitchell	16,034	13,641	2,393	14.92
	Montgomery	27,651	18,626	9,025	32.64
	Moore	85,280	46,185	39,095	45.84
	Nash	93,981	37,921	56,060	59.65
	New Hanover	192,235	79,859	112,376	58.46
	Northampton	21,168	14,993	6,175	29.17
	Onslow	176,004	88,174	87,830	49.90
	Orange	129,296	48,111	81,185	62.79
	Pamlico	12,892	7,548	5,344	41.45
	Pasquotank	41,330	21,259	20,071	48.56
	Pender	51,853	44,590	7,263	14.01
	Perquimans	12,962	10,141	2,821	21.76
	Person	37,510	28,685	8,825	23.53
	Pitt	155,570	50,298	105,272	67.67
	Polk	18,992	15,632	3,360	17.69
	Randolph	140,980	88,516	52,464	37.21
	Richmond	46,842	28,811	18,031	38.49
	Robeson	130,316	90,722	39,594	30.38
	Rockingham	91,691	52,760	38,931	42.46
	Rowan	138,512	78,962	59,550	42.99
	Rutherford	63,555	45,747	17,808	28.02
	Return to Index	Total Pop	Non-muni Pop	Muni Pop	% Muni
	Sampson	65,396	52,548	12,848	19.65
	Scotland	37,064	19,317	17,747	47.88
	Stanly	59,714	30,903	28,811	48.25
	Stokes	46,638	39,083	7,555	16.20
	Surry	73,388	55,541	17,847	24.32
	Swain	13,982	12,492	1,490	10.66
	Transylvania	30,991	23,228	7,763	25.05
	Tyrrell	4,280	3,416	864	20.19
	Union	191,108	61,069	130,039	68.04
	Vance	43,502	26,927	16,575	38.10
	Wake	864,429	186,479	677,950	78.43
	Warren	19,918	17,810	2,108	10.58
	Washington	13,172	8,399	4,773	36.24
	Watauga	45,319	28,492	16,827	37.13
	Wayne	115,696	70,142	45,554	39.37
	Wilkes	67,297	59,380	7,917	11.76
	Wilson	78,917	22,739	56,178	71.19
	Yadkin	38,162	31,269	6,893	18.06
	Yancey	18,592	16,901	1,691	9.10
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	Last update September 28, 2009.