| North Carolina Population Growth Trends | |||||||||
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| Growth | Natural Increase | Net Migration | |||||||
| Date | Population | Amount | Percent | Births | Deaths | Amount | Percent | Amount | Percent |
| July_1981 | 5,955,597 | ||||||||
| 62,953 | 1.057 | 84,830 | 48,877 | 35,953 | 0.6037 | 27,000 | 0.4534 | ||
| July_1982 | 6,018,550 | ||||||||
| 58,468 | 0.9715 | 84,881 | 49,360 | 35,521 | 0.5902 | 22,947 | 0.3813 | ||
| July_1983 | 6,077,018 | ||||||||
| 87,483 | 1.4396 | 84,920 | 50,603 | 34,317 | 0.5647 | 53,166 | 0.8749 | ||
| July_1984 | 6,164,501 | ||||||||
| 90,497 | 1.468 | 87,689 | 52,010 | 35,679 | 0.5788 | 54,818 | 0.8893 | ||
| July_1985 | 6,254,998 | ||||||||
| 68,176 | 1.0899 | 89,810 | 53,788 | 36,022 | 0.5759 | 32,154 | 0.5141 | ||
| July_1986 | 6,323,174 | ||||||||
| 82,694 | 1.3078 | 91,855 | 54,954 | 36,901 | 0.5836 | 45,793 | 0.7242 | ||
| July_1987 | 6,405,868 | ||||||||
| 77,476 | 1.2095 | 95,521 | 56,477 | 39,044 | 0.6095 | 38,432 | 0.5999 | ||
| July_1988 | 6,483,344 | ||||||||
| 85,466 | 1.3182 | 99,826 | 57,534 | 42,292 | 0.6523 | 43,174 | 0.6659 | ||
| July_1989 | 6,568,810 | ||||||||
| 93,663 | 1.4266 | 103,265 | 57,306 | 45,959 | 0.6996 | 47,704 | 0.727 | ||
| July_1990 | 6,662,473 | ||||||||
| 120,100 | 1.8056 | 103,374 | 58,801 | 44,573 | 0.669 | 75,527 | 1.1366 | ||
| July_1991 | 6,782,573 | ||||||||
| 112,400 | 1.6602 | 103,117 | 59,170 | 43,947 | 0.6479 | 68,453 | 1.0122 | ||
| July_1992 | 6,894,973 | ||||||||
| 145,369 | 2.1114 | 102,629 | 60,974 | 41,655 | 0.6041 | 103,714 | 1.5073 | ||
| July_1993 | 7,040,342 | ||||||||
| 144,755 | 2.0593 | 101,364 | 62,812 | 38,552 | 0.5475 | 106,203 | 1.5118 | ||
| July_1994 | 7,185,097 | ||||||||
| 156,929 | 2.1871 | 101,476 | 64,009 | 37,467 | 0.5214 | 119,462 | 1.6657 | ||
| July_1995 | 7,342,026 | ||||||||
| 155,837 | 2.1257 | 102,992 | 65,509 | 37,483 | 0.5104 | 118,354 | 1.6153 | ||
| July_1996 | 7,497,863 | ||||||||
| 155,991 | 2.0835 | 105,688 | 66,034 | 39,654 | 0.5288 | 116,337 | 1.5547 | ||
| July_1997 | 7,653,854 | ||||||||
| 153,241 | 2.0054 | 109,290 | 66,839 | 42,451 | 0.5545 | 110,790 | 1.4509 | ||
| July_1998 | 7,807,095 | ||||||||
| 141,806 | 1.8197 | 112,693 | 68,551 | 44,142 | 0.5653 | 97,664 | 1.2510 | ||
| July_1999 | 7,948,901 | ||||||||
| 131,204 | 1.6506 | 117,001 | 70,518 | 46,483 | 0.5848 | 84,721 | 1.0658 | ||
| July_2000 | 8,081,731 | ||||||||
| 126,764 | 1.5685 | 119,180 | 71,235 | 47,945 | 0.5933 | 78,819 | 0.9753 | ||
| July_2001 | 8,208,495 | ||||||||
| 113,231 | 1.3794 | 117,710 | 71,259 | 46,451 | 0.5659 | 66,780 | 0.8135 | ||
| July_2002 | 8,321,726 | ||||||||
| 93,379 | 1.1221 | 117,799 | 72,505 | 45,294 | 0.5443 | 48,085 | 0.5778 | ||
| July_2003 | 8,415,105 | ||||||||
| 122,797 | 1.4592 | 119,032 | 72,710 | 46,322 | 0.5505 | 76,475 | 0.9088 | ||
| July_2004 | 8,537,902 | ||||||||
| 142,392 | 1.6678 | 121,407 | 73,283 | 48,124 | 0.5637 | 94,268 | 1.1041 | ||
| July_2005 | 8,680,294 | ||||||||
| 203,401 | 2.3433 | 125,343 | 74,398 | 50,945 | 0.5869 | 152,456 | 1.7563 | ||
| July_2006 | 8,883,695 | ||||||||
| 199,028 | 2.2404 | 129,277 | 75,111 | 54,166 | 0.6097 | 144,862 | 1.6307 | ||
| July_2007 | 9,082,723 | ||||||||
| 186,910 | 2.0579 | 130,828 | 76,430 | 54,398 | 0.5989 | 132,512 | 1.4589 | ||
| July_2008 | 9,269,633 | ||||||||
| 155,149 | 1.6737 | 129,618 | 79,441 | 50,177 | 0.5413 | 104,972 | 1.1324 | ||
| July_2009 | 9,424,782 | ||||||||
| 161,445 | 1.7130 | ||||||||
| July_2010 | 9,586,227 | ||||||||
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| Last Update: May 7, 2010 | |||||||||