1999 Smoothed County Population Estimates

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Counties Estimate (Census) Number % Births Deaths Nat. Gr. Estimate %

ALAMANCE 129,369 108,213 21,156 19.6 14,306 10,736 3,570 17,586 16.3

ALEXANDER 33,266 27,544 5,722 20.8 3,558 2,254 1,304 4,418 16.0

ALLEGHANY 10,538 9,590 948 9.9 897 1,151 -254 1,202 12.5

ANSON 25,087 23,474 1,613 6.9 3,264 2,519 745 868 3.7

ASHE 24,379 22,209 2,170 9.8 2,206 2,470 -264 2,434 11.0

AVERY 16,590 14,867 1,723 11.6 1,708 1,537 171 1,552 10.4

BEAUFORT 44,643 42,283 2,360 5.6 5,403 4,773 630 1,730 4.1

BERTIE 19,891 20,388 -497 -2.4 2,606 2,337 269 -766 -3.8

BLADEN 32,287 28,663 3,624 12.6 3,962 3,250 712 2,912 10.2

BRUNSWICK 71,787 50,985 20,802 40.8 6,830 5,317 1,513 19,289 37.8

BUNCOMBE 203,914 174,357 29,557 17.0 21,619 18,568 3,051 26,506 15.2

BURKE 88,362 75,740 12,622 16.7 9,824 6,828 2,996 9,626 12.7

CABARRUS 128,263 98,935 29,328 29.6 14,312 8,854 5,458 23,870 24.1

CALDWELL 76,855 70,709 6,146 8.7 9,209 6,082 3,127 3,019 4.3

CAMDEN 6,838 5,904 934 15.8 659 567 92 842 14.3

CARTERET 59,382 52,407 6,975 13.3 5,976 5,153 823 6,152 11.7

CASWELL 23,398 20,662 2,736 13.2 2,347 2,080 267 2,469 11.9

CATAWBA 139,410 118,412 20,998 17.7 16,440 10,303 6,137 14,861 12.6

CHATHAM 48,660 38,979 9,681 24.8 5,350 3,778 1,572 8,109 20.8

CHEROKEE 24,163 20,170 3,993 19.8 2,292 2,318 -26 4,019 19.9

CHOWAN 14,149 13,506 643 4.8 1,758 1,592 166 477 3.5

CLAY 8,685 7,155 1,530 21.4 624 817 -193 1,723 24.1

CLEVELAND 95,604 84,958 10,646 12.5 12,058 8,452 3,606 7,040 8.3

COLUMBUS 54,698 49,587 5,111 10.3 7,007 5,282 1,725 3,386 6.8

CRAVEN 91,040 81,812 9,228 11.3 14,432 6,578 7,854 1,374 1.7

CUMBERLAND 302,174 274,713 27,461 10.0 52,345 16,050 36,295 -8,834 -3.2

CURRITUCK 17,844 13,736 4,108 29.9 1,705 1,372 333 3,775 27.5

DARE 29,463 22,746 6,717 29.5 2,815 1,769 1,046 5,671 24.9

DAVIDSON 146,115 126,688 19,427 15.3 16,563 10,646 5,917 13,510 10.7

DAVIE 33,999 27,859 6,140 22.0 3,389 2,594 795 5,345 19.2

DUPLIN 48,563 39,995 8,568 21.4 6,281 4,516 1,765 6,803 17.0

DURHAM 219,767 181,844 37,923 20.9 28,874 14,923 13,951 23,972 13.2

EDGECOMBE 56,026 56,692 -666 -1.2 8,250 5,761 2,489 -3,155 -5.6

FORSYTH 303,673 265,855 37,818 14.2 37,856 23,521 14,335 23,483 8.8

FRANKLIN 46,457 36,414 10,043 27.6 5,084 3,617 1,467 8,576 23.6

GASTON 189,348 174,769 14,579 8.3 24,193 16,040 8,153 6,426 3.7

GATES 10,609 9,305 1,304 14.0 1,055 1,012 43 1,261 13.6

GRAHAM 7,906 7,196 710 9.9 855 797 58 652 9.1

GRANVILLE 46,413 38,341 8,072 21.1 5,164 3,767 1,397 6,675 17.4

GREENE 18,976 15,384 3,592 23.3 2,017 1,369 648 2,944 19.1

GUILFORD 416,381 347,431 68,950 19.8 48,717 29,910 18,807 50,143 14.4

HALIFAX 57,321 55,516 1,805 3.3 7,758 6,122 1,636 169 0.3

HARNETT 90,097 67,833 22,264 32.8 11,999 6,149 5,850 16,414 24.2

HAYWOOD 53,749 46,948 6,801 14.5 5,009 5,257 -248 7,049 15.0

HENDERSON 87,985 69,747 18,238 26.1 8,034 8,854 -820 19,058 27.3

HERTFORD 22,913 22,317 596 2.7 2,872 2,484 388 208 0.9

HOKE 33,123 22,856 10,267 44.9 4,630 1,852 2,778 7,489 32.8

HYDE 5,778 5,411 367 6.8 577 630 -53 420 7.8

IREDELL 120,270 93,205 27,065 29.0 13,653 8,848 4,805 22,260 23.9

JACKSON 32,492 26,835 5,657 21.1 2,933 2,427 506 5,151 19.2

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Counties Estimate (Census) Number % Births Deaths Nat. Gr. Estimate %

JOHNSTON 118,350 81,306 37,044 45.6 14,143 8,001 6,142 30,902 38.0

JONES 10,333 9,361 972 10.4 1,076 972 104 868 9.3

LEE 48,926 41,370 7,556 18.3 6,654 3,976 2,678 4,878 11.8

LENOIR 59,510 57,274 2,236 3.9 7,998 6,128 1,870 366 0.6

LINCOLN 62,497 50,319 12,178 24.2 6,981 4,264 2,717 9,461 18.8

MCDOWELL 42,040 35,681 6,359 17.8 4,391 3,473 918 5,441 15.2

MACON 29,546 23,504 6,042 25.7 2,470 2,986 -516 6,558 27.9

MADISON 19,483 16,953 2,530 14.9 1,909 1,847 62 2,468 14.6

MARTIN 25,602 25,078 524 2.1 3,234 2,635 599 -75 -0.3

MECKLENBURG 679,757 511,211 168,546 33.0 86,196 37,425 48,771 119,775 23.4

MITCHELL 15,643 14,433 1,210 8.4 1,508 1,679 -171 1,381 9.6

MONTGOMERY 26,596 23,359 3,237 13.9 3,489 2,152 1,337 1,900 8.1

MOORE 73,995 59,000 14,995 25.4 7,643 6,797 846 14,149 24.0

NASH 86,838 76,677 10,161 13.3 11,169 7,308 3,861 6,300 8.2

NEW HANOVER 158,802 120,284 38,518 32.0 16,920 10,942 5,978 32,540 27.1

NORTHAMPTON 21,954 21,004 950 4.5 2,540 2,436 104 846 4.0

ONSLOW 149,880 149,838 42 0.0 30,042 6,111 23,931 -23,889 -15.9

ORANGE 113,828 93,662 20,166 21.5 10,562 5,548 5,014 15,152 16.2

PAMLICO 12,955 11,368 1,587 14.0 1,109 1,263 -154 1,741 15.3

PASQUOTANK 35,189 31,298 3,891 12.4 4,194 3,132 1,062 2,829 9.0

PENDER 40,485 28,855 11,630 40.3 4,057 2,988 1,069 10,561 36.6

PERQUIMANS 11,273 10,447 826 7.9 1,103 1,222 -119 945 9.0

PERSON 35,133 30,180 4,953 16.4 3,988 2,982 1,006 3,947 13.1

PITT 130,639 108,480 22,159 20.4 16,266 8,796 7,470 14,689 13.5

POLK 18,005 14,458 3,547 24.5 1,505 2,107 -602 4,149 28.7

RANDOLPH 129,227 106,546 22,681 21.3 14,832 8,798 6,034 16,647 15.6

RICHMOND 46,331 44,511 1,820 4.1 6,304 4,712 1,592 228 0.5

ROBESON 121,825 105,170 16,655 15.8 18,229 9,763 8,466 8,189 7.8

ROCKINGHAM 91,502 86,064 5,438 6.3 10,636 8,661 1,975 3,463 4.0

ROWAN 128,876 110,605 18,271 16.5 14,286 11,617 2,669 15,602 14.1

RUTHERFORD 62,359 56,956 5,403 9.5 7,439 6,127 1,312 4,091 7.2

SAMPSON 59,123 47,297 11,826 25.0 6,968 5,236 1,732 10,094 21.3

SCOTLAND 35,915 33,763 2,152 6.4 5,234 3,121 2,113 39 0.1

STANLY 57,153 51,765 5,388 10.4 6,605 5,166 1,439 3,949 7.6

STOKES 44,543 37,224 7,319 19.7 4,590 3,214 1,376 5,943 16.0

SURRY 70,763 61,704 9,059 14.7 8,014 6,309 1,705 7,354 11.9

SWAIN 12,775 11,268 1,507 13.4 1,571 1,312 259 1,248 11.1

TRANSYLVANIA 29,068 25,520 3,548 13.9 2,654 2,662 -8 3,556 13.9

TYRRELL 4,136 3,856 280 7.3 398 424 -26 306 7.9

UNION 120,500 84,210 36,290 43.1 15,051 6,512 8,539 27,751 33.0

VANCE 42,536 38,892 3,644 9.4 6,111 4,214 1,897 1,747 4.5

WAKE 615,476 426,311 189,165 44.4 72,744 26,176 46,568 142,597 33.4

WARREN 19,960 17,265 2,695 15.6 1,938 1,995 -57 2,752 15.9

WASHINGTON 13,683 13,997 -314 -2.2 1,814 1,383 431 -745 -5.3

WATAUGA 42,149 36,952 5,197 14.1 3,266 2,339 927 4,270 11.6

WAYNE 113,176 104,666 8,510 8.1 15,194 8,803 6,391 2,119 2.0

WILKES 64,805 59,393 5,412 9.1 7,278 5,293 1,985 3,427 5.8

WILSON 73,321 66,061 7,260 11.0 9,451 6,832 2,619 4,641 7.0

YADKIN 36,145 30,488 5,657 18.6 4,013 2,970 1,043 4,614 15.1

YANCEY 17,595 15,419 2,176 14.1 1,694 1,498 196 1,980 12.8

July_99 April_90 Growth A90-J99 A90-J99 A90-J99 Migration

NORTH Estimate (Census) Number % Births Deaths Nat. Gr. Estimate %

CAROLINA 7,948,901 6,632,448 1,316,453 19.85 968,736 586,190 382,546 933,907 14.1

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..go to state	July_99	April_90	Growth		A90-J99	A90-J99	A90-J99	Net Migration
Counties	Estimate	(Census)	Number	%	Births	Deaths	Nat. Gr.	Estimate	%
ALAMANCE	129,369	108,213	21,156	19.6	14,306	10,736	3,570	17,586	16.3
ALEXANDER	33,266	27,544	5,722	20.8	3,558	2,254	1,304	4,418	16.0
ALLEGHANY	10,538	9,590	948	9.9	897	1,151	-254	1,202	12.5
ANSON	25,087	23,474	1,613	6.9	3,264	2,519	745	868	3.7
ASHE	24,379	22,209	2,170	9.8	2,206	2,470	-264	2,434	11.0
AVERY	16,590	14,867	1,723	11.6	1,708	1,537	171	1,552	10.4
BEAUFORT	44,643	42,283	2,360	5.6	5,403	4,773	630	1,730	4.1
BERTIE	19,891	20,388	-497	-2.4	2,606	2,337	269	-766	-3.8
BLADEN	32,287	28,663	3,624	12.6	3,962	3,250	712	2,912	10.2
BRUNSWICK	71,787	50,985	20,802	40.8	6,830	5,317	1,513	19,289	37.8
BUNCOMBE	203,914	174,357	29,557	17.0	21,619	18,568	3,051	26,506	15.2
BURKE	88,362	75,740	12,622	16.7	9,824	6,828	2,996	9,626	12.7
CABARRUS	128,263	98,935	29,328	29.6	14,312	8,854	5,458	23,870	24.1
CALDWELL	76,855	70,709	6,146	8.7	9,209	6,082	3,127	3,019	4.3
CAMDEN	6,838	5,904	934	15.8	659	567	92	842	14.3
CARTERET	59,382	52,407	6,975	13.3	5,976	5,153	823	6,152	11.7
CASWELL	23,398	20,662	2,736	13.2	2,347	2,080	267	2,469	11.9
CATAWBA	139,410	118,412	20,998	17.7	16,440	10,303	6,137	14,861	12.6
CHATHAM	48,660	38,979	9,681	24.8	5,350	3,778	1,572	8,109	20.8
CHEROKEE	24,163	20,170	3,993	19.8	2,292	2,318	-26	4,019	19.9
CHOWAN	14,149	13,506	643	4.8	1,758	1,592	166	477	3.5
CLAY	8,685	7,155	1,530	21.4	624	817	-193	1,723	24.1
CLEVELAND	95,604	84,958	10,646	12.5	12,058	8,452	3,606	7,040	8.3
COLUMBUS	54,698	49,587	5,111	10.3	7,007	5,282	1,725	3,386	6.8
CRAVEN	91,040	81,812	9,228	11.3	14,432	6,578	7,854	1,374	1.7
CUMBERLAND	302,174	274,713	27,461	10.0	52,345	16,050	36,295	-8,834	-3.2
CURRITUCK	17,844	13,736	4,108	29.9	1,705	1,372	333	3,775	27.5
DARE	29,463	22,746	6,717	29.5	2,815	1,769	1,046	5,671	24.9
DAVIDSON	146,115	126,688	19,427	15.3	16,563	10,646	5,917	13,510	10.7
DAVIE	33,999	27,859	6,140	22.0	3,389	2,594	795	5,345	19.2
DUPLIN	48,563	39,995	8,568	21.4	6,281	4,516	1,765	6,803	17.0
DURHAM	219,767	181,844	37,923	20.9	28,874	14,923	13,951	23,972	13.2
EDGECOMBE	56,026	56,692	-666	-1.2	8,250	5,761	2,489	-3,155	-5.6
FORSYTH	303,673	265,855	37,818	14.2	37,856	23,521	14,335	23,483	8.8
FRANKLIN	46,457	36,414	10,043	27.6	5,084	3,617	1,467	8,576	23.6
GASTON	189,348	174,769	14,579	8.3	24,193	16,040	8,153	6,426	3.7
GATES	10,609	9,305	1,304	14.0	1,055	1,012	43	1,261	13.6
GRAHAM	7,906	7,196	710	9.9	855	797	58	652	9.1
GRANVILLE	46,413	38,341	8,072	21.1	5,164	3,767	1,397	6,675	17.4
GREENE	18,976	15,384	3,592	23.3	2,017	1,369	648	2,944	19.1
GUILFORD	416,381	347,431	68,950	19.8	48,717	29,910	18,807	50,143	14.4
HALIFAX	57,321	55,516	1,805	3.3	7,758	6,122	1,636	169	0.3
HARNETT	90,097	67,833	22,264	32.8	11,999	6,149	5,850	16,414	24.2
HAYWOOD	53,749	46,948	6,801	14.5	5,009	5,257	-248	7,049	15.0
HENDERSON	87,985	69,747	18,238	26.1	8,034	8,854	-820	19,058	27.3
HERTFORD	22,913	22,317	596	2.7	2,872	2,484	388	208	0.9
HOKE	33,123	22,856	10,267	44.9	4,630	1,852	2,778	7,489	32.8
HYDE	5,778	5,411	367	6.8	577	630	-53	420	7.8
IREDELL	120,270	93,205	27,065	29.0	13,653	8,848	4,805	22,260	23.9
JACKSON	32,492	26,835	5,657	21.1	2,933	2,427	506	5,151	19.2
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Counties	Estimate	(Census)	Number	%	Births	Deaths	Nat. Gr.	Estimate	%
JOHNSTON	118,350	81,306	37,044	45.6	14,143	8,001	6,142	30,902	38.0
JONES	10,333	9,361	972	10.4	1,076	972	104	868	9.3
LEE	48,926	41,370	7,556	18.3	6,654	3,976	2,678	4,878	11.8
LENOIR	59,510	57,274	2,236	3.9	7,998	6,128	1,870	366	0.6
LINCOLN	62,497	50,319	12,178	24.2	6,981	4,264	2,717	9,461	18.8
MCDOWELL	42,040	35,681	6,359	17.8	4,391	3,473	918	5,441	15.2
MACON	29,546	23,504	6,042	25.7	2,470	2,986	-516	6,558	27.9
MADISON	19,483	16,953	2,530	14.9	1,909	1,847	62	2,468	14.6
MARTIN	25,602	25,078	524	2.1	3,234	2,635	599	-75	-0.3
MECKLENBURG	679,757	511,211	168,546	33.0	86,196	37,425	48,771	119,775	23.4
MITCHELL	15,643	14,433	1,210	8.4	1,508	1,679	-171	1,381	9.6
MONTGOMERY	26,596	23,359	3,237	13.9	3,489	2,152	1,337	1,900	8.1
MOORE	73,995	59,000	14,995	25.4	7,643	6,797	846	14,149	24.0
NASH	86,838	76,677	10,161	13.3	11,169	7,308	3,861	6,300	8.2
NEW HANOVER	158,802	120,284	38,518	32.0	16,920	10,942	5,978	32,540	27.1
NORTHAMPTON	21,954	21,004	950	4.5	2,540	2,436	104	846	4.0
ONSLOW	149,880	149,838	42	0.0	30,042	6,111	23,931	-23,889	-15.9
ORANGE	113,828	93,662	20,166	21.5	10,562	5,548	5,014	15,152	16.2
PAMLICO	12,955	11,368	1,587	14.0	1,109	1,263	-154	1,741	15.3
PASQUOTANK	35,189	31,298	3,891	12.4	4,194	3,132	1,062	2,829	9.0
PENDER	40,485	28,855	11,630	40.3	4,057	2,988	1,069	10,561	36.6
PERQUIMANS	11,273	10,447	826	7.9	1,103	1,222	-119	945	9.0
PERSON	35,133	30,180	4,953	16.4	3,988	2,982	1,006	3,947	13.1
PITT	130,639	108,480	22,159	20.4	16,266	8,796	7,470	14,689	13.5
POLK	18,005	14,458	3,547	24.5	1,505	2,107	-602	4,149	28.7
RANDOLPH	129,227	106,546	22,681	21.3	14,832	8,798	6,034	16,647	15.6
RICHMOND	46,331	44,511	1,820	4.1	6,304	4,712	1,592	228	0.5
ROBESON	121,825	105,170	16,655	15.8	18,229	9,763	8,466	8,189	7.8
ROCKINGHAM	91,502	86,064	5,438	6.3	10,636	8,661	1,975	3,463	4.0
ROWAN	128,876	110,605	18,271	16.5	14,286	11,617	2,669	15,602	14.1
RUTHERFORD	62,359	56,956	5,403	9.5	7,439	6,127	1,312	4,091	7.2
SAMPSON	59,123	47,297	11,826	25.0	6,968	5,236	1,732	10,094	21.3
SCOTLAND	35,915	33,763	2,152	6.4	5,234	3,121	2,113	39	0.1
STANLY	57,153	51,765	5,388	10.4	6,605	5,166	1,439	3,949	7.6
STOKES	44,543	37,224	7,319	19.7	4,590	3,214	1,376	5,943	16.0
SURRY	70,763	61,704	9,059	14.7	8,014	6,309	1,705	7,354	11.9
SWAIN	12,775	11,268	1,507	13.4	1,571	1,312	259	1,248	11.1
TRANSYLVANIA	29,068	25,520	3,548	13.9	2,654	2,662	-8	3,556	13.9
TYRRELL	4,136	3,856	280	7.3	398	424	-26	306	7.9
UNION	120,500	84,210	36,290	43.1	15,051	6,512	8,539	27,751	33.0
VANCE	42,536	38,892	3,644	9.4	6,111	4,214	1,897	1,747	4.5
WAKE	615,476	426,311	189,165	44.4	72,744	26,176	46,568	142,597	33.4
WARREN	19,960	17,265	2,695	15.6	1,938	1,995	-57	2,752	15.9
WASHINGTON	13,683	13,997	-314	-2.2	1,814	1,383	431	-745	-5.3
WATAUGA	42,149	36,952	5,197	14.1	3,266	2,339	927	4,270	11.6
WAYNE	113,176	104,666	8,510	8.1	15,194	8,803	6,391	2,119	2.0
WILKES	64,805	59,393	5,412	9.1	7,278	5,293	1,985	3,427	5.8
WILSON	73,321	66,061	7,260	11.0	9,451	6,832	2,619	4,641	7.0
YADKIN	36,145	30,488	5,657	18.6	4,013	2,970	1,043	4,614	15.1
YANCEY	17,595	15,419	2,176	14.1	1,694	1,498	196	1,980	12.8