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Alexander County
36,693Population
0.7 %Change since 2020
324Net migration
3.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 36,693 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.7 %
- Net migration
- 324 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 36,443 (2020)
- Births
- 331 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.0
- Deaths
- 468 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -137
- International migration
- 11 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 313 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 8.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.6 % |
| 2020 | 8.0 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 3.5 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.6 % |
| 2015 | 4.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 36,693 |
| 2023 | 36,427 |
| 2022 | 36,237 |
| 2021 | 36,292 |
| 2020 | 36,410 |