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Ashe County
27,266Population
2.6 %Change since 2020
232Net migration
3.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 27,266 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.6 %
- Net migration
- 232 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 26,586 (2020)
- Births
- 200 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.3
- Deaths
- 429 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -229
- International migration
- 24 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 208 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 8.5
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37009
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.2 % |
| 2020 | 6.5 % |
| 2019 | 3.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.8 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 5.0 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 27,266 |
| 2023 | 27,068 |
| 2022 | 27,062 |
| 2021 | 26,766 |
| 2020 | 26,590 |