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Avery County
17,811Population
-0.0 %Change since 2020
247Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 17,811 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.0 %
- Net migration
- 247 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 17,814 (2020)
- Births
- 137 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.7
- Deaths
- 228 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -91
- International migration
- 67 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 180 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 13.9
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37011
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.4 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 4.6 % |
| 2016 | 5.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.9 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,811 |
| 2023 | 17,711 |
| 2022 | 17,550 |
| 2021 | 17,511 |
| 2020 | 17,815 |