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Bladen County
29,777Population
0.5 %Change since 2020
283Net migration
5.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 29,777 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.5 %
- Net migration
- 283 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 29,615 (2020)
- Births
- 349 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.7
- Deaths
- 490 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -141
- International migration
- 36 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 247 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.5
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37017
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.0 % |
| 2023 | 4.7 % |
| 2022 | 4.9 % |
| 2021 | 6.7 % |
| 2020 | 8.3 % |
| 2019 | 5.3 % |
| 2018 | 6.1 % |
| 2017 | 6.7 % |
| 2016 | 7.9 % |
| 2015 | 7.9 % |
| 2014 | 9.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 29,777 |
| 2023 | 29,505 |
| 2022 | 29,365 |
| 2021 | 29,552 |
| 2020 | 29,630 |