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Burke County
88,545Population
1.1 %Change since 2020
814Net migration
3.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 88,545 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.1 %
- Net migration
- 814 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 87,556 (2020)
- Births
- 855 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Deaths
- 1,249 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -394
- International migration
- 122 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 692 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.2
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37023
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.6 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.6 % |
| 2020 | 7.2 % |
| 2019 | 3.7 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 88,545 |
| 2023 | 88,147 |
| 2022 | 87,732 |
| 2021 | 87,303 |
| 2020 | 87,248 |