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County · North Carolina
Carteret County
70,259Population
3.8 %Change since 2020
862Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 70,259 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.8 %
- Net migration
- 862 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 67,687 (2020)
- Births
- 488 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.9
- Deaths
- 1,011 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -523
- International migration
- 126 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 736 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 12.3
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37031
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 6.3 % |
| 2019 | 4.1 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 4.5 % |
| 2016 | 5.2 % |
| 2015 | 5.9 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 70,259 |
| 2023 | 69,712 |
| 2022 | 69,369 |
| 2021 | 68,707 |
| 2020 | 67,695 |