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Catawba County
167,054Population
4.0 %Change since 2020
1,965Net migration
3.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 167,054 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.0 %
- Net migration
- 1,965 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 160,609 (2020)
- Births
- 1,663 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Deaths
- 1,972 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -309
- International migration
- 385 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,580 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37035
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.6 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
| 2020 | 8.1 % |
| 2019 | 3.7 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.5 % |
| 2014 | 6.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 167,054 |
| 2023 | 164,955 |
| 2022 | 163,286 |
| 2021 | 161,682 |
| 2020 | 160,889 |