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County · North Carolina
Chatham County
83,874Population
10.0 %Change since 2020
2,023Net migration
3.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 83,874 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 10.0 %
- Net migration
- 2,023 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 76,255 (2020)
- Births
- 718 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.6
- Deaths
- 855 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -137
- International migration
- 371 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,652 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 24.1
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37037
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 % |
| 2024 | 3.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.0 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 3.8 % |
| 2020 | 5.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 3.5 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 4.7 % |
| 2014 | 4.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 83,874 |
| 2023 | 81,992 |
| 2022 | 80,080 |
| 2021 | 78,147 |
| 2020 | 76,662 |