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Columbus County
50,054Population
-1.1 %Change since 2020
351Net migration
4.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 50,054 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.1 %
- Net migration
- 351 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 50,625 (2020)
- Births
- 575 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 814 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -239
- International migration
- 19 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 332 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.0
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37047
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.4 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 6.6 % |
| 2020 | 8.6 % |
| 2019 | 5.2 % |
| 2018 | 5.4 % |
| 2017 | 5.8 % |
| 2016 | 6.8 % |
| 2015 | 7.5 % |
| 2014 | 8.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 50,054 |
| 2023 | 50,140 |
| 2022 | 50,027 |
| 2021 | 50,004 |
| 2020 | 50,475 |