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Dare County
38,183Population
3.4 %Change since 2020
247Net migration
4.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 38,183 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.4 %
- Net migration
- 247 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 36,912 (2020)
- Births
- 274 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.2
- Deaths
- 387 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -113
- International migration
- 110 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 137 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.5
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37055
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.1 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.6 % |
| 2021 | 6.2 % |
| 2020 | 10.3 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 5.5 % |
| 2017 | 6.2 % |
| 2016 | 7.1 % |
| 2015 | 7.4 % |
| 2014 | 8.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 38,183 |
| 2023 | 38,181 |
| 2022 | 38,047 |
| 2021 | 37,924 |
| 2020 | 37,038 |