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County · North Carolina
Durham County
343,628Population
5.8 %Change since 2020
4,009Net migration
3.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 343,628 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.8 %
- Net migration
- 4,009 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 324,863 (2020)
- Births
- 4,097 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.9
- Deaths
- 2,338 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,759
- International migration
- 4,795 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -786 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.7
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37063
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 4.2 % |
| 2020 | 6.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.4 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.0 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 5.0 % |
| 2014 | 5.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 343,628 |
| 2023 | 337,238 |
| 2022 | 331,568 |
| 2021 | 326,826 |
| 2020 | 322,505 |