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Edgecombe County
49,124Population
0.5 %Change since 2020
629Net migration
5.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 49,124 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.5 %
- Net migration
- 629 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 48,891 (2020)
- Births
- 575 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.7
- Deaths
- 734 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -159
- International migration
- 95 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 534 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 12.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37065
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 % |
| 2024 | 5.3 % |
| 2023 | 5.5 % |
| 2022 | 6.3 % |
| 2021 | 8.0 % |
| 2020 | 10.0 % |
| 2019 | 5.6 % |
| 2018 | 6.6 % |
| 2017 | 7.4 % |
| 2016 | 8.3 % |
| 2015 | 9.5 % |
| 2014 | 10.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 49,124 |
| 2023 | 48,946 |
| 2022 | 48,481 |
| 2021 | 48,351 |
| 2020 | 48,780 |