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County · North Carolina
Franklin County
79,771Population
16.2 %Change since 2020
2,567Net migration
3.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 79,771 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 16.2 %
- Net migration
- 2,567 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 68,622 (2020)
- Births
- 872 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.9
- Deaths
- 734 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Natural change, 2023
- 138
- International migration
- 154 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,413 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 32.2
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37069
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.5 % |
| 2020 | 6.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.9 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 79,771 |
| 2023 | 77,092 |
| 2022 | 74,326 |
| 2021 | 71,712 |
| 2020 | 69,028 |