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County · North Carolina
Gaston County
242,010Population
6.2 %Change since 2020
3,957Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 242,010 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 6.2 %
- Net migration
- 3,957 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 227,944 (2020)
- Births
- 2,774 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 2,847 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -73
- International migration
- 868 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 3,089 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 16.4
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37071
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 5.2 % |
| 2020 | 7.9 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.0 % |
| 2017 | 4.7 % |
| 2016 | 5.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.9 % |
| 2014 | 6.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 242,010 |
| 2023 | 238,153 |
| 2022 | 234,208 |
| 2021 | 231,409 |
| 2020 | 228,625 |