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Gates County
10,299Population
-1.7 %Change since 2020
45Net migration
3.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 10,299 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.7 %
- Net migration
- 45 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 10,476 (2020)
- Births
- 79 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.7
- Deaths
- 142 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -63
- International migration
- -4 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 49 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.4
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37073
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 4.7 % |
| 2020 | 6.2 % |
| 2019 | 4.3 % |
| 2018 | 4.3 % |
| 2017 | 4.7 % |
| 2016 | 5.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,299 |
| 2023 | 10,354 |
| 2022 | 10,373 |
| 2021 | 10,404 |
| 2020 | 10,450 |