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County · North Carolina
Guilford County
558,816Population
3.2 %Change since 2020
5,097Net migration
4.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 558,816 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.2 %
- Net migration
- 5,097 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 541,242 (2020)
- Births
- 5,923 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.6
- Deaths
- 5,191 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 732
- International migration
- 4,106 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 991 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.1
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37081
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.6 % |
| 2020 | 8.3 % |
| 2019 | 4.1 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.2 % |
| 2015 | 5.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 558,816 |
| 2023 | 552,880 |
| 2022 | 547,195 |
| 2021 | 542,050 |
| 2020 | 538,761 |