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County · North Carolina
Harnett County
146,096Population
9.4 %Change since 2020
2,597Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 146,096 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 9.4 %
- Net migration
- 2,597 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 133,556 (2020)
- Births
- 1,824 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.5
- Deaths
- 1,280 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 544
- International migration
- 339 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,258 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 17.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37085
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.9 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.9 % |
| 2021 | 5.1 % |
| 2020 | 7.1 % |
| 2019 | 4.3 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.5 % |
| 2015 | 6.6 % |
| 2014 | 7.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 146,096 |
| 2023 | 141,792 |
| 2022 | 138,583 |
| 2021 | 135,563 |
| 2020 | 133,716 |