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Jackson County
45,281Population
5.0 %Change since 2020
1,172Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 45,281 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.0 %
- Net migration
- 1,172 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 43,110 (2020)
- Births
- 371 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.2
- Deaths
- 402 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -31
- International migration
- 117 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,055 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 25.9
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37099
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 4.4 % |
| 2020 | 7.3 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.3 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 45,281 |
| 2023 | 45,050 |
| 2022 | 43,880 |
| 2021 | 42,498 |
| 2020 | 42,146 |