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Lenoir County
55,332Population
0.4 %Change since 2020
661Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 55,332 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.4 %
- Net migration
- 661 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 55,126 (2020)
- Births
- 649 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.7
- Deaths
- 875 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -226
- International migration
- 110 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 551 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.9
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37107
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.2 % |
| 2021 | 5.7 % |
| 2020 | 6.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.2 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 5.0 % |
| 2016 | 6.6 % |
| 2015 | 6.3 % |
| 2014 | 6.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 55,332 |
| 2023 | 54,967 |
| 2022 | 54,529 |
| 2021 | 54,710 |
| 2020 | 55,058 |