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Lincoln County
97,611Population
12.4 %Change since 2020
2,675Net migration
3.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 97,611 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 12.4 %
- Net migration
- 2,675 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 86,812 (2020)
- Births
- 953 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Deaths
- 1,000 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -47
- International migration
- 238 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,437 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 27.4
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37109
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.2 % |
| 2022 | 3.3 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 6.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 97,611 |
| 2023 | 95,786 |
| 2022 | 93,103 |
| 2021 | 89,913 |
| 2020 | 87,169 |