- Home
- Counties
- North Carolina
- Macon County
County · North Carolina
Macon County
38,717Population
4.6 %Change since 2020
683Net migration
3.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 38,717 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.6 %
- Net migration
- 683 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 37,016 (2020)
- Births
- 343 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.9
- Deaths
- 610 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -267
- International migration
- 38 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 645 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 17.6
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37113
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 6.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 4.7 % |
| 2016 | 5.4 % |
| 2015 | 6.1 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 38,717 |
| 2023 | 38,430 |
| 2022 | 37,996 |
| 2021 | 37,465 |
| 2020 | 37,095 |