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McDowell County
45,269Population
1.5 %Change since 2020
480Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 45,269 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.5 %
- Net migration
- 480 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 44,583 (2020)
- Births
- 383 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.5
- Deaths
- 657 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -274
- International migration
- 129 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 351 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 10.6
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37111
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
| 2020 | 7.3 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 5.0 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 45,269 |
| 2023 | 44,968 |
| 2022 | 44,759 |
| 2021 | 44,536 |
| 2020 | 44,554 |