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County · North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
1,206,285Population
8.1 %Change since 2020
19,065Net migration
3.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 1,206,285 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 8.1 %
- Net migration
- 19,065 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 1,115,535 (2020)
- Births
- 15,018 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.4
- Deaths
- 7,127 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 5.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 7,891
- International migration
- 16,271 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,794 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 15.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37119
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.0 % |
| 2020 | 7.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.7 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 4.8 % |
| 2015 | 5.3 % |
| 2014 | 5.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,206,285 |
| 2023 | 1,176,228 |
| 2022 | 1,149,349 |
| 2021 | 1,125,279 |
| 2020 | 1,116,263 |