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Mitchell County
15,030Population
0.9 %Change since 2020
112Net migration
5.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 15,030 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.9 %
- Net migration
- 112 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 14,896 (2020)
- Births
- 101 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.7
- Deaths
- 258 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -157
- International migration
- 18 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 94 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.5
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37121
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.6 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
| 2020 | 7.1 % |
| 2019 | 4.2 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 4.9 % |
| 2016 | 5.7 % |
| 2015 | 6.8 % |
| 2014 | 7.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,030 |
| 2023 | 15,003 |
| 2022 | 15,051 |
| 2021 | 14,977 |
| 2020 | 14,898 |