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County · North Carolina
New Hanover County
243,333Population
7.8 %Change since 2020
3,889Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 243,333 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 7.8 %
- Net migration
- 3,889 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 225,704 (2020)
- Births
- 2,254 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Deaths
- 2,329 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -75
- International migration
- 764 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 3,125 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 16.0
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37129
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.5 % |
| 2020 | 7.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 4.8 % |
| 2015 | 5.3 % |
| 2014 | 5.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 243,333 |
| 2023 | 240,054 |
| 2022 | 236,147 |
| 2021 | 230,167 |
| 2020 | 226,442 |