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County · North Carolina
Onslow County
212,954Population
4.1 %Change since 2020
2,118Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 212,954 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.1 %
- Net migration
- 2,118 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 204,588 (2020)
- Births
- 3,896 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 18.3
- Deaths
- 1,591 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,305
- International migration
- 557 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,561 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.9
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37133
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.8 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.9 % |
| 2021 | 4.7 % |
| 2020 | 6.7 % |
| 2019 | 4.3 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 4.9 % |
| 2016 | 5.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 212,954 |
| 2023 | 211,184 |
| 2022 | 206,718 |
| 2021 | 203,563 |
| 2020 | 205,111 |