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Orange County
152,877Population
2.8 %Change since 2020
1,302Net migration
3.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 152,877 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.8 %
- Net migration
- 1,302 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 148,707 (2020)
- Births
- 1,198 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.8
- Deaths
- 966 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 232
- International migration
- 1,285 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 17 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 8.5
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37135
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 % |
| 2024 | 3.2 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 3.8 % |
| 2020 | 5.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.0 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 4.6 % |
| 2014 | 4.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 152,877 |
| 2023 | 152,239 |
| 2022 | 150,744 |
| 2021 | 148,798 |
| 2020 | 143,732 |