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County · North Carolina
Pender County
70,077Population
16.4 %Change since 2020
2,657Net migration
3.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 70,077 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 16.4 %
- Net migration
- 2,657 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 60,211 (2020)
- Births
- 683 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Deaths
- 737 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -54
- International migration
- 155 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,502 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 37.9
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37141
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.4 % |
| 2020 | 6.7 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.3 % |
| 2017 | 4.7 % |
| 2016 | 5.3 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 70,077 |
| 2023 | 68,356 |
| 2022 | 65,697 |
| 2021 | 62,994 |
| 2020 | 60,625 |