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County · North Carolina
Person County
40,143Population
2.7 %Change since 2020
559Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 40,143 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.7 %
- Net migration
- 559 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 39,085 (2020)
- Births
- 383 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.5
- Deaths
- 510 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -127
- International migration
- 95 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 464 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 13.9
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37145
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.2 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 5.1 % |
| 2015 | 6.7 % |
| 2014 | 7.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 40,143 |
| 2023 | 39,832 |
| 2022 | 39,396 |
| 2021 | 39,150 |
| 2020 | 39,187 |