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County · North Carolina
Polk County
20,320Population
5.2 %Change since 2020
238Net migration
3.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 20,320 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.2 %
- Net migration
- 238 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 19,324 (2020)
- Births
- 118 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 5.8
- Deaths
- 334 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -216
- International migration
- -8 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 246 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.7
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37149
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 4.6 % |
| 2020 | 6.1 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.0 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 5.0 % |
| 2014 | 5.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 20,320 |
| 2023 | 20,030 |
| 2022 | 20,006 |
| 2021 | 19,709 |
| 2020 | 19,380 |