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Richmond County
41,990Population
-2.2 %Change since 2020
-223Net migration
4.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 41,990 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.2 %
- Net migration
- -223 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 42,943 (2020)
- Births
- 542 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Deaths
- 675 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -133
- International migration
- -6 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -217 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -5.3
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37153
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.8 % |
| 2022 | 4.3 % |
| 2021 | 6.2 % |
| 2020 | 7.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.4 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 5.2 % |
| 2016 | 6.0 % |
| 2015 | 7.8 % |
| 2014 | 8.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 41,990 |
| 2023 | 42,003 |
| 2022 | 42,360 |
| 2021 | 42,641 |
| 2020 | 42,725 |