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Rowan County
153,384Population
4.4 %Change since 2020
2,646Net migration
3.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 153,384 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.4 %
- Net migration
- 2,646 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 146,875 (2020)
- Births
- 1,622 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.6
- Deaths
- 1,925 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -303
- International migration
- 412 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,234 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 17.3
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37159
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8 % |
| 2024 | 3.6 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.0 % |
| 2020 | 7.7 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.0 % |
| 2017 | 4.7 % |
| 2016 | 5.5 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 153,384 |
| 2023 | 151,883 |
| 2022 | 149,514 |
| 2021 | 147,687 |
| 2020 | 146,909 |