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County · North Carolina
Rutherford County
65,587Population
1.8 %Change since 2020
902Net migration
4.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 65,587 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.8 %
- Net migration
- 902 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 64,444 (2020)
- Births
- 630 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Deaths
- 1,005 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -375
- International migration
- 1 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 901 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 13.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37161
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.0 % |
| 2022 | 4.2 % |
| 2021 | 5.7 % |
| 2020 | 8.3 % |
| 2019 | 4.3 % |
| 2018 | 4.6 % |
| 2017 | 5.4 % |
| 2016 | 6.0 % |
| 2015 | 7.7 % |
| 2014 | 8.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 65,587 |
| 2023 | 65,369 |
| 2022 | 64,829 |
| 2021 | 64,508 |
| 2020 | 64,357 |