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County · North Carolina
Scotland County
33,898Population
-0.8 %Change since 2020
198Net migration
5.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 33,898 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.8 %
- Net migration
- 198 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 34,173 (2020)
- Births
- 403 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.9
- Deaths
- 485 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -82
- International migration
- 102 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 96 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 5.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37165
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.2 % |
| 2023 | 5.4 % |
| 2022 | 5.4 % |
| 2021 | 7.9 % |
| 2020 | 10.3 % |
| 2019 | 5.5 % |
| 2018 | 6.3 % |
| 2017 | 6.5 % |
| 2016 | 7.7 % |
| 2015 | 10.5 % |
| 2014 | 11.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 33,898 |
| 2023 | 33,660 |
| 2022 | 33,548 |
| 2021 | 33,423 |
| 2020 | 33,420 |