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Swain County
13,945Population
-1.2 %Change since 2020
76Net migration
3.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 13,945 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.2 %
- Net migration
- 76 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 14,115 (2020)
- Births
- 151 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.8
- Deaths
- 271 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 19.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -120
- International migration
- 19 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 57 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 5.4
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37173
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.5 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.1 % |
| 2020 | 9.5 % |
| 2019 | 4.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.9 % |
| 2017 | 5.7 % |
| 2016 | 7.0 % |
| 2015 | 7.6 % |
| 2014 | 8.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13,945 |
| 2023 | 13,923 |
| 2022 | 13,968 |
| 2021 | 14,126 |
| 2020 | 14,103 |