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County · North Carolina
Union County
263,386Population
10.6 %Change since 2020
6,990Net migration
3.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 263,386 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 10.6 %
- Net migration
- 6,990 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 238,237 (2020)
- Births
- 2,570 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Deaths
- 1,787 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 783
- International migration
- 1,213 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 5,777 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 26.5
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37179
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.3 % |
| 2021 | 4.1 % |
| 2020 | 6.0 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.1 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 4.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 263,386 |
| 2023 | 257,510 |
| 2022 | 249,714 |
| 2021 | 244,491 |
| 2020 | 239,688 |