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Wake County
1,232,444Population
9.1 %Change since 2020
22,579Net migration
3.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 1,232,444 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 9.1 %
- Net migration
- 22,579 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 1,129,352 (2020)
- Births
- 13,192 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.7
- Deaths
- 6,668 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 5.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 6,524
- International migration
- 10,419 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 12,160 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 18.3
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37183
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 % |
| 2024 | 3.2 % |
| 2023 | 3.0 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 4.0 % |
| 2020 | 6.3 % |
| 2019 | 3.3 % |
| 2018 | 3.4 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.2 % |
| 2015 | 4.7 % |
| 2014 | 4.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,232,444 |
| 2023 | 1,203,394 |
| 2022 | 1,174,107 |
| 2021 | 1,152,626 |
| 2020 | 1,130,694 |