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Wayne County
120,338Population
2.6 %Change since 2020
1,185Net migration
3.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 120,338 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.6 %
- Net migration
- 1,185 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 117,327 (2020)
- Births
- 1,557 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Deaths
- 1,341 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 216
- International migration
- 465 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 720 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.8
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37191
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 4.0 % |
| 2021 | 5.0 % |
| 2020 | 6.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.3 % |
| 2017 | 5.0 % |
| 2016 | 5.8 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 120,338 |
| 2023 | 119,570 |
| 2022 | 118,185 |
| 2021 | 117,395 |
| 2020 | 117,772 |