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Wilkes County
66,186Population
0.3 %Change since 2020
498Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 66,186 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.3 %
- Net migration
- 498 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 65,970 (2020)
- Births
- 693 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 967 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -274
- International migration
- 94 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 404 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.5
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37193
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 3.8 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 4.8 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 66,186 |
| 2023 | 66,017 |
| 2022 | 65,801 |
| 2021 | 65,798 |
| 2020 | 65,872 |