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Wilson County
79,958Population
0.9 %Change since 2020
929Net migration
5.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 79,958 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.9 %
- Net migration
- 929 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 79,269 (2020)
- Births
- 898 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.2
- Deaths
- 1,062 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -164
- International migration
- 156 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 773 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.6
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37195
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1 % |
| 2024 | 5.1 % |
| 2023 | 4.6 % |
| 2022 | 4.8 % |
| 2021 | 6.4 % |
| 2020 | 8.5 % |
| 2019 | 5.5 % |
| 2018 | 6.1 % |
| 2017 | 7.1 % |
| 2016 | 8.0 % |
| 2015 | 9.4 % |
| 2014 | 9.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 79,958 |
| 2023 | 79,606 |
| 2022 | 78,838 |
| 2021 | 78,746 |
| 2020 | 79,301 |