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County · North Carolina
Yancey County
18,993Population
2.8 %Change since 2020
268Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 18,993 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.8 %
- Net migration
- 268 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 18,473 (2020)
- Births
- 170 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.0
- Deaths
- 292 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -122
- International migration
- 12 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 256 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 14.1
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37199
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 4.6 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 3.8 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18,993 |
| 2023 | 18,940 |
| 2022 | 18,790 |
| 2021 | 18,767 |
| 2020 | 18,496 |