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North Carolina

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POPULATION GROWTH RANKING

North Carolina Counties Ranked by Rate of Population Growth, 1990-2000
Rank County Percent Growth
1. Johnston County 50.01%
2. Wake County 48.29%
3. Hoke County 47.21%
4. Union County 46.87%
5. Brunswick County 43.46%
6. Pender County 42.37%
7. Mecklenburg County 35.98%
8. Harnett County 34.21%
9. New Hanover County 33.27%
10. Cabarrus County 32.47%
11. Currituck County 32.43%
12. Iredell County 31.99%
13. Dare County 31.75%
14. Franklin County 29.79%
15. Henderson County 28.70%
16. Chatham County 27.27%
17. Sampson County 27.20%
18. Polk County 27.11%
19. Macon County 26.86%
20. Lincoln County 26.75%
21. Moore County 26.70%
22. Granville County 26.48%
23. Orange County 25.97%
24. Davie County 25.04%
25. Pitt County 23.97%
26. Jackson County 23.37%
27. Greene County 23.34%
28. Durham County 22.81%
29. Duplin County 22.67%
30. Clay County 22.64%
31. Randolph County 22.44%
32. Alexander County 22.00%
33. Guilford County 21.19%
34. Alamance County 20.87%
35. Cherokee County 20.47%
36. Stokes County 20.12%
37. Catawba County 19.65%
38. Yadkin County 19.22%
39. Lee County 18.53%
40. McDowell County 18.13%
41. Person County 18.04%
42. Buncombe County 18.02%
43. Rowan County 17.84%
44. Burke County 17.70%
45. Robeson County 17.27%
46. Camden County 16.62%
47. Davidson County 16.24%
48. Madison County 15.82%
49. Warren County 15.68%
50. Watauga County 15.54%
51. Avery County 15.47%
52. Surry County 15.42%
53. Yancey County 15.27%
54. Forsyth County 15.12%
55. Haywood County 15.11%
56. Swain County 15.09%
57. Transylvania County 14.95%
58. Montgomery County 14.89%
59. Nash County 14.01%
60. Pamlico County 13.74%
61. Cleveland County 13.66%
62. Caswell County 13.57%
63. Gates County 13.01%
64. Carteret County 12.99%
65. Bladen County 12.61%
66. Stanly County 12.24%
67. Craven County 12.04%
68. Wilson County 11.74%
69. Pasquotank County 11.50%
70. Alleghany County 11.33%
71. Graham County 11.08%
72. Rutherford County 10.51%
73. Wilkes County 10.50%
74. Vance County 10.44%
75. Columbus County 10.41%
76. Cumberland County 10.34%
77. Jones County 10.27%
78. Ashe County 9.79%
79. Caldwell County 9.48%
80. Perquimans County 8.82%
81. Gaston County 8.72%
82. Mitchell County 8.69%
83. Wayne County 8.28%
84. Anson County 7.67%
85. Hyde County 7.67%
86. Tyrrell County 7.60%
87. Chowan County 7.55%
88. Rockingham County 6.81%
89. Scotland County 6.65%
90. Beaufort County 6.33%
91. Northampton County 6.19%
92. Richmond County 4.60%
93. Lenoir County 4.14%
94. Halifax County 3.34%
95. Martin County 2.05%
96. Hertford County 0.35%
97. Onslow County 0.35%
98. Edgecombe County -1.68%
99. Washington County -1.96%
100. Bertie County -3.02%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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