&carrier population by county

North Carolina Population by County

year 2000

Area	Population
Mecklenburg County	695,454
Wake County	627,846
Guilford County	421,048
Forsyth County	306,067
Cumberland County	302,963
Durham County	223,314
Buncombe County	206,330
Gaston County	190,365
New Hanover County	160,307
Onslow County	150,355
Davidson County	147,246
Catawba County	141,685
Pitt County	133,798
Cabarrus County	131,063
Alamance County	130,800
Randolph County	130,454
Rowan County	130,340
Union County	123,677
Robeson County	123,339
Iredell County	122,660
Johnston County	121,965
Orange County	118,227
Wayne County	113,329
Cleveland County	96,287
Rockingham County	91,928
Craven County	91,436
Harnett County	91,025
Henderson County	89,173
Burke County	89,148
Nash County	87,420
Caldwell County	77,415
Moore County	74,769
Wilson County	73,814
Brunswick County	73,143
Surry County	71,219
Wilkes County	65,632
Lincoln County	63,780
Rutherford County	62,899
Sampson County	60,161
Lenoir County	59,648
Carteret County	59,383
Stanly County	58,100
Halifax County	57,370
Edgecombe County	55,606
Columbus County	54,749
Haywood County	54,033
Chatham County	49,329
Duplin County	49,063
Lee County	49,040
Granville County	48,498
Franklin County	47,260
Richmond County	46,564
Beaufort County	44,958
Stokes County	44,711
Vance County	42,954
Watauga County	42,695
McDowell County	42,151
Pender County	41,082
Yadkin County	36,348
Scotland County	35,998
Person County	35,623
Pasquotank County	34,897
Davie County	34,835
Hoke County	33,646
Alexander County	33,603
Jackson County	33,121
Bladen County	32,278
Dare County	29,967
Macon County	29,811
Transylvania County	29,334
Montgomery County	26,822
Martin County	25,593
Anson County	25,275
Ashe County	24,384
Cherokee County	24,298
Caswell County	23,501
Hertford County	22,601
Northampton County	22,086
Warren County	19,972
Bertie County	19,773
Madison County	19,635
Greene County	18,974
Polk County	18,324
Currituck County	18,190
Yancey County	17,774
Avery County	17,167
Mitchell County	15,687
Chowan County	14,526
Washington County	13,723
Swain County	12,968
Pamlico County	12,934
Perquimans County	11,368
Alleghany County	10,677
Gates County	10,516
Jones County	10,381
Clay County	8,775
Graham County	7,993
Camden County	6,885
Hyde County	5,826
Tyrrell County	4,149