| North Carolina 2000-2010 % Change in Population = 18.5% |
| County | 2000-2010 % Change in Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 15.5% | 34 |
| Alexander | 10.7% | 49 |
| Alleghany | 4.5% | 78 |
| Anson | 6.6% | 65 |
| Ashe | 11.9% | 46 |
| Avery | 3.7% | 80 |
| Beaufort | 6.2% | 66 |
| Bertie | 24.8% | 17 |
| Bladen | 9.0% | 55 |
| Brunswick | 46.9% | 2 |
| Buncombe | 15.5% | 35 |
| Burke | 2.0% | 83 |
| Cabarrus | 35.8% | 7 |
| Caldwell | 7.3% | 63 |
| Camden | 45.0% | 3 |
| Carteret | 11.9% | 44 |
| Caswell | 0.9% | 89 |
| Catawba | 8.9% | 56 |
| Chatham | 28.7% | 11 |
| Cherokee | 12.9% | 41 |
| Chowan | 1.8% | 86 |
| Clay | 20.6% | 21 |
| Cleveland | 1.9% | 85 |
| Columbus | 6.1% | 69 |
| Craven | 13.2% | 38 |
| Cumberland | 5.4% | 75 |
| Currituck | 29.5% | 10 |
| Dare | 13.2% | 39 |
| Davidson | 10.6% | 50 |
| Davie | 18.4% | 26 |
| Duplin | 19.2% | 25 |
| Durham | 19.8% | 22 |
| Edgecombe | 1.7% | 87 |
| Forsyth | 14.6% | 36 |
| Franklin | 28.3% | 12 |
| Gaston | 8.3% | 59 |
| Gates | 16.0% | 33 |
| Graham | 10.9% | 47 |
| Granville | 23.5% | 18 |
| Greene | 12.6% | 43 |
| Guilford | 16.0% | 32 |
| Halifax | -4.7% | 100 |
| Harnett | 26.0% | 15 |
| Haywood | 9.3% | 53 |
| Henderson | 19.7% | 23 |
| Hertford | 9.2% | 54 |
| Hoke | 39.5% | 5 |
| Hyde | -0.3% | 95 |
| Iredell | 30.0% | 9 |
| Jackson | 21.6% | 20 |
| Johnston | 38.5% | 6 |
| Jones | -2.2% | 97 |
| Lee | 18.0% | 30 |
| Lenoir | -0.3% | 94 |
| Lincoln | 22.7% | 19 |
| Macon | 13.8% | 37 |
| Madison | 5.7% | 71 |
| Martin | -4.3% | 99 |
| McDowell | 6.7% | 64 |
| Mecklenburg | 32.2% | 8 |
| Mitchell | -0.7% | 96 |
| Montgomery | 3.6% | 81 |
| Moore | 18.0% | 29 |
| Nash | 9.6% | 52 |
| New Hanover | 26.4% | 14 |
| Northampton | 0.1% | 93 |
| Onslow | 18.2% | 28 |
| Orange | 13.2% | 40 |
| Pamlico | 1.6% | 88 |
| Pasquotank | 16.5% | 31 |
| Pender | 27.1% | 13 |
| Perquimans | 18.3% | 27 |
| Person | 10.8% | 48 |
| Pitt | 25.7% | 16 |
| Polk | 11.9% | 45 |
| Randolph | 8.7% | 58 |
| Richmond | 0.2% | 92 |
| Robeson | 8.8% | 57 |
| Rockingham | 1.9% | 84 |
| Rowan | 6.2% | 68 |
| Rutherford | 7.8% | 62 |
| Sampson | 5.4% | 76 |
| Scotland | 0.4% | 90 |
| Stanly | 4.3% | 79 |
| Stokes | 6.0% | 70 |
| Surry | 3.4% | 82 |
| Swain | 7.8% | 61 |
| Transylvania | 12.8% | 42 |
| Tyrrell | 6.2% | 67 |
| Union | 62.8% | 1 |
| Vance | 5.7% | 72 |
| Wake | 43.5% | 4 |
| Warren | 5.0% | 77 |
| Washington | -3.6% | 98 |
| Watauga | 19.6% | 24 |
| Wayne | 8.2% | 60 |
| Wilkes | 5.6% | 74 |
| Wilson | 10.1% | 51 |
| Yadkin | 5.7% | 73 |
| Yancey | 0.2% | 91 |