North Carolina 1990 Total Population = 6,628,637

County 1990 Total Population Rank
Alamance 108,213 14
Alexander 27,544 65
Alleghany 9,590 93
Anson 23,474 70
Ashe 22,209 75
Avery 14,867 84
Beaufort 42,283 48
Bertie 20,388 78
Bladen 28,663 63
Brunswick 50,985 42
Buncombe 174,821 8
Burke 75,744 28
Cabarrus 98,935 19
Caldwell 70,709 29
Camden 5,904 98
Carteret 52,556 40
Caswell 20,693 77
Catawba 118,412 12
Chatham 38,759 52
Cherokee 20,170 79
Chowan 13,506 89
Clay 7,155 97
Cleveland 84,714 23
Columbus 49,587 44
Craven 81,613 25
Cumberland 274,566 4
Currituck 13,736 88
Dare 22,746 73
Davidson 126,677 10
Davie 27,859 64
Duplin 39,995 50
Durham 181,835 6
Edgecombe 56,558 38
Forsyth 265,878 5
Franklin 36,414 56
Gaston 175,093 7
Gates 9,305 95
Graham 7,196 96
Granville 38,345 53
Greene 15,384 83
Guilford 347,420 3
Halifax 55,516 39
Harnett 67,822 31
Haywood 46,942 46
Henderson 69,285 30
Hertford 22,523 74
Hoke 22,856 72
Hyde 5,411 99
Iredell 92,931 21
Jackson 26,846 66
Johnston 81,306 26
Jones 9,414 94
Lee 41,374 49
Lenoir 57,274 36
Lincoln 50,319 43
Macon 23,499 69
Madison 16,953 81
Martin 25,078 68
McDowell 35,681 57
Mecklenburg 511,433 1
Mitchell 14,433 85
Montgomery 23,346 71
Moore 59,013 35
Nash 76,677 27
New Hanover 120,284 11
Northampton 20,798 76
Onslow 149,838 9
Orange 93,851 20
Pamlico 11,372 90
Pasquotank 31,298 59
Pender 28,855 62
Perquimans 10,447 92
Person 30,180 61
Pitt 107,924 15
Polk 14,416 86
Randolph 106,546 16
Richmond 44,518 47
Robeson 105,179 17
Rockingham 86,064 22
Rowan 110,605 13
Rutherford 56,918 37
Sampson 47,297 45
Scotland 33,754 58
Stanly 51,765 41
Stokes 37,223 54
Surry 61,704 33
Swain 11,268 91
Transylvania 25,520 67
Tyrrell 3,856 100
Union 84,211 24
Vance 38,892 51
Wake 423,380 2
Warren 17,265 80
Washington 13,997 87
Watauga 36,952 55
Wayne 104,666 18
Wilkes 59,393 34
Wilson 66,061 32
Yadkin 30,488 60
Yancey 15,419 82