Western North Carolina County Population Figures
For comparison with our neighbors
Release Date: March 9, 2000
FIPS State/County Code and Area Name 7- 1-99 7-1-98 Pop.change %
37 North Carolina..................... 7,650,789 7,545,828 104,961 1.437011 Avery County, NC................... 15,844 15,711 133 0.8
37021 Buncombe County, NC................ 196,274 194,456 1,818 0.9
37039 Cherokee County, NC................ 23,173 22,745 428 1.9
37043 Clay County, NC.................... 8,745 8,570 175 2.0
37075 Graham County, NC................. . 7,609 7,596 13 0.2
37087 Haywood County, NC................. 52,002 51,494 508 1.0
37089 Henderson County, NC............... 82,264 81,205 1,059 1.3
37099 Jackson County, NC................. 30,260 29,967 293 1.0
37111 McDowell County, NC................ 40,565 40,058 507 1.3
37113 Macon County, NC................... 28,906 28,281 625 2.2
37115 Madison County, NC................. 18,906 18,776 130 0.7
37149 Polk County, NC.................... 16,893 16,731 162 1.0
37161 Rutherford County, NC.............. 61,507 60,917 590 1.0
37173 Swain County, NC................... 12,341 12,265 76 0.6
37175 Transylvania County, NC............ 28,853 28,453 400 1.4
37189 Watauga County, NC................. 41,419 40,904 515 1.3
37199 Yancey County, NC.................. 16,860 16,590 270 1.6