# Counties in North Carolina by natural change, July to June, 2025

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `natural_change_july_june`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Estimated births minus deaths of residents from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year. A negative value means more deaths than births.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 8,224 |
| 2 | Wake County | 6,369 |
| 3 | Onslow County | 2,141 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 2,023 |
| 5 | Durham County | 1,869 |
| 6 | Union County | 949 |
| 7 | Johnston County | 936 |
| 8 | Guilford County | 878 |
| 9 | Cabarrus County | 869 |
| 10 | Harnett County | 650 |
| 11 | Forsyth County | 428 |
| 12 | Hoke County | 387 |
| 13 | Pitt County | 356 |
| 14 | Robeson County | 259 |
| 15 | Wayne County | 239 |
| 16 | Orange County | 224 |
| 17 | Gaston County | 222 |
| 18 | Iredell County | 196 |
| 19 | Franklin County | 172 |
| 20 | Lee County | 95 |
| 21 | Sampson County | 75 |
| 22 | Alamance County | 68 |
| 23 | Duplin County | 43 |
| 24 | Pender County | 30 |
| 25 | Camden County | 1 |
| 26 | Craven County | -10 |
| 27 | Hyde County | -15 |
| 27 | Tyrrell County | -15 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | -16 |
| 30 | Graham County | -24 |
| 31 | Stanly County | -31 |
| 32 | Granville County | -34 |
| 32 | Greene County | -34 |
| 34 | Jones County | -39 |
| 35 | Currituck County | -41 |
| 35 | Wilson County | -41 |
| 37 | Clay County | -45 |
| 38 | Vance County | -48 |
| 39 | Anson County | -51 |
| 40 | Chowan County | -54 |
| 41 | Bladen County | -60 |
| 42 | Watauga County | -65 |
| 43 | Alleghany County | -70 |
| 44 | Pasquotank County | -71 |
| 45 | Cherokee County | -79 |
| 46 | Avery County | -87 |
| 46 | Hertford County | -87 |
| 46 | Randolph County | -87 |
| 49 | Person County | -88 |
| 50 | Yancey County | -90 |
| 51 | Gates County | -92 |
| 52 | Washington County | -95 |
| 53 | New Hanover County | -96 |
| 54 | Madison County | -100 |
| 54 | Scotland County | -100 |
| 56 | Nash County | -103 |
| 57 | Jackson County | -105 |
| 57 | Swain County | -105 |
| 59 | Caswell County | -111 |
| 60 | Mitchell County | -112 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | -114 |
| 62 | Chatham County | -118 |
| 63 | Bertie County | -119 |
| 64 | Pamlico County | -120 |
| 65 | Perquimans County | -126 |
| 66 | Dare County | -127 |
| 67 | Yadkin County | -140 |
| 68 | Richmond County | -141 |
| 69 | Warren County | -148 |
| 70 | Alexander County | -151 |
| 70 | Davie County | -151 |
| 72 | Moore County | -157 |
| 73 | Martin County | -163 |
| 74 | Northampton County | -169 |
| 75 | Polk County | -178 |
| 76 | Ashe County | -191 |
| 77 | Macon County | -193 |
| 78 | Surry County | -202 |
| 79 | Columbus County | -211 |
| 79 | Edgecombe County | -211 |
| 81 | Lenoir County | -212 |
| 82 | Beaufort County | -214 |
| 83 | Rowan County | -216 |
| 84 | Cleveland County | -228 |
| 84 | Halifax County | -228 |
| 86 | Transylvania County | -241 |
| 87 | McDowell County | -280 |
| 88 | Wilkes County | -289 |
| 89 | Stokes County | -293 |
| 90 | Catawba County | -300 |
| 91 | Rockingham County | -348 |
| 92 | Rutherford County | -366 |
| 93 | Haywood County | -385 |
| 94 | Davidson County | -402 |
| 95 | Caldwell County | -463 |
| 96 | Henderson County | -467 |
| 97 | Burke County | -469 |
| 98 | Buncombe County | -490 |
| 99 | Carteret County | -498 |
| 100 | Brunswick County | -754 |