# Counties in North Carolina by population aged 18 to 64, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `population_18_64_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 18 to 64 as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by age; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 18 to 64 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 18 to 64 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-18-64/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Watauga County | 70.2 |
| 2 | Durham County | 64.9 |
| 3 | Mecklenburg County | 64.9 |
| 4 | Orange County | 64.1 |
| 5 | Wake County | 63.6 |
| 6 | Onslow County | 63.4 |
| 7 | Pitt County | 62.8 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 62.7 |
| 9 | New Hanover County | 61.9 |
| 10 | Greene County | 61.6 |
| 11 | Cabarrus County | 61 |
| 12 | Johnston County | 61 |
| 13 | Guilford County | 60.8 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 60.3 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 60.3 |
| 16 | Granville County | 60.3 |
| 17 | Union County | 60.2 |
| 18 | Harnett County | 60.2 |
| 19 | Alamance County | 60.2 |
| 20 | Hoke County | 60.2 |
| 21 | Gaston County | 60.1 |
| 22 | Buncombe County | 59.9 |
| 23 | Forsyth County | 59.5 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 59.2 |
| 24 | Rowan County | 59.2 |
| 26 | Catawba County | 59.1 |
| 27 | Alexander County | 59.1 |
| 28 | Pasquotank County | 58.8 |
| 29 | Camden County | 58.7 |
| 30 | McDowell County | 58.5 |
| 31 | Avery County | 58.4 |
| 31 | Stanly County | 58.4 |
| 33 | Madison County | 58.3 |
| 34 | Tyrrell County | 58.2 |
| 35 | Davidson County | 58 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 58 |
| 37 | Cleveland County | 57.9 |
| 38 | Randolph County | 57.8 |
| 39 | Lee County | 57.8 |
| 40 | Pender County | 57.8 |
| 41 | Caldwell County | 57.7 |
| 42 | Burke County | 57.7 |
| 43 | Currituck County | 57.7 |
| 44 | Anson County | 57.6 |
| 45 | Wayne County | 57.4 |
| 46 | Bertie County | 57.3 |
| 47 | Nash County | 57.2 |
| 48 | Wilson County | 57.1 |
| 49 | Gates County | 57.1 |
| 50 | Hyde County | 57 |
| 51 | Yadkin County | 56.9 |
| 52 | Stokes County | 56.7 |
| 53 | Rutherford County | 56.7 |
| 54 | Rockingham County | 56.7 |
| 55 | Columbus County | 56.7 |
| 56 | Richmond County | 56.6 |
| 57 | Robeson County | 56.4 |
| 58 | Caswell County | 56.4 |
| 59 | Sampson County | 56.3 |
| 60 | Swain County | 56.3 |
| 61 | Person County | 56.2 |
| 62 | Surry County | 56.2 |
| 63 | Davie County | 56 |
| 64 | Wilkes County | 55.8 |
| 65 | Scotland County | 55.8 |
| 66 | Craven County | 55.6 |
| 67 | Vance County | 55.4 |
| 68 | Montgomery County | 55.3 |
| 69 | Lenoir County | 55.2 |
| 70 | Mitchell County | 55.2 |
| 71 | Haywood County | 55.1 |
| 72 | Duplin County | 55 |
| 73 | Edgecombe County | 54.6 |
| 74 | Halifax County | 54.6 |
| 75 | Bladen County | 54.6 |
| 76 | Ashe County | 54.3 |
| 77 | Dare County | 54.1 |
| 78 | Jones County | 54.1 |
| 79 | Yancey County | 53.9 |
| 80 | Carteret County | 53.8 |
| 81 | Chatham County | 53.7 |
| 82 | Hertford County | 53.6 |
| 83 | Henderson County | 53.5 |
| 84 | Warren County | 53.3 |
| 85 | Graham County | 53 |
| 86 | Moore County | 52.9 |
| 87 | Martin County | 52.9 |
| 88 | Beaufort County | 52.4 |
| 89 | Perquimans County | 52.3 |
| 90 | Transylvania County | 52.3 |
| 91 | Chowan County | 52 |
| 92 | Alleghany County | 51.7 |
| 93 | Pamlico County | 51.4 |
| 94 | Macon County | 51.3 |
| 95 | Washington County | 51 |
| 96 | Polk County | 50.3 |
| 97 | Northampton County | 50.3 |
| 98 | Cherokee County | 50 |
| 99 | Brunswick County | 49.8 |
| 100 | Clay County | 47.4 |