Macon County, NC Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
% Change |
Components of Change |
Total Population Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter- national Immigra- tion |
Net Domestic Migration |
| 1970 | 15,788 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 16,400 | 3.9 | 612 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 17,000 | 3.7 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 17,200 | 1.2 | 200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 17,600 | 2.3 | 400 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 18,100 | 2.8 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 18,300 | 1.1 | 200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 19,000 | 3.8 | 700 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 19,500 | 2.6 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 20,200 | 3.6 | 700 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 20,178 | -0.1 | -22 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 21,117 | 4.7 | 939 |
291 | 273 | - | - |
| 1982 | 21,677 | 2.7 | 560 |
240 | 215 | - | - |
| 1983 | 22,049 | 1.7 | 372 |
233 | 222 | - | - |
| 1984 | 22,529 | 2.2 | 480 |
244 | 230 | - | - |
| 1985 | 22,756 | 1.0 | 227 |
245 | 238 | - | - |
| 1986 | 22,642 | -0.5 | -114 |
240 | 245 | - | - |
| 1987 | 22,721 | 0.3 | 79 |
227 | 257 | - | - |
| 1988 | 22,853 | 0.6 | 132 |
229 | 272 | - | - |
| 1989 | 23,218 | 1.6 | 365 |
242 | 278 | - | - |
| 1990 | 23,504 | 1.2 | 286 |
182 | 215 | - | - |
| 1991 | 23,986 | 2.1 | 482 |
290 | 337 | 8 | 495 |
| 1992 | 24,441 | 1.9 | 455 |
257 | 274 | 2 | 462 |
| 1993 | 24,985 | 2.2 | 544 |
266 | 297 | 1 | 563 |
| 1994 | 25,459 | 1.9 | 474 |
243 | 331 | -1 | 554 |
| 1995 | 26,307 | 3.3 | 848 |
258 | 335 | 3 | 912 |
| 1996 | 27,208 | 3.4 | 901 |
274 | 348 | 5 | 934 |
| 1997 | 27,963 | 2.8 | 755 |
296 | 353 | 2 | 776 |
| 1998 | 28,554 | 2.1 | 591 |
299 | 385 | 11 | 621 |
| 1999 | 29,252 | 2.4 | 698 |
314 | 368 | 2 | 663 |
| 2000 | 29,811 | 1.9 | 559 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 30,371 | 1.9 | 560 |
404 | 468 | 46 | 604 |
| 2002 | 30,773 | 1.3 | 402 |
319 | 358 | 40 | 412 |
| 2003 | 31,079 | 1.0 | 306 |
303 | 411 | 33 | 393 |
| 2004 | 31,446 | 1.2 | 367 |
319 | 396 | 28 | 444 |
| 2005 | 31,757 | 1.0 | 311 |
358 | 450 | 29 | 399 |
| 2006 | 32,213 | 1.4 | 456 |
364 | 394 | 29 | 472 |
| 2007 | 32,608 | 1.2 | 395 |
372 | 415 | 28 | 403 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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